Akshay Kumar finally breaks silence on reports of him charging Rs. 50 – 100 crores per film 50 : Bollywood News

Akshay Kumar is currently busy with the promotional activities of his upcoming film Selfiee. Recently there were reports doing round insinuating that Akshay Kumar charges Rs. 50 - 100 crores per film. The actor was questioned about the same at the trailer launch of Selfiee. Here is what Akshay had to say about it.

Akshay Kumar finally breaks silence on reports of him charging Rs. 50 – 100 crores per film

Actor Akshay Kumar is great with his quirky replies and is quite outspoken. On Sunday, during the trailer launch of Selfiee when Akshay was asked about the reports of him charging Rs. 50 - 100 crores for every film. Akshay said to the reporter as quoted by Zoom, “Mera badhiya reaction rehta hai. Tera kya reaction rehta hai? Tune bataya tha ki teri sherwani mein pareshani hui. Tujhe kaisa laga tha? (My reaction is always good. What was your reaction? You told me you had a problem while wearing sherwani) (laughs)."

When the reporter said he feels good, Akshay responded, “Acha lagta hai na? Aur lagna bhi chahiye, kyunki positive baatein hai na. Bhagwan kare tere sath bhi ho. (It feels good, right? You should feel good because these are positive talks. I hope it happens with you always).”

At Hindustan Times Leadership Summit in November 2022, Akshay spoke on the high cost of movie tickets in India. He said, “There are so many other things that need to be done and not just by the actors but the producers and theatres as well. I’ll tell you I want to bring down my prices by 30-40%.”

He further added, “Theatres need to understand that it’s recession time also. The audience has a limited amount of money to spend on entertainment. You cannot be spending so much on it. Everything has to change. And it’s not just the theatres. We have to work on the cost of me, the cost of making the film. Everything needs to be addressed.”

Selfiee also stars Emraan Hashmi, Nushratt Bharuccha and Diana Penty. Directed by Good Newwz fame Raj Mehta, the film will hit the theatres on February 24.

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