Salman Khan has increased his fee demands, becoming one of the highest paid actors in Bollywood.
After scoring two back-to-back hits with Dabangg and Ready, he has asked for Rs 50 crore to commit to his next project.
A source told The Times of India: “Salman is not only quoting a fee close to Rs 50 crore, he is also ‘recommending’ directors for these films. Like, for the T Series project, Salman has put forward the names of two directors and has asked producer Bhushan Kumar to choose from one of them.
“Furthermore, he insisted on Sonakshi Sinha for Kick and now he’s recommending Zarine Khan to his prospective producers.”
Filmmaker Bhushan Kumar admitted that Salman’s price is being renegotiated and restructured: “When Salmanbhai did Ready, the film industry was facing a huge financial crunch. But he agreed to cut down his price from Rs 40 crore to Rs 17 crore.
“This was the only way we could have made Ready at that time. Now the market has changed for the entire film industry, so we are currently renegotiating with him for our next film.”
The actor recently donated a proportion of his income to low-paid industry workers, stating “I don’t work for money”.
-With digitalspy.co.uk input Image credit: Supplied
