"I am still Struggling for Money..."
The 54-year-old actor was questioned about how various reports said that with the success of The Family Man, "his net worth is close to 170 crore" in an interview with Hindustan Times. Making that amount of money with the type of job I do and being a part of films like aligarh (2015) and Bhonsle (2018) is impossible, the actor said with a chuckle. I'm still having trouble getting some money in my checking account. "Now that I've read these reports, I just hope that the producers will now increase my salary," he continued. Afterward, I tell myself, "Kaash aish ho jaata" At least I could then just jet off to some exotic location and have an easy life," he said.
When the actor was asked if accepting a project for the money had ever occurred to him, he said without hesitation that this had never occurred to him. "I'm unable to do that, which is why. He argues, "It is not me, and that is who I am and a part of my nature. If it had been in my thoughts, I would have done it 25 years ago, when I was much younger. I can't just work for the money; my craft is very essential to me. And in exchange, I only ask for the audience's affection and my well-wishers' prayers.