Actor Akshay Kumar, whose Rustom releases on Friday, is one of the most bankable stars in Bollywood and that certainly means his fees would be sky high. But ever wondered how much exactly is this ‘sky high’? Well, it can be as high as Rs 1 crore per day! Akshay is reportedly getting that fees for Subhash Kapoor’s Jolly LLB 2.
Actor Akshay Kumar, whose film Rustom releases on Friday, is one of the most bankable stars in Bollywood. It also means he’s one star who commands a price tag not many in the industry can boast of. Ever wondered how much it could be?
According to a report in Dailybhaskar, he’s being paid Rs 1 crore per day... for director Subhash Kapoor’s upcoming film Jolly LLB 2. The report adds that Akki is likely to shoot for 100 days! Now do the maths yourself.
Akshay is also said to be following a strict routine wherein he reaches the sets at 10am and continues shooting till 8pm, the report added.
Arshad Warsi played the lead role in Jolly LLB in the 2013 court room drama directed by Subhash Kapoor. The film was about Jolly, a struggling lawyer, who comes upon a hit-and-run case and decides to fight for the victims.
Saurabh Shukla reprises his character of a judge in the new film. The sequel will reportedly be shot in Lucknow and Varanasi.
Hindustan Times could not independently verify the report.