Road, Movie: Difference between revisions

| studio        = [[August Entertainment]], [[Indian Film Company]], [[Viacom 18 Motion Pictures|Studio 18]]

| distributor    = [[Madman Entertainment]], [[Tribeca Film]]

''Road, Movie'' began in 2004 as an original idea by [[Dev Benegal]]. To do research for the film, he travelled for a year with a transient cinema troupe that showcased different films in rural [[Rajasthan]] villages. Benegal completed the first draft of the film's script in only 10 days. The script was written at a difficult period in his career as his other projects had been unsuccessful in finding financial backers.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.livemint.com/2007/12/21000111/Cinema-under-the-sky.html |title= Cinema under the sky |author= Sanjukta Sharma |date= 21 December 2007 |work= [[Wall Street Journal]]|access-date=2 December 2009}}</ref> He successfully submitted his screenplay to the L'Atelier screenwriting portion of the 2006 [[Cannes Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/News-By-Industry/Media--Entertainment-/Entertainment/Global-sales-major-Fortissimo-snaps-up-Indias-Road-Movie/articleshow/4536027.cms |title= Global sales major Fortissimo snaps up India's 'Road, Movie'|date= 15 May 2009 |work= [[The Economic Times]]|access-date=7 December 2009}}</ref>  

[[Abhay Deol]] signed on to play the role of Vishnu after reading the script which he found "really nice, dreamy and humorous."<ref name=run>{{cite web |url= http://entertainment.oneindia.in/bollywood/interviews/2009/abhay-deol-interview-160909.html |title= "Road Movie is not run-of-the-mill film"- Abhay Deol |date= 16 September 2009 |publisher= One India |access-date= 2 December 2009 |url-status= dead |archiveurl= https://archive.today/20130218075748/http://entertainment.oneindia.in/bollywood/interviews/2009/abhay-deol-interview-160909.html |archivedate= 18 February 2013 |df= dmy-all }}</ref>  

''Road, Movie'' released in theatres on 5 March 2010 to a poor turnout at the cinemas. The film grossed a poor INR 11.1 million in its first week. In its second week, the film's collections saw a drop of a massive 90%, and netted INR 1.2 million. It was declared as a disaster at the box office.<ref>http://www.boxofficeindia.com/cpages.php?pageName=earnings</ref>