Director Pravin Tarde disclosed that after ‘Deool Band 2’ surpassed the Rs 100 crore mark at the box office, the makers chose to donate the entire profit earned once production costs were covered. As per the filmmaker, these proceeds were channeled towards funding the education of children whose farmer parents died by suicide. Tarde, who had earlier shared that the film might never have been released without Shah Rukh Khan stepping in to help, opened up about both the movie’s success and this charitable gesture.
‘Deool Band 2’ makers donate entire profit
In a conversation with Pinkvilla, Tarde shared, “What made Deool Band 2 a unique film across India? The film earned Rs 100 crore. We only took the production cost for ourselves. However, every single penny that we earned from that film as profit was donated.” He went on to explain that the funds were directed towards supporting the education of children whose farmer parents died by suicide. “We donated it to the kids of the farmers who died by suicide. It was donated with the intention that they could resume their education. We started distributing money to kids belonging to drought-hit areas of Maharashtra,” he added.