Anurag Kashyap reveals Shah Rukh Khan, Aamir Khan and Salman Khan keep films affordable; says, “Unki koi film costly nahin hoti”

Anurag Kashyap has frequently emphasized the issue of actors charging excessive amounts in films. During a recent interview, the filmmaker praised Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan, and Aamir Khan for not charging fees for their films. In an interview with Bollywood Bubble, Anurag explained why Shah Rukh, Salman, and Aamir's films aren't expensive.

Anurag Kashyap compliments. Shah Rukh, Aamir and Salman

Anurag, commenting on needless demands of actors and 50-60% of production costs as star salaries, observed, “Jab aap film banate ho, toh film banane se jyada kharcha faltu cheezon mein jaata hai. Actors ki fees se dikkat nahin kyunki wo market dictate karti hai. Mai jaisi filmein banata hu mai limit mein rehta hu, kain baar mai apni fees forfeit bhi kar deta hu. Maine life mein 60% se jyada filmon mein zero fees pe kaam kiya hai.”

He further said, “Biggest example is Gangs of Wasseypur. My fees was zero because I didn’t want to replace actors with big stars. Mai bade actors ke saath kaam nahin karta, lekin sabse jyada cost conscious industry mein humare teen bade stars hai- Shah Rukh, Salman aur Aamir, teeno fees nahi lete film mein. Wo har film backend lete hai. Unki koi film costly nahin hoti.”

About Anurag Kashyap

Anurag began his career as a scriptwriter on Ram Gopal Varma's Satya and Kaun. He is also acknowledged as a dialogue writer in E Niwas' Shool, starring Manoj Bajpayee and Raveena Tandon. Anurag made his directorial debut with Paanch, which was never released. Because of its political content, his second film, Black Friday (based on the 1993 Mumbai explosions), took five years to hit theaters. The director later rose to prominence with films such as Dev D, Gulaal, Gangs of Wasseypur - 1 and 2, Mukkabaaz, and Manmarziyaan. His web series Sacred Games, which is based on Vikram Chandra's novel of the same name, was also quite popular. Anurag recently played a negative role in Vijay Sethupathi's Tamil action movie Maharaja.

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