Anokha producer made a strange bet against the heroine, ‘I will give 11 lakhs, but…’ The actress’s mother was heartbroken to hear this.

New Delhi. Film business is a business in which an actor becomes a star overnight as soon as the film hits. On the contrary, a flop film changes the fortunes of even good actors. Who can understand the maths of making a film better than a producer? Actually, a producer’s job should be to save money, but we are going to tell you a story of a famous producer of Hindi cinema, which will make you laugh as well as wonder. Only one condition of this producer made the top actress of that time worry. Everyone wondered what he was doing…

When the mother said, ‘Sri will take 10 lakhs’
The producer is Boney Kapoor, who produced many films like ‘Mr India’, ‘Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja’, ‘Judai’, ‘Khushi’, ‘Prem’, ‘No Entry’, ‘Sirf Tum’ and ‘Wanted’. was ‘. is This is the story of his film ‘Mr India’ in which he was bringing his brother Anil Kapoor in the lead role. He wanted a heroine for the film and chose Sridevi. But Sridevi said that her mother will decide the matter. Impressed by Sridevi’s acting and beauty, Boney Kapoor went to Chennai to meet Sridevi’s mother. Sridevi’s mother spoke neither Hindi nor English well but could understand everything Boney said. When it came to Sridevi’s fee, her mother said ’10 lakhs’. Being a producer, Boney Kapoor knew in advance that Sridevi had received Rs 8.5 lakh for her previous film and was ready to pay Rs 9 lakh himself.

When the mother got scared, ‘Who will give us 15 lakhs?’
When Sridevi’s mother said 10 lakh, Boney Kapoor said, ‘No.’ Hearing this, Sridevi’s mother became silent. Then Boney said, ‘I will give 11’. Hearing this, his mother remained silent for a while. But then Bonnie made a bet against him. Boney said, ‘But you have to sign the next film for 15 lakhs.’ Hearing this, Sridevi’s mother started saying ‘Ayo Ayo’ and said, ‘Who will give 15?’ Then Bonnie said, ‘I’ll get it.’ Bonnie also fulfilled her promise. When Yash Chopra wanted to sign Sridevi for his film ‘Chandni’, Sridevi received only Rs 15 lakh.

Boney Kapoor made Sridevi the most expensive actress
This story does not end here. In fact, Boney even tried to ensure that Sridevi’s fees always increased. When Boney approached her for her next film, Sridevi’s mother said, ‘Bony will do this film for you in Sri 14.’ Then Bonnie said, ‘Why?’ I will give 16. But I have another condition. Shri will do the next film for 25 lakhs. Then he said, ‘Who will give 25 lakhs to Boney?’ Then Boney Kapoor said, ‘Don’t worry, you will get only 25 lakh rupees.’ Let us tell you that for the film ‘Khuda Gawah’ with Amitabh Bachchan, Sridevi was given a fee of only 25 lakh rupees. Sridevi was the most expensive actress of her time and was given the status of ‘Lady Superstar’. Boney said that he is doing this so that Sridevi does not become a part of small films.

Let us tell you that Boney Kapoor married Sridevi after divorcing his first wife Mona Kapoor. Boney and Sridevi have two daughters, Jhanvi Kapoor and Khushi Kapoor. While Arjun Kapoor and Anshula Kapoor are the children of Boney’s first wife Mona.

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