When Late Sridevi Demanded Salary Equal to Chiranjeevi - Do you Know?
Jagadeka Veerudu athiloka sundari is a telugu movie. , featuring chiranjeevi and sridevi, was among the most well-received films of 1990. The movie, directed by K. raghavendra Rao, had a spectacular 100-day performance in multiple theatres and a 200-day performance in one of them. The movie, which was made for Rs 9 crore and received a huge Rs 15 crore at the ticket sales globally, is considered a cult masterpiece of telugu film industry.
The film's intriguing fact is that late sridevi was paid handsomely equal to chiranjeevi for Jagadeka Veerudu Athiloka Sundari. producer Ashwini Dutt disclosed this interesting truth about the movie during one of the discussions a few years ago. He'd stated, "I gave chiranjeevi roughly Rs 35 lakh and sridevi around Rs 25 lakh. Her popularity was at an all-time high at the time, and she was paid on par with movie stars."
For the uninitiated, this was Chiranjeevi's third film with sridevi, and they were dubbed "the hot onscreen couple" at the time. The movie was translated Kaadhal Devathai in Tamil, Aadmi Aur Apsara in Hindi, and Hai Sundhari in Malayalam. The filmmakers went to great lengths to leverage on Sridevi's celebrity.
The film's intriguing fact is that late sridevi was paid handsomely equal to chiranjeevi for Jagadeka Veerudu Athiloka Sundari. producer Ashwini Dutt disclosed this interesting truth about the movie during one of the discussions a few years ago. He'd stated, "I gave chiranjeevi roughly Rs 35 lakh and sridevi around Rs 25 lakh. Her popularity was at an all-time high at the time, and she was paid on par with movie stars."
For the uninitiated, this was Chiranjeevi's third film with sridevi, and they were dubbed "the hot onscreen couple" at the time. The movie was translated Kaadhal Devathai in Tamil, Aadmi Aur Apsara in Hindi, and Hai Sundhari in Malayalam. The filmmakers went to great lengths to leverage on Sridevi's celebrity.