By Hindustan Times
Riding high at the success of his recent releases just like the Dirty Picture and Once Upon A Time in Mumbai, actor Emraan Hashmi has increased his remuneration but insists that it isn't a "crazy price" and won't burden any of his films.
The buzz is that Emraan has quoted Rs. 10 crore for all of the fresh projects.
Rumour mills say that the 3 Khans — Shahrukh, Salman and Aamir-- charge about Rs. 27-28 crore a film, besides taking a share within the profits. Also, A-listers like Hrithik Roshan and Ajay Devgn charge somewhere about Rs. 20 crore per film while Ranbir Kapoor and Shahid Kapoor are believed to charge around Rs. 10 crore. Now Emraan might also join them.
"I have increased my rate but I WILL NOT inform you the precise figure. This is a safe price, it isn't a crazy price. I'VE worked within the office of a producer, so I DO KNOW what happens after they (actors) overprice. So I DO KNOW what that price have to be and it keeps me within the industry for a protracted haul," Emraan told reporters here last night, after unveiling the primary of his upcoming film, Shanghai.
"I think as an actor I BELIEVE my rate will not burden the film. There are few actors, who charge more after which eventually it burdens the film, but I WILL BE ABLE TO never do that," the 32-year-old actor said.
Emraan has three releases lined up for this year, Mahesh Bhatt's crime thriller, Jannat 2 (May 4), Dibakar Banerjee's political thriller Shanghai (June 8) and Vikram Bhatt's 3D horror film, Raaz 3 (August 31).
On his role in Shanghai he said, "Dibakar has the power to bring out the actor of his comfort zone. And he made me eat lot of stuff, in order that I become fat, have a paunch. Getting the physicality of the nature was half the battle won."
