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 Now it can be told. The star-price wars has escalated to an all-time high. With Aishwarya Rai-Bachchan carrying home a pay packet of Rs 4 crores for her proposed stint as Rajnikanth's leading lady in Shankar's Robot, the lady has now become the highest-paid actress of Indian cinema. A source very close to Aishwarya says, "The media has got it all wrong. Ash has actually received twice the amount quoted in papers and on websites as her fee for Robot. Yes, it's close to Rs 4 crores. And she's very very amused when she reads about this and that actress being the highest-paid actress in Bollywood. With three hits in a row (Guru, Dhoom 2 and Jodhaa-Akbar) Ash's equity as a Rai and a Bachchan have gone through the roof. If she wants she can preen about her successes. But that's not her style. However she takes strong exception to Bipasha Basu 's quotes that she, Ash, had to 'hang around' to get into the international circuit. Ash has been regularly offered international projects, from Provoked to Mistress Of Spices to Bride & Prejudice to Last Legion to Pink Panther. In fact all the other international assignments that have gone to other Bollywood actresses—including the honour of hosting the 7 Wonders Of The World event in Lisbon with Ben Kingsley—have gone to Ash first. It's just that she feels awkward talking about herself." As for her astronomical fee for Robot another source close to the project says, "It is no surprise that Aishwarya is getting 4 crores. It's still chicken-feed compared with what Rajnikanth gets paid. He takes home Rs 15 crores plus fifty percent of his film's profits. But still he cannot make a film commercially viable outside the Tamilian belt on his own. The dubbed Hindi version of Chandramukhi came and went. And Rajni's biggest hit Shivaji is in no hurry to be released in Hindi. With Ash in Robot it looks like an attractive non-regional film." Related StoriesShilpa-claims-title-of-highest-paid  While Kareena Kapoor is reportedly being offered Rs 3.5 crore for her new movies after Jab We Met, and Aishwarya Rai is said to have received Rs 4 crore for her proposed stint as Rajinikanth’s leading lady in Shankar’s Robot, the big surprise is Brand Shilpa Shetty who has superseded them. Sources say the actress who never made her mark in Bollywood, has been offered a whopping Rs 5.25 crores by an American NRI producer for an international film to go on floors in mid-2008. Shilpa, who onl more ITC’s-Bhukailas  Bhukailas – one acre 50 crores was the title of a new film in which Venu Madhav was the hero. It was a comic take on the real estate scene in the state. But what was shown in the film is not far from reality as shown by ITC. The ITC group bid land at Madhapur for a whopping 30 crore per acre. This was much more than the upset price fixed by the government. The upset price was 15 crore and ITC bid for the land for 30 crore an acre. This is the highest amount paid by anyone so far and a record in the state. &nb more Sivaji-profit-is-60-Crore-!!!!!  The latest buzz in Kollywood is that Super Star Rajini starrer Shivaji has collected Rs. 60 crores as profit to AVM Productions through the sales of its world wide distribution rights. Shivaji has been creating many new records in the history of Indian Cinema. It is the ever big budget film in the industry. Sources said that AVM has spent Rs.85 crores for the film including the amount paid to Rajinikanth. The cost details: Rajinikanth's pay: Rs.25 crores (Excluding Rs.10 crores share in the profit), salary of Direc more How-much-is-Chiru-worth-  The latest talk in the industry is the net worth of Chiranjeevi. Estimates vary but many agree that his property holdings alone could be close to a whopping 1,000 crores. Yes, 1,000 crores! And the figure will only go up over time. Chiranjeevi reportedly hold some prime property not just in Hyderabad but also in other parts of the state. The sudden spurt in real estate prices has seen the value of his property spurt many fold in just a couple of years. Even his net house which he constructed last year with a budget more Who-deserves-the-highest-pay-cheque- And the highest paid actor should be... With Hrithik Roshan bagging a Rs 35 crore deal with Adlabs Films, After Hours asks readers who they think deserves to be the highest paid star in Bollywood. YOU SAY... Shah Rukh Khan should be the highest paid actor. He has the skills, charisma and superstardom to deserve the money. Kavita R, engineering student My choice would be Aishwarya Rai. Firstly, she’s the most beautiful woman in the world. Secondly, she’s a rage on the international circuit. Piyush Whanmane, call-centre employee Only Amitabh Bachchan deserves crores as his fees. It is surprising that he charges less than many of the self-proclaimed superstars. Ravi Shekhar, marketing man more Mohanlal-touches-1.25-Crores!  Ladies and gentlemen, it is official now- Mohanlal has become the highest paid actor in the history of Malayalam cinema with a pay pack of Rs 1.25 crores for his latest film. College Kumaran' is the film that earns him this distinction. Fairy Queen Productions is producing the film. Compared to Mammooty, Mohanlal had been lot more consistent with his performance at the box office. His most-recent 'Hallo' continues to do very well at the box office even after more than 50 days. Normally, Mohanlal makes anything more I-pay-more-taxes-than-Hrithik:-Amitabh  Bollywood icon Amitabh Bachchan claims he is the 'top' tax payer in the country with Rs.15.59 crore (Rs.155.9 million), and with Aishwarya Rai joining the family, the Bachchan family's total tax would be around Rs.25.3 crore (Rs.253 million). He was reacting to a newspaper report that said Hrithik Roshan was the highest tax payer with Rs.15.10 crore (Rs.151 million) for 2006-2007 and Shah Rukh paid Rs.14 crore (Rs.140 million) tax. 'I'm surprised by the report and I've serious doubts about its authenti more Pyramid-bags-Kucheludu-rights-for-64-crores  Rajnikanth films have a tremendous craze among all sections of the public. Rajni is now acting in the film 'Kucheludu' (Kuchelan in Tamil). He plays his own self in the film – a superstar. His role is very short and he appears on the screen for hardly 25 percent of the duration of the film. But his name spells magic wt the box office. There is a tough competition among corporates to bag the distribution rights for the film. After intense negotiations, Pyrmid Saimira pipped other like Adlabs and Ayangaran more AR-Rahman-gets-2-cr-for-Puli  Nowadays getting the dates of top stars is one of the main concerns of the director and producer of a film. Once he has bought the actors dates for whatever price it may be, he proceeds with the rest of the film. But actor director SJ Suryah is the first to give such importance to the music director first. One might think him to be crazy but all their criticism will stop once they hear that the music director in question is none other than AR Rahman. The price that the director paid is surely an industry fi more Shilpa-Shetty-to-get-Rs-3-crores-for-25-days  At the end of the month Shilpa Shetty leaves for an undisclosed part of UK to be part of the biggest reality show Big Brother UK. Though the actress has been forbidden from talking about it, it's most reliably learnt that Shilpa has been paid the equivalent of a whopping Rs 3 crores to be the only Bollywood participant on the show. Shilpa joins Big Brother from Jan 1 and spends the next 25 days on the show. Says the source, "When Shilpa was approached she was taken completely by surprise. She had made no overtures to Endem more |
