January 09, 2010
Film producer’s fund eludes real Idiots
Posted by: admin : Category: Current affairs
The makers of 3 Idiots may be smiling their way to the banks with box-office records in Bollywood, but the National Innovation Foundation (NIF) awaits funds promised by Vidhu Vinod Chopra, the film’s producer. NIF sourced the innovations for the film.
The innovations — scooter flour-mill, cycle-based horse shaver and pedal-driven washing machine — were sourced by Padmashree winner Anil Gupta, founder of NIF and faculty at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. The innovations were showcased in the film and the producer paid a sum of Rs 10,000 to two of the innovators whose works were used in the blockbuster movie.
