Celebs cite gross collections to hike remuneration. For long rumours have been going that stars increase their remuneration after scoring hits but they are not considerate when their films bomb at the box office. Tollywood stars Chiranjeevi, Pawan Kalyan, Mahesh Babu, Allu Arjun, Ram Charan, Jr NTR, and Ravi Teja have been accused of troubling the makers.
Reports have it that they cite the gross collections to increase their remuneration. A producer citing anonymity accused "Most of the big stars have hiked their remunerations and are reluctant to come down. Some stars even refer to gross collections at the box office to justify their demand. Actually, there is a big difference between gross and net collections. For instance, if a film has grossed Rs 200 crores, the actual money reaching the hands of the distributor is a mere Rs 90 to 95 crores. In fact, these collections are actual money earned for a particular movie. Of course, producers do publish gross collections to hype a particular film and encourage the audience to come in. No doubt, fans of respective stars call out rival’s collection figures as fake and indulge in twitter war. But when few stars quote these same gross figures to hike their remuneration which is quite unfortunate,"
However, Lagadapati Sridhar rubbishes these allegations. He says "I think all these big stars know the difference between gross and net collections because most of them have their own production and distribution houses.Producers should behave like a proper businessman. He has to think about his gains and losses before investing in a project,"
He adds "It is unfair to blame big stars because they have their own brand value and ready-made market and they are bound to seek an appropriate pay check. Producers approach them for their saleability but they shouldn’t talk against them. If you are so confident about your story, why can’t you make it with a relatively small actor, instead of blaming someone,"