Along with Bollywood, South stars also charge huge fees for a film. In today’s time, Rs 100 crore seems normal for a superstar, but do you know who was the first to charge Rs 1 crore?
The fees of any actor depend on his popularity, hit films, and brand value. As an actor progresses, his fees also become higher accordingly. In the last few years, the fees of actors have been increasing at such a rapid rate that this did not happen earlier. Today there are many actors who charge up to Rs 100 crore for a film, but do you know who is the first actor to charge Rs 1 crore? If you are thinking about Amitabh Bachchan and Rajinikanth then they are not there at all. Kamal Haasan was the first to take such a huge amount. Kamal Haasan’s birthday is on 7th November, so on this occasion let us tell you some special things related to him.
Be the highest-paid actor
According to an IMDb report, from 1988 to 1998, Kamal Haasan was the highest-paid actor in India. Then from 1999 to 2013, he and Rajinikanth remained in this position. Before Kamal Haasan, Amitabh Bachchan was India’s highest-paid actor. Even today Kamal Haasan’s fees are not less. According to the report, he charged Rs 50 crore for ‘Vikram’.
Active in different areas
The versatile Kamal Haasan has always played challenging roles. Be it playing a female role on screen or 10 different characters in the same film, only he can do it. Apart from being an actor, Kamal Haasan is a filmmaker, singer, social activist, and politician.
Started acting at a young age
Kamal Haasan mainly does Tamil films. Apart from that he did Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, and Bengali films. He is one of the great actors of Indian cinema. He started doing films as a child artist at the age of 6. His first film was ‘Kalathur Kannamma’ in 1960.
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A Long list of awards
Kamal Haasan has been awarded Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan. He received the President’s Award for Best Child Artist for his very first film. Also honored with National Film Awards 4 times. Won Filmfare Award for the films ‘Sagar and ‘Virasat’.
Kamal Haasan would have been in these films, not Sunny Deol
Kamal Haasan was the first choice for the films ‘Ghayal’ and ‘Ghatak’. Rajkumar Santoshi had written the role keeping Kamal Haasan in mind but no producer was ready to invest money in the film. Then he changed the star cast and cast Sunny Deol. Both the films became blockbusters.
The film could not be done with Subhash Ghai
Subhash Ghai first wanted to cast Kamal Haasan in his film ‘Hero’. At that time its name was ‘Sangeet’ but due to dates, he refused to do the film. Later Jackie Shroff was cast in the film.
