Akshay becomes King of Bollywood, actor to be paid $15m for next film
Well if you needed more proof that Akshay Kumar is certainly the new King of Bollywood then here it is…
Reports in Indian newspapers today suggest that the Singh Is Kinng hero has been signed up by UTV Rampage Motion Pictures for a mega sum of Rs 71 crore. That’s just over £8.5m in British sterling and… wait for this… $15.3m in US dollars. Says an industry source, “Not even the likes of Adam Sandler and Jim Carrey in Hollywood get this much. $15.3m is around the same as blockbuster names such as Brad Pitt and Tom Hanks earn. For Akshay to get this much for one single film once again proves that he is indeed the new King of Bollywood.”
Now that’s not all… compare that to Shah Rukh Khan’s salary then Akki baby is way ahead… according to unofficial figures Shah Rukh Khan earns on average Rs 20 crore per year. This is an average total figure from his salary for acting, endorsements; however this does not include money profited through his production house.
Another source in the film trade says, “Shah Rukh Khan sold the worldwide rights of Om Shanti Om for Rs 73 crore. And in less than a year, Akshay Kumar manages to achieve around the same amount for a single movie. This further establishes his new King Kumar status. It will take something special from Shah Rukh Khan or any other actor to reach this fete.”
When Akshay was asked about this amount, he chose not to reveal any further details, saying “Market rates fluctuate. My price will be decided when the film is being sold. Who knows what the market will be like then?” Prior to this Akshay’s asking price for a film was a mere Rs 30 crore.
So now we ask you… the public, the fans… the Bollywood lovers… if this figure is correct does it prove that Akshay Kumar has indeed become the new Bollywood King… and that Shah Rukh Khan or any other actor will need to work very hard to reach him… let alone surpass him… is Akshay Kumar on the verge of becoming a true living legend of Bollywood… is he about to surpass the greatest actor of all time Mr. Amitabh Bachchan… or do you believe that Akshay Kumar’s bubble will soon burst… that he will come crashing down like a pile of bricks… do you think Akshay is just being hyped by the media and has had a handful of lucky hits and that this does not substantiate his status as King Kumar… whatever your thoughts we would love your views on this… please use the comments section below to send them to us and fellow readers… and please keep the comments clean as any with foul language and abusive tones will be deleted.
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Do u think we are insane lyk u? How can we believe this robish? Media cannot fool us, we knw shahrukh is the first and last king of bollywood. He is the only actor who got maximum all time block burster and awards. Shame on akshay that singh is kinng made the official of toronto festival laugh at bollywood!
Media is making money by selling SRK name. Anyone and everyone target is to reach SRK.
It is always SRK verses Tom dick and harry
It is always SRK movies verses TOM dick and harry
It is always SRK commercials TOM Dick and Harry
It is always SRK Box office success verses tom dick and harry
blah b;ah blah
Now you decide who is the king here. hahha hahaha
Yaar SRK is the Real King….He Rule the Bollywood single handedly for last 16-17years…Akki is Good but you can not comare Akshay with SRK.coz Akki come on top after 17years….and SRK is on Top from Last 17 Years..so you decide who is the King of Bollywood….
Usman SRK has not ruled for 17 years stop spreading lies. go to boxofficeindia website and see the years for the last 17 years. They will give you the top 3 actors from the last 17 years.
There are about 8 years in the list where SRK was not even in the top3.
Ive always said SRK is a media made star, he only delivers hits with big banners. Outside the big banners he is nothing.
AKSHAY IS THE KING AT THE MOMENT!! SRK FANS ARE JUST JEALOUS!
UTV has officially denied this propaganda news. It is unture.
the succés of shahrukh lasted so much years and one king in Bollywood the légend and the hot shahrukh. Never say akshay.I LIKE Akshay but the best actor is srk.
False False False
Nice Try Tony Babes, May Be Next Time
Mr. Tony there was a statement issued by UTV sent to this Mumbai paper on IndiaFM, read that before you go ahead and print this article further. Your sitle likes to damage reputations.
India, Mumbai
are yaar maine to 17th September 2008 edition of TOI, and also their website, there is no news like this
er….71crore…the film will never be an earner….
OSO highest grosser with 86crore…even if Akki achieves this…producer still make loss
Is UTV is full of Tony (I mean stupids). If asking price of one product or actor is 30 crore how can somebody pays more than that.
i wish that the writer of the article is killed in a horrible road accident
u guys cant make any news,if srk is not involved and that shows how big is srk.akshay has to born 15 times to be shahrukh khan.even if srk doesn,t say anything it becomes news.
I’m a hardcore Aamir Khan fan. But i did notice n being honest SRK is the real bollywood actor. His name sales everything. If you hit any website that has anything related to SRK..ppl will read that no matter what the article is talking about. So media use SRK on everything even if that has nothing to do with SRK.
After Salman n SRK fight. Salman and the media keep throwing stone at SRK ..like he did that did this. But the fact is media seems just try to sale their article using SRK in any ways. Most of ppl careless of Salman Khan article or things that he does.
I’m still a aamir khan fan but i think SRK is the real deal here. He makes the box office ring no matter what he does n world love him even more even of medias rubish article.
well said Aamir. shahruk will last for ever n ever cause he’s a very humble and most of all a very honest family oriented person. Very loyel to his friends and family he associate with. After the fight, i havn’t seen Shahrukh not even once in the media talking about this n that but Salman has said whole lot and the his fan n world knows what a stupid ass salman is.
Tony idiot,
Jim carey charges $30 million plus 5% of movie revenue for every movie he does.Of course he does only one movie in three years.
SRK doesn’t charge over 6 crore per movie but make money from advertisement, production house etc. He is the only person making money in the home.
While monkey Akshay, has no business sense and eat his wife business money also.
SRK is the real man and perfect king.
akshay est le roi de bollywood.Sharoukh n’est qu’un bb devan lui
akki is the king of bollywood.sharukh is nohing
Akshay is true king.
good joke tony tosser
this is really BIG MONEY, 71 CRORES, this is all money game of
bollywood, but akshay is the MAN of the MOMENT, he deserves it
he is black belt, moreover self made man, he is TRUE superstar
Moreover shahrukh is like a gay stuff, and akshay is true man,
i knew from akshay’s first movie (Saugandh).not many of you
people know about it,
but NEW man, IMRAN KHAN will leave everyone behind,
his eyes says it all, he has talent in him which will take him
to the top. Akshay wait u will be surpassed by IMRAN KHAN,
i decided that u will go to top after seeing saugandh, now i am
deciding u will be surpassed by IMRAN KHAN. remember my words
“JAANE TU YAA JAANE NA”.
I am a huge Aamir Khan fan and I can honestly say– I saw Singh is King and thought it was joke… Akshay has come a long way but not even close to topping SRK– Shahrukh is in a class of his own.. It’s like saying which car is faster.. Lexus or Fararri– You get my point..
all you srk fans out there are just jealous its obvious, yeh srk was the best but im telling u straight now akshay kumar is the legend no 1 out there can over take him now hes just too good! sorry guys its a shame ur gay srk has lost awww poor srk feel sorry for him
SRK and Akshay can not be compared. SRK’s movies are better to watcg with your family. SRK is no more a family oriented actor than Akshay, he just can not do what Akshay does.
Akshay is better looking and probably has a better international appeal as well than SRK.
But Akshay will have to earn it like SRK has.
Having said that, I still think Amitabh is the one and only great Indian actor. People said great things about Raj Kapoor, Dev Anand and Dilip Kumar, no one even knows them today, no one cares. Amitabh has stood the test of time. SRK will probably not stand the test of time like Amitabh has.
i think it’s not fare to compare an ordinary actor like akshay against the all time best.srk is probably 100times better than him.he is king forever.love u badsah
i think srk is manupalating media,when akshay box office figure and
price is the witness then why srk is rated as no1.ithink srk comes no4
as on today.amitabh (30 year plus in terms of longgivity).akshay more versatile more sucessful(600 crore business in 18 month).aamir is consistant and no one needs to raise fingure on his work.actually srk and leaders are same.