Director Abhinav Kashyap Acts Pricey After Dabangg

Posted by admin on Oct 30th, 2010 | 0 comments

Dabangg may be one of the biggest grosser in Bollywood but there were many who felt that the movie worked because of Salman Khan’s star-power. Director Abhinav Kashyap feels that he is the one who has given Bollywood one of its biggest money-makers and with this thought, has been visiting corporate houses asking for a huge remuneration for doing films produced by them.

A few days ago, Abhinav asked for Rs. 10 crore plus from Eros International for a film. The source from the production company says, “The Eros International Officials were flabbergasted. They had their share of talks but nothing materialized in the end. In other words, they showed him (Abhinav) the door.” Some days later, the director had gone to the PVR office and asked for an even bigger figure. The source says, “There, Abhinav demanded for an amount between Rs. 15 and Rs. 18 crore. The PVR officials were as shocked as Eros International, if nothing more. Nothing happened for Abhinav, there either.”

A leading distributor says, “You may have made Dabangg but you certainly don’t deserve more than Rs 4 crore, Mr Abhinav Kashyap. Maximum Rs 4.5 crore.” He said that though Dabangg worked, it had a lot of loopholes. He added, “You can demand an amount of Rs. 10-15 crore only if you have a string of successful films, at least couple of big hits.” When asked Abhinav, if he had a meeting with Eros International and PVR, he said, “I haven’t finalized anything on my next project as yet.But why only Eros International and PVR? I have met up with the whole world. I met Fox, UTV, Disney and Ashtavinayak too.” When asked about the remuneration Abhinav was demanding, he plainly said, , “This is a very personal thing. It’s not for public consumption.”