26/11 Spl: 20 cr at stake for Bollywood

The 26/11 terror attacks have taken its toll on the already troubled Bollywood. Following the government's directive, cinema halls were ordered to shut down on Thursday and most of them have remained closed today on Friday as well.
New films scheduled for a release today have had to either change their release date or face empty screens.
Three films were slated for a release today – UTV-produced and Dibakar Bannerji-directed Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!, Onir's Sorry Bhai and Kunal Roy Kapoor's The President Is Coming.
While The President is Coming has been indefinitely postponed, UTV has decided to push ahead the release of Oye Lucky to Saturday in Mumbai. It has released all over India today though. Sorry Bhai too has opened, though in only a few theatres and to a very poor response at that
Oye Lucky was reportedly made on a budget of about Rs 7 crore and Sorry Bhai's budget was learnt to be around the same. The President Is Coming, produced by Rohan Sippy too is a small budget affair made well under Rs 3 crore. With additional costs incurred on print and publicity for them, in total around Rs 20 crore has been at stake for Bollywood this weekend.
While its new release date hasn't been announced for The President… it supposed to come to the theatre only on December 19. A trade source reveals, "Six Bollywood films are scheduled for a release next Friday – Dil Kabaddi, Khall Balli, Oh My God, Maharathi, Meerabai Not Out and Kaash…Mere Hote. The following Friday (December 12) will see Shah Rukh Khan-starrer Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi hitting the big screens leaving practically no space The President is Coming."