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The first Bollywood hero, whom the producer was ready to pay a mouthful fee for his film. Even the filmmaker had asked to give 1 crore rupees to the actor. Do you know the name of that actor?
New Delhi. From Bollywood to South Cinema these days, there is a lot of actors who charge thick fees. Some have a fee of Rs 100 crore and someone’s 200 crores. But we tell you about such a hero, who was offered the highest fees in the 90s. What we are talking about is none other than Amitabh Bachchan.
Amitabh Bachchan is known for his brilliant performance. He has launched many different types of characters on the silver screen in his career of more than 50 years. Big B’s film ‘Aaj Ka Arjun’ was released in the year 1990, which was made by KC Bokadia. (Photo courtesy: imDB)
‘Today’s Arjun’ was seen in Jaya Prada lead role with Amitabh Bachchan. The film made a record -breaking opening after its release and created a panic at the box office. Amitabh Bachchan got a huge amount of offer for this film. In this, stars like Suresh Oberoi, Kiran Kumar, Amrish Puri were also in important characters. (Photo courtesy: imDB)
Every filmmaker dreams of working with Amitabh Bachchan. This is the reason that filmmaker KC Bokadia had offered Big B for ‘Aaj Ka Arjun’ a fee of Rs 1 crore. Till that time no actor used to charge so much fees. Casey Bokadia made her debut as director from ‘Aaj Ka Arjun’. (Photo courtesy: imDB)
In a conversation with Prabhat Khabar, KC Bokadia had told that, ‘I was working as a producer in the industry and today’s Arjun was my first film as a director. This was the reason that Amitabh’s manager was hesitating to do a film with me. As a producer, I gave many superhit films. His manager told me that Amit ji’s fees are 80 lakh rupees, while I knew that he used to take 70 lakh rupees at that time. (Photo courtesy: imDB)
The filmmaker further said, Amit ji’s manager might have thought that I will refuse to hear such a big fee. But I said that I can give them up to 1 crore, so that I can do a film with such a big star. At that time, hardly any actor would have received a fee of 1 crore. (Photo courtesy: imDB)
After this, Amitabh Bachchan agreed to the film ‘Aaj Ka Arjun’. KC Bokadia told that he had become a very good bond with Big B while shooting. Then Amitabh took only Rs 70 lakh as a fee from him and KC Bokadia’s first film as director was super hit at the box office. (Photo courtesy: imDB)
According to the report by the trade website Caiknilk, Amitabh Bachchan’s film ‘Aaj Ka Arjun’ was prepared at a cost of Rs 3.50 crore. The film did a business of 7 crores in India. Total earnings were Rs 10 crore worldwide. The film’s Wordict is a superhit at the box office. (Photo courtesy: imDB)