Salman demands Rs 2.5 cr per episode for ‘Dus Ka Dum’

Salman Khan acts pricey. He demands a whopping amount of Rs. 2.5 crore per episode for ‘Dus Ka Dum’. His return proved very heavy for the producer of ‘Dus Ka Dum’. Salman has demanded almost 51 percent more than what he was paid in the past season of ‘Dus Ka Dum’.

Confirming the news a source said, “Salman was being paid approximately Rs 1.65 crore per episode then.” In fact, Salman has left behind Amitabh Bachchan and Shahrukh Khan in respect of money for hosting a show.

Salman is asking money which is considerably much more than ‘Bigg Boss’. Salman is being paid about Rs 2 crore per episode for Bigg Boss 4 which includes public appearances and a lot of other things.

Salman Khan says ‘thank you’ to Akshay Kumar

Akshay Kumar has loosened his purse strings by donating a substantial amount of money to the ‘Being Human’ charity run by Salman Khan. 

Akshay and Salman were recently seen bonding on the sets of Tees Maar Khan and now the friendship between them has only got thicker. Akshay has donated a whopping amount of Rs. 50 lakh to ‘Being Human’, evoking a gesture of gratitude from Salman. 

“Yeah !!! Akshay Kumar has donated 50 lakhs to Being Human, our charitable trust. Thank you Akki . I think everybody should tweet and thank him,” Salman wrote on his Twitter page. 

The buzz is that Akshay will donate more money to ‘Being Human’ before the year ends. 

Earlier this month, a lot of actresses from Bollywood walked the ramp for Salman’s ‘Being Human’ fashion show during the HDIL Couture Week. 

When it comes to charity, the film stars sure do show alacrity.

Sonakshi to replace Kangana as Salman’s lady

Due to the rift between Salman Khan and Kangana Ranaut, Kangana has been dropped out of Salman Khan’s untitled project which will be directed by Mahesh Manjrekar. She will be replaced by none other than the current lady of Sallu, his ‘Dabangg’ co-star Sonakshi Sinha.

The film will be a Hindi remake of Marathi film ‘Mee Shivajiraje Bhosle Boltoy’. According to the source, since Salman is busy with TV shows and other films, nothing has been decided yet.

A source close to the unit said, “The script is undergoing some changes. Moreover, a few other members of the cast have also been changed. Salman himself is supervising the details.”

The source added, “Another reason why Manjrekar’s film co-starring Ranaut is not Salman’s first priority at present is that Salman is going to be very busy with the TV show ‘Bigg Boss 4’ and two films, ‘Kick’ and ‘Bodyguard’. Both ‘Kick’ and ‘Bodyguard’ are very big films and Salman is not going to let his fans down.”

When contacted, a close friend of actress Kangna Ranaut said, “She really does not wish to comment on any of this.”

Amitabh Bachchan grabs more TRPs than Salman Khan

As expected, Amitabh Bachchan’s show Kaun Banega Crorepati has grabbed maximum TRP (Television Rating Point) for any program on general entertainment channels. The fourth season of the show was launched on Monday and got 5 percent TRP, according to data provided by Audience Measurement and Analytics (aMap). 

Salman Khan’s show ‘Bigg Boss’, which sees the actor’s appearance only on weekends, got 3.4 percent TRP on Monday. 

Not just this, other entertainment channels like Star Plus, Zee TV and Imagine TV that telecast fiction shows during the prime time slot, too failed to match KBC with average ratings of 3.2, 2.9 and 1.1 percent, respectively. 

So, the writing is on the wall. Big B rules the small screen as well.

Salman Khan does ‘Tees Maar Khan’ song for free

When it comes to friends, there’s hardly anyone as big-hearted as Salman Khan. Take the recent case of Tees Maar Khan, when Farah Khan, one of his close friends, wanted him for a special song; he was game. Now, it’s come to light that the star even let go of his fees for it. 

Salman has done the qawwali songWallah Re Wallah for free and it was not just for Farah but also for his dost Akshay Kumar who is the co-producer of the film. 

The song is a qawwali and it also has the female lead of the film Katrina Kaif matching the steps with Sallu and Akki. Both Salman and Kat looked really comfortable with each other during the shoot. In fact, Akki and Sallu kept pulling Katrina’s leg for one reason or the other. 

Overall, it was a fun shoot that continued for two days. Director Farah couldn’t ask for more and co-producer Akshay is happy.

Salman Khan’s film up for sale

One superhit film can change the fortunes of a star overnight in the film industry. Salman Khan, who is riding high on the super success of Dabangg is a man much in demand among producers and distributors nowadays. 

The star would pair once again with Sonakshi Sinha in producer Sajid Nadiadwala’s film Kick, and the enterprising producer, we hear, has already become busy negotiating a deal with Eros Entertainment. 

Not just that, rumours go that Nadiadwala has quoted a humungous amount of Rs. 75 crore for Kick if Eros wants to acquire the film. 

The film will be an action thriller like Dabangg and will probably release around Eid next year. Considering that Salman’s previous two Eid releases (Wanted in 2009 and Dabangg in 2010) have hit bulls-eye at box office, Kick is likely to follow suit. 

Though Sajid denies having discussed the whopping price with Eros, sources claim that a deal is in the works and may be signed as soon as the film’s script is finalized.