WHILE This newspaper was the one to tell you first that leggy Deepika Padukone got paid Rs 12 crores plus for her title role in Padmavati. A whopping salary? You bet. But justifiable given that Dippy girl had given 220-plus days for the film's shooting which practically made it impossible for her to take on another big project in the same year. But now, we hear that rather like Bata, this has become the actress' fixed price. Our well-entrenched Bollywood source would have us know that when recently approached by a producer for a movie with a certain Khan, she quoted the same figure leaving the producer gobsmacked. This is especially so since the film is a two-heroine project. Naturally, the other diva too would come with her own ask. Last heard, Dippy is not budging. Keep watching this space.


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