(Web Desk) - Mushtaq Khan recalled in an interview that his payment was less than Akshay Kumar's staff in the film Welcome.
The senior actor also worked with Shah Rukh Khan in several TV shows.
Shah Rukh Khan is an actor who had his fair share of struggle. He first tried his luck in the television industry and was part of some of the iconic shows like Fauji, Circus, and more.
Among the many actors who worked with him in his early days was Mushtaq Khan.
In an interview, the senior actor recalled SRK rejecting a big movie. Read on to know the reason behind it.
While speaking to Digital Commentary, veteran actor Mushtaq Khan went back in time and recalled working with Shah Rukh Khan.
Sharing an anecdote, the actor said he acted in a television show with SRK called Umeed, which they shot in Nashik.
It was during his time working with the megastar that he understood that SRK wouldn't stay there for long.
Once, the Jawan actor enquired Khan about producer Pranlal Mehta. He told him he was a big producer. Shah Rukh informed him that he was getting a lot of calls from Pranlal.
Responding to him, the Welcome actor suggested that SRK do that project with him. But SRK told him that he would wait and see.
Even then, Mushtaq Khan asked him not to wait any longer and just do the project.
In the same interview, Mushtaq Khan recalled that his payment might have been less than Akshay Kumar's staff in the film.
"Unfortunately, our films spend a lot of money on 'stars'. We go everywhere on our own, we travel in economy and stay in the hotels provided by the makers.
In Dubai, the hotel I was allotted, was the same hotel in which Akshay's staff was staying. This happens a lot in big films."
Having said that, he opined that a lot of filmmakers want to end this disparity in the industry. Reflecting on it, the Bala actor further added, "I am doing a film titled Stree 2, and I get a lot of love, and they take care of everyone.
We have a lot of fun together. I recently did Railway Men, and I had a lot of fun. The production guys gave me a lot of respect.
The new generation of production people and even actors are doing very well."