Namit Malhotra looks awfully relaxed for a man taking a $500 million gamble.
Reclining into a sofa in a discreet London office, the movie producer bats away questions about the box office potential and estimated price tag of his two-part blockbuster adaptation of the Hindu epic, “The Ramayana.”
“I’m not motivated by the bean-counter logic of, ‘How much money did we make or not make,” he said. “If we don’t make money with the movies, we’ll make it in the merchandise. If we don’t make it in the merchandise, we’ll make it in the theme park. If we don’t make it in the theme park, we’ll make it some other way.
