Before Facing Tubelight Disaster Head-On, Salman Khan Will Dance With Varun Dhawan In Taj Lands End

It's not an easy day for Salman Khan.

As you move your eyes over this story, Salman Khan is dancing to David Dhawan's tunes with Varun Dhawan for Judwaa 2 in Bandra 5-Star, Taj Lands End. 

Director David will finish the shoot by 4 pm, after which Salman will straight head home to meet distributor Narendra Hirawat who is likely to be accompanied by other distributors who suffered a big loss owing to the film's failure.

A few minutes ago, we told you the tough meeting which has been slotted with Tubelight's main distributor and few others from different parts of the country in Salman's diary for 4 pm, today.

Distributors from various parts of the country arrived in Mumbai yesterday and met Tubelight's main buyer Narendra Hirawat who sold the movie to them, complaining that they have suffered a big hole in their pockets owing to the film's failure at the box-office.

These distributors met Hirawat yesterday to ask him if he could cough up for their deficit, but Hirawat told them that he was in no state to comply as he too had taken a big beating. Tubelight's all- India distribution rights, except for Central India which were retained by Salim Khan, had been reportedly acquired by Hirawat for Rs 130 crores- but dealt a loss of 50 per cent. 

The entire group eventually decided that they ought to meet Salman Khan at his residence. Buzz is, Salman will bear the losses up to 30 per cent.

We expect that Salim Khan, who is believed to have a large say in Salman's finance, will also be an integral part of the discussion.

For those who've come in late, Salman Khan's Tubelight was touted to be one of the biggest hits of 2017 but turned out to be a damp squib at the ticket windows.

Seemed that the public had rejected the film from its promos itself. Else how do you explain its poor performance, right on Day 1?

With each passing day, the numbers only deteriorated. And many theatres started reducing the number of shows, while some of them even indulged in cancellations.

Soon, there were reports that certain distributors of the film plan to ask for a refund from Salman for the losses which they have consequently incurred. 

And that will now happen, in the next 90 minutes or so.

As for Judwaa 2, Salman who played a double role—Raja and Prem, in the 1997 blockbuster, would be reprising the same roles in the sequel as well.