Telugu film-makers struggle to find solid funding

Think movie and the first thing that comes your mind is the budget. In its pre-production stage, anyone would want to know how much money is being spent on making the film. Most of the time, it so happens that the budget overshoots due to several factors and the producer is compelled to shell out extra bucks. However, in some cases makers are not so lucky as a few producers are not financially sound and go bankrupt by the time the movie gets to the finishing stage. As a result several films don't even see the light of the day.

This rule isn't applicable to Tollywood alone, every film industry faces this problem. Most of the times, the film gets struck. A few good samaritans come forward to help the producer get out of the situation while the unlucky ones don't hit theatres at all.

Of late there have been several such movies that were delayed a great deal due to financial issues or because there were differences between members of the crew.

Here are a few movies whose releases got delayed a great deal...

Nani's Jenda Pai Kapiraju and Paisa: Paisa was released after a long long time while Jenda Pai Kapiraju is yet to see the light of the day

Autonagar Surya: The Nagachaitanya-Samantha starrer was to hit theatres long back. But financial problems cropped up delaying the release a great deal.

Power: The Ravi Teja movie was initially supposed to have been produced by YVS Chowdary. However, he walked out of the project leaving the makers in the lurch. It was Kannada producer Rockline Venkatesh who came to the rescue of director KS Ravindra. The movie is all set to hit theatres soon.

Karthikeya: The film is a thriller directed by debutante Chandoo Mondeti. The film stars colors Swati and Nikhil of Swamy Ra Ra fame, in the lead roles. Although the movie's satellite rights is believed to have been already sold, something is holding back the release.

Rabhasa: The NTR-starrer has created a lot of hype and was to be released in the beginning of this month. According to reports, the movie's release date has been pushed as producer Bellamkonda Suresh owes a lot of money to the film's crew.