Mamta hikes up price

Mamta hikes up price post wedding

Mamta Mohandas becomes one of the highest paid M'wood actresses with My Boss, second only to Kavya

Sanjith Sidhardhan

Actress Mamta Mohandas has received her highest pay cheque yet for her first signing post wedding. The actress will star opposite Dileep in the East Coast Vijayan-produced film My Boss. She has allegedly been paid 15 lakh for her role, a huge amount for a local star, who also happens to be married.
"It's a plum, performance-oriented role and Mamta was the only actress in Mollywood who fits the bill. Also, since it's a full-length role, she has allotted close to 30 days exclusively for the film," says a source from the unit.
The deal, which was inked before her wedding in December last year, elevates Mamta to being one among the very few top paid actress in industry, second only to Kavya Madhavan, who has reportedly been paid 17 lakh for her next film. Of course, actresses from other film industries who bag roles here get paid a lot more – anywhere between 15 lakh to 30 lakh.
My Boss will be directed by Jithu Joseph, of Mummy and Me fame. Dileep plays a software engineer from Kuttanadu, and Mamta plays his boss who works out of the parent company in Mumbai. "Mamta's character is that of an Australian citizen and it is the cultural clash between them that adds colour to the love story," reveals director Jithu, who has also scripted the film. The rom-com, which also stars Lena, Salim Kumar, Sai Kumar and Suresh Krishna, is scheduled to begin filming in May and will mostly be shot in Mumbai.
sanjith.sidhardhan@timesgroup.com

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