Imran Khan calls huge star fees ‘foolish’, praises Aamir Khan’s model

Imran Khan calls huge star fees ‘foolish’, praises Aamir Khan’s model 

Imran Khan has not appeared in films since his break yet he tracks all current events. He has consistently expressed his true thoughts without hiding any part of his beliefs.

The actor who has never been allured by stardom also never followed the formulaic route and what he was told to do as a popular notion.

He selected his own way of life. Imran has produced his next movie through his role as producer while he acts in the project. He will direct a film with Danish Aslam who previously worked with him on Break Ke Baad and their project features Bhumi Pednekar as his partner.

The actor informs us that he completed filming for the movie which is now in its post production phase. Imran disclosed to us during our film discussion that budget determines which actors receive casting opportunities in a project.

When asked if that still exists and if he likes this system, Imran told ETimes, “There are two sides to this. On the one hand, I understand and it is absolutely valid that someone who has a bigger marquee value will bring more of a crowd bring more attention to a film than an actor who does not have that same draw. Certainly that makes sense. You would put more money on this actor than on that actor. I can I’ll invest a bigger budget. I’m trying to make this large scale action film needs a lot expense and so you need someone who can draw that. Absolutely that’s valid.”

He added, “I believe that increasingly we have reached a place where stars exploit the system. What I was taught by my uncle, by Aamir. And I have seen in the generation that preceded me, in fact the several generations that preceded me, is that they would themselves invest in the film. I don’t mean that they are opening their wallet and putting money into the film but there’s a sense of taking personal responsibility and ownership of the film.”

Imran further slammed this system and said, “If I have a sense that my film is going to cost 30 crores to make, that’s your cost of production. And I say I will charge 40 crores. So now your film costs 70 crores – Rs 30 crore of which is the actual film and Rs 40 crore is my personal salary. What is now our route to profitability? And do I care about that? I should care about it. It’s my film. I think that there is the potential for this film to be a decent film, take less money up front. Roll the dice. Take a gamble and bet that the film will do well. If anyone can afford to do that, it’s the star, if you’re commanding a salary of Rs 40 crore.”