{"id":658413,"date":"2025-12-27T20:09:18","date_gmt":"2025-12-27T20:09:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/658413\/"},"modified":"2025-12-27T20:09:18","modified_gmt":"2025-12-27T20:09:18","slug":"imran-khan-shares-massive-fees-of-a-listers-like-ranbir-kapoor-ranveer-singh-exposes-bollywoods-budget-driven-casting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/658413\/","title":{"rendered":"Imran Khan shares massive fees of A-listers like Ranbir Kapoor, Ranveer Singh; exposes Bollywood’s budget-driven casting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Actor Imran Khan<\/a> is all set to make his comeback to the big screen with the upcoming film Happy Patel. In a recent conversation<\/a> with Samdish on his podcast, the actor spoke about Bollywood\u2019s casting process and also reflected on the massive pay cheques of A-list stars such as Ranbir Kapoor<\/a> and Ranveer Singh.<\/p>\n

\u20b930 crore per film.” title=”Imran Khan reveals Ranbir Kapoor and Ranveer Singh don’t earn less than \u20b930 crore per film.” \/> \"Imran\u20b930 crore per film.” title=”Imran Khan reveals Ranbir Kapoor and Ranveer Singh don’t earn less than \u20b930 crore per film.” \/> Imran Khan reveals Ranbir Kapoor and Ranveer Singh don’t earn less than \u20b930 crore per film. Imran Khan on Bollywood’s casting approach<\/p>\n

During the conversation, Imran revealed that Ajay Devgn, and not him, was the first choice for Matru Ki Bijli Ka Mandola. However, when Ajay exited the film during the preparation stage, Vishal Bhardwaj cast Imran instead.<\/p>\n

Imran further claimed that Vishal did not cast him because he was the right fit for the role, but because casting him helped secure a certain budget for the film. Speaking about Bollywood\u2019s casting process, he said, \u201cThe approach to casting is all based on budget, even now. It has nothing to do with the actor. Nobody cares whether you\u2019re the right actor for the role. They\u2019re just thinking, \u2018How much money can I get with him?\u2019 That\u2019s how I ended up being cast in Matru. On my back, they could get an X amount of money.\u201d<\/p>\n

Imran Khan on the fees received by Bollywood A-listers<\/p>\n

The actor was then asked how much A-listers earn per film, to which he replied, \u201cIf you\u2019re an A-lister in theatrical films today, you\u2019re not earning less than \u20b930 crore per film. Anyone my age \u2014 Ranbir Kapoor, Ranveer Singh, Shahid Kapoor \u2014 they are not earning less than \u20b930 crore. I would be surprised if any of them are earning less than that.\u201d<\/p>\n

He also questioned the pay gap between the lead actor and other cast and crew members, quipping that if one considers the scale at which a leading actor earns compared to everyone else working on a film, there would come a moment when one would stop and say, \u2018hang on\u2019 because it \u201cwon\u2019t make sense\u201d to pay one person so much.<\/p>\n

Imran Khan\u2019s upcoming film<\/p>\n

Imran will next be seen in Happy Patel: Khatarnak Jasoos. Helmed by Vir Das and Kavi Shastri, the film also stars Vir Das, Amit Bhandari, Mithila Palkar and Sharib Hashmi. Aamir Khan will be making a special appearance. The film is scheduled to release in theatres on January 16, 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Actor Imran Khan is all set to make his comeback to the big screen with the upcoming film…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":658414,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3940],"tags":[170538,193472,4080,196289,77,201280,201279,95138,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-658413","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-aditya-dhar","9":"tag-akshaye-khanna","10":"tag-celebrities","11":"tag-dhurandhar","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-mahabharat","14":"tag-ram-gopal-varma","15":"tag-ranveer-singh","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115793347567758732","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658413","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=658413"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658413\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/658414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=658413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=658413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=658413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}