New Delhi:
The superhit film Sholay released 49 years ago is one of the superhit films of Bollywood. Even today people love this movie very much. Jai-Veeru’s pairing was the best in the film, while Basanti’s style was also the most unique. In today’s times where stars charge crores of rupees to do a film, even a fee of Rs 1 lakh was too much. Supporting actors used to get only 20-25 thousand rupees as fee. Today we will tell you about Sholay star cast fees. After hearing this you will be shocked that these stars worked for such a low fee.
Dharmendra got the highest fee
Many actors including Dharmendra, Mac Mohan, Hema Malini, Jaya Bhaduri, Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjeev Kumar Amjad Khan, Asrani were seen playing important roles in Sholay. According to media reports, Dharmendra got 1 lakh 50 thousand rupees, Amitabh Bachchan got 1 lakh rupees, Hema Malini got 75 thousand rupees, Jaya Bhaduri got 35 thousand rupees, Sanjeev Kumar got 1 lakh 25 thousand rupees, Amjad Khan got 1 lakh rupees for this film. 50 lakhs and 15 thousand rupees were recovered from Asrani. You will also be shocked to hear these fees of stars. Because this is the first time you have heard of celebs charging such low fees.
Many records were broken
Sholay was directed by Ramesh Sippy. The budget of this film was 3 crores. Sholay was released in theaters on 15 August 1975. The film stayed in theaters for over 25 weeks. Made on a budget of 3 crores, the film earned 35 crores. If the film had been made during this time, the fees of its star cast would have recovered more than half of the budget. The star cast of the film itself is so big that the budget along with its fees will be Rs 100 crores.