Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Everyone's doing it, man!

Yeay for free wifi at hotels. I'm surrounded by hungry Malaysians, typing away at my keyboard looking all serious as if I'm doing important work... ha! XD

But, joke aside... I am doing an important work. Blogging about Datuk Shah Rukh Khan is important to me. Anyway, I found this. For those of you who keep nagging about him dancing at weddings and caring only about money (most of you are males but you nag worse than my grandma, seriously) unlike your other saintly idols who care more about the perfection of their art than how much crore they have in their bank accounts ...I'm trying hard not to gag here... here's the big picture. Please swallow this bitter pill slowly, I don't want you to choke on your own saliva.

Full article: Source
Till a year earlier, the distance between Shah Rukh Khan, the No 1 player in Bollywood, and Akshay Kumar and Aamir Khan was big. However, now Akshay is the highest-paid actor, currently getting Rs 17 crore for a film, while Aamir Khan is the highest paid star-endorser, having bagged a yearly fee between Rs 12-15 crore per annum for his three commercials on including Tata Sky, Samsung Mobiles and Parle Monaco biscuits.

Shah Rukh Khan would be paid around Rs 2 cr for a 20-minute performance at the wedding of Mumbai builder Kanti Gowani’s nephew. The actor had reportedly charged Rs 1.5 cr for his number at the wedding of steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal’s daughter.

Sources in GS Entertainment, the event management company handling the Gowani wedding shows, say Shah Rukh can be available, say for three days, for Rs 12 cr. On the other hand, Akshay Kumar charges Rs 1.25 crore to be present at events, while Salman Khan pitches Rs 1 crore, and Govinda Rs 70 lakh, according to estimates provided by event management companies.

During 2008, Airtel led the list of the top 10 brands endorsed by celebrities on TV, followed by Pepsi, the report said. “It is natural that the endorsement price is heavily skewed in favour of icons like Aamir, SRK, Akshay Kumar, Sachin Tendulkar and MS Dhoni. These five, on average, get roughly three times what the next 10 get," says Porwal.

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