Vinod Khanna had a modular fees for each roles irrespective of the fig of days helium changeable for. (Photo: IE Archives)
Vinod Khanna was seen arsenic the only contender to the past rising prima Amitabh Bachchanat the time. The contention was tough, and Vinod Khanna was adjacent to surpassing Amtiabh Bachchan’s stardom. But, everything changed aft Vinod Khanna decided to permission his movie vocation down and articulation the Osho Ashram successful the USA. After 5 years, Vinod Khanna made a almighty comeback with his 1987 movie Insaaf. Recently, actor-director-screenwriter Ananth Mahadevan recalled Vinod Khanna’s charm among assemblage and his quality with the radical who approached him. During the conversation, Ananth besides recalled however Vinod Khanna had a fixed fees of Rs 35 lakhs irrespective of the fig of days helium changeable for a film. “Be it a time oregon 20 days, his fees was fixed,” helium said.
In an interrogation with Siddharth Kannan, Ananth Mahadevan fondly remembered his imagination to enactment with Vinod Khanna. He said, “I wanted to enactment with a towering property similar Vinod Khanna. When you truly manifest something, it comes true. When I made Red Alert, a movie connected Naxals, I had a stellar formed that included Ashish Vidyarthi, Sameera Reddy, and Suniel Shetty, among others. Vinod Khanna played a precise pivotal portion successful that and I had this large accidental to conscionable ticker this man, basal determination and perform.”
‘People queued to bargain beforehand tickets for his comeback film’
Recalling the clip erstwhile the histrion made a comeback successful cinemas aft 5 years, helium said, “I retrieve erstwhile Insaaf released, it was expected to beryllium his comeback movie aft his instrumentality from the Osho Ashram. His charm was truthful that radical stood successful a queue from Apsara theatre to Maratha Mandir to bargain beforehand tickets. And that’s quiescent a distance, implicit a kilometer. However, the movie didn’t bash truthful good compared to its archetypal craze. But, Vinod Khanna was a antheral who was determination for each seasons. Be it arts oregon politics.”
He added, “He was precise jovial and nice. Every clip I went to him with a role, helium would say, ‘Anant, you cognize astir me, I person a bata rate: 35 lakhs. I complaint 35 lakhs. Now you marque maine sprout for a time oregon 20 days, my fees remains same. He had a level fee.”
Ananth Mahadevan and Vinod Khanna worked successful films similar Red Alert (2010) and Chandni (1989).
Click for much updates and latest Bollywood news on with Entertainment updates. Also get latest news and apical headlines from India and astir the world astatine The Indian Express.