I completely agree with you that this did not cost more than 100 Cr at best. Probably more like 70-80 Cr.
Rrkpk has only been shot in india, there are no foreign locations in the film, no vfx, they built some sets for the houses and songs but thats it in terms of what they would spend the most money on.
Ranveer has been known to go into profit sharing for many of his films, for Bajirao mastani he didn't charge any fees and instead went into profit sharing, and even if he isnt profit sharing then he isnt known to charge ridiculously high fees for his movies.
And I dont think kjo would take a high salary for a film he is directing and producing, he knows that the economics of a film are very important, and he wouldn't put his own film in jeopardy by taking a huge fee and inflating the budget.
I just think there might be some broader thing going on with the way all the budgets have been hyper-inflated lately. Probably streaming. That's all. š
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