Overview
- In a new interview, Deepak Ramsay said their 1972 hit Do Gaz Zameen Ke Neeche cost under Rs 5 lakh and earned about seven to eight times its budget.
- He said the family routinely released horror films opposite superstar vehicles like those of Amitabh Bachchan, trusting their audience even when others avoided such dates.
- He described how India’s film censor, the CBFC, ordered heavy cuts to Veerana, which he said was banned three times before a tribunal cleared it with an adults-only rating.
- On Veerana lead Jasmine Dhunna, he said she asked for privacy and left films after release, while co-star Hemant Birje has said she lives in the United States and visits Mumbai.
- Despite being mocked as “C-grade,” he said their small crews, location shoots and tight budgets yielded about 50 genre films that paid distributors well and built a cult legacy.