A news report suggests that Bollywood Superstar Akshay Kumar will be charging a whopping 54 crore Indian rupees from now on for a single film.
The source disclosed that Akshay Kumar has been increasing his price tag by nine crores on average since 2012. They also revealed that Akshay charged Rs 27 crores for Rowdy Rathore.
Ever since then, he has been increasing his price by a factor of nine. Akshay Kumar considers the number 9 as his favorite number.
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Akshay Kumar and His Fascination with Number 9
It gets more interesting from here. According to the source:
““Akshay is fond of the number nine. When he was working on Rowdy Rathore, he billed the makers for Rs 27 crore. But that was in 2012. Now, Akshay demands a cool Rs 54 crore and gets it too.”
They go on to say:
Sanjay Leela Bhansali had bankrolled Rowdy Rathore, which was directed by Prabhudheva. And when Akshay shifted the release date of PadMan last year to get a free run for Padmaavat at the box office, he jokingly asked Bhansali to promise him a sequel. And now that the sequel is happening, the makers realise that they will need to pay him exactly double for it.”
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Share in Profits
The Rowdy Rathore star is one of the few Bollywood heroes who usually invoke the ‘partner in profits’clause when he signs a new film. The actor gets a certain percentage of the profit of the film. Looking at the number of hit movies Akshay Kumar has given since 2012, the star actor seems worth his asking price.
More than 10 of his movies have entered the 100-crore club at the box office. This list hits such as:
- Toilet Ek Prem Katha,
- Rowdy Rathore,
- Airlift,
- Rustom,
- Jolly LLB 2,
- Holiday,
- Housefull 2,
- Housefull 3,
- Kesari,
- 2.0,
- Gold.
Recently, Akshay Kumar was featured as the only Bollywood superstar in Forbes list for highest paid actors across the globe.
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