Sunny Deol reacts to reports of hiking his fee to Rs 50 crore after Gadar 2's success, says 'paise kya lene hain...'

Headlined by Sunny Deol, the action-packed sequel Gadar 2 has been a mammoth success earning Rs 500 crore net at the domestic box office becoming only the third Hindi film to do so after Shah Rukh Khan's Pathaan and Prabhas' Baahubali 2: The Conclusion (Hindi).

There had been reports in the past few days that Sunny has hiked his fee to Rs 50 crore per film after Gadar 2's success. Reacting to such reports, the National Award-winning actor said, "Paise kya lene hai nahi lene hai, woh to producer wahi dega jitna usse pata hai woh bana sakta hai aur actor bhi usi hisaab se paise lega jitna usse pata hai...(The producer will decide how much they want to pay an actor, depending on their estimates on how much they can earn from a particular film, and an actor would also charge according to how much he can help the film earn)", in his appearance at the famous talk show Aap Ki Adalat on India TV.

When the host further suggested that there isn't anything wrong in an actor charging Rs 50 crore if his last film has been a Rs 500 crore sucess, Sunny added, "Agar producer ko lagega ki mujhe itna de sakte hain, toh main ussi me rahunga. Main yeh nahi kahunga ke nahi main nahi karunga, mujhe itna nahi mila. Is tarah se toh main nahi kaam karta. I like to be in a position jahan par project pe koi bojh naa aaye (If the producer feels they can pay me that much, then I am okay with it. I won’t say no to projects because I am not paid a certain amount. That’s not how I work. I like to be in a position where there shouldn't be any financial burder on a project because of me)."

Also starring Ameesha Patel, Utkarsh Sharma, Simratt Kaur, and Manish Wadhwa in the leading roles, Gadar 2 is the follow-up to the 2001 blockbuster Gadar: Ek Prem Katha. Both the films have been helmed by Anil Sharma.

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