Why HR is out of Thug: wanted 60Cr fee

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gilmores

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Posted: 9 years ago

Money Matters

Insiders blame Duggu's exit on a '60cr fee demand

Nayandeep Rakshit

A trade source on the condition of anonymity reveals, "Hrithik asked YRF for a hefty fee of '60 crore for Thug, which Aditya Chopra felt was too high. They tried to negotiate but when they couldn't reach an understanding, they decided to part ways."

Adds our source, "Even superstars like Shah Rukh, Salman, Aamir Khan have a reasonable take-home. They are bankable stars and still charge into a profit-sharing agreement with production houses. Hrithik didn't want that. He wanted a flat fee of '60 crore and that was outright rejected by Adi. Profit sharing also means that the actor might not make major moolah if his film fails to work at the BO. So it's risky, which is why Hrithik perhaps wanted a flat fee, which is safe."

Being an adventure saga, Thug will be an expensive film. Add to it, Hrithik's '60 crore demand and the film would have had to make over '250 crore to break even. With Hrithik at the helm, that figure was gettable, but not a certainty. With Aamir's record, the'250 crore-mark is a sure-shot. And with AK accepting Thug on a profit-sharing basis, the film will not be loaded with extra cost. All's well that ends well?

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TV deal did Hrithik in?

A conflict of interest over satellite rights could be the reason for Duggu's exit from Thug

Upala KBR

Hrithik Roshan's recent '550 crore exclusive deal with a TV network could be to blame for his exit from Aditya Chopra's Thug. As per that, all the actor's films' satellite rights are sold to that channel for a set amount.

Says a source, "Hrithik has made a deal with Star TV for the exclusive privilege of premiering and broadcasting of all his films releasing in 2017. While Hrithik had brokered this deal himself, sometimes a production house and a TV network do it too for specific films or a certain number of films as a package. In Aditya Chopra's case, he has brokered a deal with a rival TV channel, Sony, for the films produced by his banner.

When Salman Khan signed Sultan, YRF allowed him to give the satellite rights of the film to Star, but in Hrithik's case, for Thug, Adi wanted to pay him off with a certain amount, but not give him the satellite rights as he had to stick to his own contract with Sony. This irked Hrithik who was adamant about sticking to his commitment. Says a source, "His stand was, if Salman got his satellite rights, why not me? It was a matter of principle and he couldn't understand why the differenciation. Once Hrithik walked off, Aamir was approached as he doesn't take satellite rights, only a fee and back-end of the profits."

upala.kbr@dnaindia.net

Edited by turqoisedress - 9 years ago

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gilmores

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Posted: 9 years ago

HR is crazy! Nobody's going to pay him 60Cr. His last film opened less than 10cr..and he wants 6x that price. 😕 😆

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Posted: 9 years ago

When Salman Khan signed Sultan, YRF allowed him to give the satellite rights of the film to Star,

🤔just read it will air on SONY..

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YourDream

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Posted: 9 years ago

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fivestars

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Posted: 9 years ago

HR and his delusions 😆😆

who would pay 60crs when his recent movies are duds and opened with 8 crs ,which is less than tiger baaghi 11crs !!😆

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MidnightRambler

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Posted: 9 years ago

HR is pissing me off these days and I say this as a fan of his. He takes forever to release a movie and picks crap scripts like Bang Bang and Mohenjo Daro. And to top it off, he's demanding insane amounts of money. If he wants huge amounts for himself how does he expect his movies to do well at the BO? This is as annoying as RK walking off with 32 CR for BV while the rest got scraps.

I don't think even the Khans should ask for this much let alone HR. At least they bring in revenue...

Edited by MidnightRambler - 9 years ago

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Posted: 9 years ago

What is wrong with Hrithik 🤣 🤣 60 CRORE 🤣

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tu kaun? main khaam kha 🤣

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Sree

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Posted: 9 years ago

seems hrithik has to learn so many tactis including business tactis also

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Chantelle

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Posted: 9 years ago

I feel like this guy has officially lost it, he never had script sense and now he seems to have some sort of Narcissistic Personality Disorder...chill bruh.