Akshay Kumar to charge a whopping Rs 50 Crore for his next film?

Akshay Kumar is every producer’s and distributor’s delight as he always delivers big hits. He has already released two films since the beginning of the year, which was Airlift in January and very recently Housefull 3. Airlift was a pretty big hit and earned Akshay a lot of critical acclaim and commercial success. But Housefull 3 was such a phenomenal success it blew all his previous hits out of the park. Owing to the success of his films in recent times, it looks like Akki has planned to increase his fee by a substantial amount.

Divya Khosla Kumar is all set to begin her next directorial after Sanam Re and buzz is, she has signed her Ab Tumhare Hawale Watan Saathiyo co-star Akshay Kumar for the male lead. Not just that, Akshay is said to have hiked his price to Rs 50 crore post the success of Airlift and the director has agreed to give him that remuneration. However, Divya denies having approached him. She says, “I am still writing the script so how can I approach Akshay? The question of signing him for that amount doesn’t arise. Let my script get complete then I will decide the casting.” Divya admits that her film will be a romance.

Wow! Rs 50 Crore for a romantic movie? Nobody can demand such a high price unless it is Akshay Kumar. But then again, Divya has denied that she has approached him at all and that she definitely cannot afford to pay him that much considering the budget of the film. Considering the exorbitant fee that the Khiladi Kumar is rumoured to be charging at the moment, the question arises if he will ultimately be cast in this project or not.
For the time being, all eyes are focused on his third release of the year which is Rustom. The trailer of the film came out recently and was widely appreciated by one and all. The trailer will also be featured separately along with Salman Khan‘s Sultan in select theatres. Rustom is all set to release on August 12, right in the Independence Day weekend.