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EXCLUSIVE: Shahid Kapoor, Deepika Padukone get EQUAL PAY while Ranveer Singh gets MORE for PADMAVATI
Here's how much Ranveer Singh, Shahid Kapoor and Deepika Padukone are getting paid for Padmavati.
Here's some good news for those Bollywood actresses wanting equal pay, at par with the heroes. Deepika Padukone and Shahid Kapoor's fees for Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Padmavati are exactly the same! Hence this becomes one of those rare occasions when the remunerations of the male and female leads equal each other and Bhansali certainly must be lauded for that. Of course, the third male lead played by Ranveer Singh is getting paid a few crores more because of the character he plays and his market value. Going by what each of these three stars are getting, their fees only add up to a whopping Rs.33 crore in the film's budget!
Says a source, "Deepika Padukone and Shahid Kapoor have been paid the same amount of Rs.10 crore (approx) for Bhansali's grand historical Padmavati based on the epic love story between the Maharana of Chittor (Shahid) and his beautiful wife and the evil, despotic Sultan Alauddin Khilji (Ranveer Singh) who gets smitten by Padmavati's beauty. Buzz is Ranveer is getting paid around Rs.13 crore (approx) for the same. Apparently, none of the three main leads know how much the other is getting and it's all very hush-hush as the filmmaker likes to keep it that way. But as nothing in B-town remains hidden so they too have found out about their individual fees through their trade sources and close friends. Shahid has ensured that he gets as big a role as Ranveer and lots of screen time hence his fat fee was one of the reasons he signed the film."
The source adds that all three stars have been paid such high remunerations because it's a period film and Bhansali has taken huge number of dates from each actor to complete his film. "They have to remain in the same look till the film is complete to maintain continuity as it's a period film and have to shoot for brands in the same get-up, thus limiting their work. YRF talent management who handles Ranveer's work was firm he be paid that much as he would lose out on some brands and movies during his shoot and because of the dark character he plays. Ranveer took months to get into the skin of Khilji and there was no way he could play any other roles at the time he prepped and shot for it."
Padmavati will release in November 2017.
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