"When my 'Raaz - The Mystery Continues' was appear beforehand this year, we absitively to do something desperate for the industry to survive. It wasn't a action for accumulation and loss. It was a action for survival. The way the multiplexes advised me during the absolution of 'Raaz', prompted me to become a crusader," Bhatt, administrator of the United Producers and Distributors Forum (UPDF), told IANS.

"Raaz 2" was appear in January and Bhatt says the bad acquaintance during its absolution prompted him to breach the bunch of circuitous owners.

"I realised the multiplexes had formed a cartel. I was absolutely appalled. I met all the producers, got them calm and absitively to yield circuitous owners on."

A crippling two-month collision amid Bollywood producers-distributors and multiplexes concluded endure week.

"I'm aerial down to Delhi next anniversary to accommodated Prime Abbot Manmohan Singh, Finance Abbot Pranab Mukherjee and Abbot for Information and Broadcasting Ambika Soni. The absolute government corpuscle doesn't accept to account us, but it can at atomic aegis our interests. There's lots to do," he said.

Excerpts from an interview:

Q: I accept you're traveling to Delhi to accommodated Prime Abbot Manmohan Singh.

A: Yes, the end of the bang is just the alpha of the blur industry's recovery. From the time I started bearing films this is the affliction year ever. I've apparent all the crises from video piracy to television to IPL (Indian Premier League). I met Prime Abbot Manmohan Singh afore the elections to accustom him of the botheration amid multiplexes and producers. I told him about the blackmail from video and television that we faced in the 1980s and 90s. That's if multiplexes came in. If I told him about the accepted deadlock, he was horrifed.

Q: What did the prime abbot do about the situation?

A: I asked him to put calm an absolute government corpuscle to attending afterwards the interests of the blur industry. He couldn't do it afore the elections. But he had promised to apparatus that corpuscle afterwards the elections. Now that he has won, I've beatific him a letter reminding him of the promise.

I'm aerial down to Delhi next anniversary to accommodated the prime minister, Finance Abbot Pranab Mukherjee and Abbot for Information and Broadcasting Ambika Soni. The absolute government corpuscle doesn't accept to account us, but it can at atomic aegis our interests. There's lots to do.

Q: Do you feel annoyed with the end of the stalemate amid producers and circuitous owners?

A: If I came out of the affair from Yash Raj Studios at 3 a.m. on Friday, the media said it was time to celebrate. But there's no time to celebrate. We've abundant added to do.

Q: Do you feel there will be a tumble of releases?

A: We've formed a board to accomplish abiding this doesn't happen. I'm the arch of the committee. We'll adviser the releases and accomplish abiding abate ones don't get swallowed by bigger ones. From now on we'll acquaint a added automated way of absolution films. We can accept two baby movies advancing together, but not two big ones.

Q: How was the two-month altercation resolved?

A: It took a 14-hour chase affair to do so. The producers accept consistently been a disconnected a lot. I spearheaded the accomplished movement of bringing them together. If my "Raaz" was appear beforehand this year, we absitively to do something desperate for the industry to survive. It wasn't a action for accumulation and loss. It was a action for survival. The way the multiplexes advised me during the absolution of "Raaz" prompted me to become a crusader.

Q: What happened during "Raaz"?

A: "Raaz" is a cast and an A-grade product. If you attending at the sequels, they've all done bifold business of the aboriginal film. We accepted a amazing aperture for "Raaz 2". To our abhorrence we were abashed to see the multiplexes were giving me 45 percent of the profits for "Raaz 2" if for the aforementioned banner's "Jannat" six months beforehand with the aforementioned hero and a new charlatan they gave me 48 percent of the shares and that too during the IPL.

And again they had the airs to say that they didn't owe me any explanation. If the blur was appear there were as abounding as 14 shows in a individual multiplex. I realised the multiplexes had formed a cartel. I was absolutely appalled. I met all the producers, got them calm and absitively to yield circuitous owners on.

After the resolution humans I never knew congratulated me. It's heartrending. Some humans accept alleged me the Obama of the industry.

Q: So what is next?

A: I'm now crusading adjoin piracy. And the affair of ring tones. The sales of music accept gone down. But the ring tones are booming. We producers are not accepting a acceptable accumulation from this. I'm on my Dandi March now. I was built-in into the business of cinema. Jeena yahan marna yahan. It's my dream to accomplish Bollywood a paradise.