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Rajinikanth’s Salary Slashed to Half after Darbar’s Disastrous Failure

Darbar’s Failure creates Trouble for Rajinikanth as his Salary gets Cut to Half for Next Film with Sun Pictures...

Darbar’s Failure turns Disaster for Rajinikanth; Salary Slashed to Half for Next Film
Rediff.com

Superstar Rajinikanth’s recent release, Darbar, turned a dud on the box office. Written and directed by A. R. Murugadoss, and produced by Allirajah Subaskaran under the banner of Lyca Productions, the action thriller incurred losses of Rs 70 crores and has caused major trouble for the actor as well.

Reportedly, Rajinikanth’s salary for his next film has been cut to half after Darbar’s failure.  Recently, Kalanithi Maran of Sun Pictures, that is bankrolling the actor’s next project met the actor and convinced him to take a reduced payment for their next film. 

“Maran met Rajinikanth on the sets of their new film last week. Following the failure of Darbar, Maran requested Rajinikanth to take a pay cut and when the latter was surprised by the decision, Maran was even ready to shelve the project. After much deliberation, Rajinikanth agreed to cut his salary by half. After being paid Rs 118 crore (including GST) for Darbar, Sun Pictures offered to pay Rs 58 crore (including GST),” Pinkvilla quoted a trade source as saying.

Besides, Rajinikanth, Darbar featured Nayanthara, Suniel Shetty, Prateik Babbar, Nivetha Thomas and Yogi Babu in lead roles. Darbar starred Rajinikanth in the role of a cop, after 25 long years. The action thriller was highly anticipated by fans, and while it received good reviews by critics and audiences, the film failed to make money on the box office.

Meanwhile, speaking of Rajinikanth’s next, the untitled family drama is touted to be a rural-based action drama, and also stars Nayanthara, Keerthy Suresh, Khushbu and Meena in key roles.

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