Hero wandered rate by rate, then the National Award Winning Film made by selling house-wheel, was released …

There are many artists in the entertainment world who have chosen the path of acting despite being different professions. One such actor sacrificed his real estate business for film making and reached Mumbai to make a film. He then made his production house Recyclewala Films and made the first film ‘Ship of Theceus’ (2012) under his production. The film was highly appreciated by the critics and also won the National Award for the feature film. But, then it took him 7 years to make the film that he moved towards. We are talking about actor, producer Soham Shah. Soham Shah made a lot of headlines with ‘Tumbad’. However, it is another matter that he had to struggle hard to make this film and the film flopped when it was released.

Tumbad was released in 2018

Soham Shah’s film ‘Tumbad’ based on folklore was released in 2018. Which did not get much price in theaters. But, when the film came on Netflix, the audience was shocked to see. The film got the title of horror number 1. Seeing the reaction to the film, Soham Shah decided to release the film again in theaters and made history. Tumbad collected more than 40 crores when re-localized. With this, Soham Shah proved that even today the content is the king.

8.2 rating on IMDB

The film has received 8.2 ratings on IMDB. Soham Shah also announced the sequel of Tumbad only after the re-district of Tumbad. However, it is another matter that Soham Shah had to struggle a lot in making ‘Tumbad’. At first, the script of this film was not getting buyers. Today, the script of Tumbad, one of the top horror films of India, rejected. In such a situation, Soham Shah lifted the task of making it on his shoulders.

Soham Shah had to sell home to make a film

Soham Shah had revealed in a conversation with Aaj Tak how he had to put everything at stake to make this film. Along with this, he also revealed that this is not a horror film. Soham Shah said- ‘Tumbad is not a separate subject. It got a lot of love from the audience, but to be honest, I do not consider it completely horror. Horror is just one element in this film. If you look at the core of the film, then you will look like folk tales that used to narrate grandmother.

Film made in 7 years

Soham Shah further said- ‘It received tremendous response from the audience. But, it was very difficult for me to make it. While making it, it was felt several times to close it. Then it seems from inside, if I do not make it, then who will make it. Due to this, it took 7 years to make the film. Due to this, I also had to leave many projects. While making this film, I was financially ended. In 7 years, I had to sell my home and property. Gradually, there was such a situation that the car had to be sold.

The first draft was prepared years ago

The construction of Tumbad is Soham Shah, Anand L. Rai and Mukesh Shah have done it. The film revolves around a village named Tumbad in Maharashtra, where the year-old treasure is hidden. The film was released in 2018, but the first draft of this film was prepared years ago. The first draft of ‘Tumbad’ was written by writer-director Rahi Anil Barve in 1997. The title of the film was taken from the Marathi novel Tumbadche Khot of Shripad Narayan Pendse. According to media reports, Rahi wrote a 700-page storyboard in 2009-10.

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