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Emraan Hashmi increases film fee

Dunya News

Bollywood actor Emraan Hashmi has announced to charge Rs 100 million for a film.

The buzz is that Emraan has quoted Rs 100 million all the fresh projects.Rumour mills say that the three Khans Shahrukh, Salman and Aamir-- charge about Rs 270-280 million a film, besides taking a share in the profits. Also, A-listers like Hrithik Roshan and Ajay Devgn charge somewhere about Rs 225 million per film while Ranbir Kapoor and Shahid Kapoor are believed to charge around Rs 100 million.I have increased my rate but I cannot tell you the exact figure. It is a safe price, it is not a crazy price. I have worked in the office of a producer, so I know what happens when they (actors) overprice. So I know what that price should be and it keeps me in the industry for a long haul, Emraan told reporters here last night, after unveiling the first of his upcoming film, Shanghai.I think as an actor I feel my rate should not burden the film. There are few actors, who charge more and then eventually it burdens the film, but I will never do that, the 32-year-old actor said.Emraan has three releases lined up for this year, Mahesh Bhatts crime thriller, Jannat 2 (May 4), Dibakar Banerjees political thriller Shanghai (June 8) and Vikram Bhatts 3D horror film and Raaz 3.