In a recent interview, ace director, Anil Sharma opened up about dealing with the huge entourage fees demanded by the actors, who don't even make a good deal at the box office.
Karan Johar, Farah Khan and many other filmmakers in Bollywood have earlier opened up about the huge demands made by the celebs during the shoot of their films. Following this, it began a series of discussions in B-town regarding the same. Apart from many filmmakers, many actors and actresses too, reacted to the same. They have even opened up about the earlier times when celebrities were not even given proper washrooms, and actresses had to face numerous issues.
Yet again, another filmmaker, Anil Sharma opened up about the huge entourage costs that became prevalent in the industry and gave his two cents on the same. Just like Karan Johar, Farah Khan and others, Anil, too, called them a waste of money. Anil mentioned the high entourage fees are unnecessary, especially when those celebs' movies aren't making enough at the box office. In an interview with the Hindustan Times, Anil said:
“Actors have the audacity to increase their entourage costs at a time when their films aren’t even working in theaters. Actors ki itni value hi nahi reh gayi ab ki public unko dekhne aaye. Gone are those times when we (the Hindi film industry) used to make films with Dharmendra and many others, with tickets getting booked a week in advance. It doesn’t happen now."
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In the same conversation, Anil Sharma also slammed the Gen Z actors, and compared them with the old actors, who didn't make such demands while working in the films. Blaming the current actors for Bollywood’s decline, Anil added how they are busy making money from everything other than movies. Anil shared:
"The public is not coming to see you in the theaters. OTT par aapko majboori mein dekhti hain, woh bhi 25 mein se do films dekh li toh dekh li. You don’t even know if your film is a flop or a hit. You put a mark on it on your own and live in your world. Either they are earning from Instagram or advertising, cinema se unko kuch nahi mil raha kyunki unko public dekhne hi nahi aa rahi. It is the bitter truth.”
Earlier, in a candid conversation with Dipika Kakar and Shoaib Ibrahim for their YouTube channel, Farah Khan talked about the opulent demands made by the actor while working on the film sets. Revealing her experience when she had to cater to the various needs of the stars, Farah compared the present-day stars with those of earlier times. Farah admitted that nowadays, the actors would stop working if their vanity vans don't reach the sets. She then shared that nowadays, each actor has about four vans for themselves- one for himself, one for their gym, one for their staff, one for miscellaneous works, and then they also used to have a food trucks.
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Further, calling the older times 'the golden era', Farah mentioned how heroines back then were comfortable in changing clothes even behind the trees. The acclaimed director explained that for certain privacy reasons, especially for the actresses, the director herself held towels or bedsheets on the outdoor shoots while they changed inside. But elaborating more about the shift in on-set amenities over the years, she shared:
“Earlier, heroines would change behind trees, we would hold towels for them. I have done it for them. When you go for (outdoor) shoots you’d do it, even in Switzerland they would change behind the bus, use bedsheets to cover. Now the actors don’t budge unless their vans come.”
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