Alia Bhatt Believes There Must Be Reassessment Of Top Actors’ Fees To Match Budget Of The Film Post-Pandemic
The pandemic was a difficult time for all the businesses around the globe. Many of them were shut down while several others had to lay off their staff because the business owners were not able to pay their salaries. The entertainment industry also took a hit during this tough time. Well, currently the industry is in the recovery phase. But recently, several consecutive Hindi films did not fare well at the box office. During a recent panel event, Alia Bhatt admitted that the industry did suffer a setback amid the pandemic. She also shed light on how the salaries of top actors and actresses should be balanced out against the budget of the film.
Alia Bhatt Talks About Film’s Budgets Post Pandemic
Speaking to Indian Express, the 29-year-old actress was asked if there was a ‘reassessment’ in the fees that a particular star asks for post the pandemic. To this, Alia responded by saying that she agrees that the reassessment should happen. She added that she is a ‘creative’ producer and not a ‘numbers’ producer. Alia further said that the content of the films is bringing people to the theatres and that the star value or the stardom of an actor just adds layers to it.
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Bhatt also went on to quip that she is nobody to tell the actors what their remuneration should be as she is one of the ‘younger ones’ of the lot. The Darlings actress also went on to add that all the producers are thinking of doing a reassessment of the fees of the actors to match the budget of the film.
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On the work front, Alia is currently gearing for the release of her upcoming dark comedy film Darlings which is slated to release on Netflix on August 5, 2022. The cast of the film also includes Shefali Shah, Vijay Verma and others. Other than this, Brahmastra, one of the highly anticipated projects of her career so far is also set to release on September 9, 2022.
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