Veer Zaara: Shahrukh Khan’s ‘Veer Zara’ is one of those films, each and every scene of which will be remembered by the fans even today. This picture was released in the year 2004, in which apart from Shahrukh Khan and Preity Zinta, Amitabh Bachchan, Divya Dutta, Rani Mukherjee, Kirron Kher and Manoj Bajpayee were also included. Yes, Manoj Bajpayee played the role of Raza Shirazi in the film, which was a cameo. But do you know how much fee the actor received for the film? Recently, actor Shekhar Suman’s show Shekhar Tonite arrived. Where he narrated the story of meeting ‘Veer Zara’. He was also seen saying, “At that time, whatever amount of money I was taking for playing the lead role, he had sent that amount to my house.”
In fact Manoj Bajpayee Yash Chopra wanted to cast him for that role at any cost. The biggest reason for which was the film ‘Pinjar’ released in 2003. The actor had done a brilliant job in that film and impressed by that, Yash had decided to cast Manoj Bajpayee in VEER ZAARA. Yash Chopra always believed that Manoj Bajpayee is an extra ordinary actor. Now the actor told how he was signed in the film?
The actor narrated the story of getting the film
Shekhar Suman asked Manoj Bajpayee on his show, did you also do ‘Veer Zara’? So he says – “Yash ji called me. He said, there is a cameo in my film, will you do it? While watching Pinjar, I thought only you will be able to do this role. Believe me, I did not even want to listen to the script from him. Because I wanted to work in his direction. So I said – Yash ji, just tell me when to come and tell the story, tell me the character, I will prepare and come. So he said – Aditya, if you listen to the whole scene, Chopra narrated the entire scene to me. Next time, please give me a bigger role. If I make a film for you, you will do it well.
How much fee did Manoj Bajpayee get?
Regarding the fees, Manoj Bajpayee said, “I told him that I will not take the money, then he said that he will give the money. And believe me, at that time, he sent the money to my house as much as I was taking for the lead role, he gave me the entire cheque. It was great to work with him.” However, he did not disclose any amount. According to the report, actors now charge fees ranging from Rs 8 to Rs 22 crore.
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