Amid the siege debate in Bollywood, film producers have long been accusing some actors of charging high fees. But in a recent conversation, Kapoor & Sons actor Vikram Kapadia, who has worked with all the major production houses in the industry, revealed that Karan Johar’s Dharma Productions and Yash Raj Films are reluctant to give him work considering their reputation. Pay less. However, he also admitted that he pays the actors on time.
Vikram Kapadia has worked in Force 2, The Night Manager, Kapoor & Sons, Scam 1992 and other popular films and TV series. In a candid interview with Bollywood Now, the actor shared his experience of working with Yash Raj Films and Dharma Productions, which have been in existence since the 70s and have made some of the most popular films in the industry.
He discussed that even though actors face payment challenges, big production houses like Ekta Kapoor’s Balaji Telefilms and Yash Raj Films pay on time. However, he also highlighted that Karan Johar’s Dharma Productions and Aditya Chopra’s Yash Raj Films have a sense of superiority over their legacy and establishment.
As a result, they offer slightly lower salaries in the pretext that they are offering an opportunity to work with their reputed production house. He said, “Yashraj and Dharma have this ego that we are Yashraj and Dharma, so we will pay you a little less, but you should be happy because we are paying you. I think they would have done the same to everyone. Yes. I think that’s it.” Why are actors worried?
However, he said that Yash Raj Films paid him well and it was a good experience working with them. Furthermore, he shared that they never delay or create any problems regarding the payment of artists.
Meanwhile, Karan Johar’s Dharma Productions has recently made an important deal. The filmmaker sold 50 percent stake in his production house to Serum Institute of India (SII) CEO Adar Poonawala, who intended to expand his work in showbiz through his company Serene Productions.
Dharma Productions was founded in 1976 by Karan’s father Yash Johar and has produced successful films like Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham, Agneepath, Brahmastra Part 1: Shiva and others. It is next producing Shankara starring Akshay Kumar and Sunny Sanskari’s Tulsi Kumari starring Varun Dhawan.
Yash Raj Films, on the other hand, was founded in 1970 by Yash Chopra, father of Aditya Chopra. He has made films like ‘Kabhi Kabhie’, ‘Mohabbatein’, ‘Dhoom’ series, ‘Sultan’ and ‘Pathan’.
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