{"id":202502,"date":"2025-12-20T20:36:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T20:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/202502\/"},"modified":"2025-12-20T20:36:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T20:36:08","slug":"mumtaz-reveals-she-took-rs-18-20-lakh-to-appear-with-dharmendra-on-indian-idol-rejected-hema-malinis-seeta-aur-geeta-due-to-low-fee-paisa-pheko-tamasha-dekho-hindi-movie-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/202502\/","title":{"rendered":"Mumtaz reveals she took Rs 18\u201320 lakh to appear with Dharmendra on Indian Idol, rejected Hema Malini’s Seeta Aur Geeta due to low fee, ‘Paisa pheko, tamasha dekho!’ | Hindi Movie News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Mumtaz Veteran actor Mumtaz<\/a>, who made her first television appearance in over five decades alongside Dharmendra<\/a> on Indian Idol Season 13 in 2023, has revealed that she consciously avoids TV shows because she feels they don\u2019t pay her what she deserves.Speaking to Vickey Lalwani, Mumtaz said, \u201cEven today, they call me on television. When I went on TV for the first time with Dharam ji and danced with him on the stage, that was the only time I went on television.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2018People do it for Rs 3\u20134 lakh, but this is my price\u2019<\/p>\n

Mumtaz shared that despite repeated offers, she has remained firm about her remuneration. \u201cTill now, they have contacted me over one hundred times and I told them about my price,\u201d she said, adding, \u201cThey said that people do it in Rs 3\u20134 lakh, so I told them that I can\u2019t say anything for those people. That\u2019s their wish. They can do it for free also, but this is my price. I have always been like that.\u201dShe further revealed that she was paid Rs 18\u201320 lakh for her appearance on Indian Idol. \u201cI have told the television people a thousand times that this is my price. I can adjust Rs 20\u201325k, but not more than that. I did only one show. They said they can\u2019t pay me, and I haven\u2019t done it. I don\u2019t want to do it. Paisa pheko, tamasha dekho!\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u2018I never lowered my value, even as a leading lady\u2019<\/p>\n

Mumtaz said she was equally particular about her fees during her peak years in cinema. Reflecting on her decision to turn down Seeta Aur Geeta, she explained, \u201cNot just fees. But yes, that was also one of the reasons. Ramesh Sippy sahab was a big producer and director at that time, so he thought I might do it in Rs 2 lakh because he was a big producer. Every big producer has their own ego issues.\u201dShe added that she didn\u2019t feel compelled to accept the film. \u201cThankfully, I was getting so many films already that I didn\u2019t feel this film would do anything special for me. So, things didn\u2019t work out between us. But you see, Hema Malini<\/a> did it na.\u201d <\/p>\n

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Asked if she ever regretted turning down the film, Mumtaz firmly said no. \u201cHow many other films in her career became a hit? She has more or me? Please make the list, I have given more hits,\u201d she said, before adding, \u201cI don\u2019t want to overstate, please forgive me God! But because you asked this, I had to answer.\u201dExplaining her stand, she said, \u201cI would have loved to do that subject, but I didn\u2019t want to lower my value or level. Producers start questioning if you do a film at a lesser fee for someone.\u201d Mumtaz and Dharmendra shared screen space in several popular films, including Loafer (1973) and Jheel Ke Us Paar (1973), and were widely admired for their on-screen chemistry. The actor recently also paid tribute to Dharmendra with a heartfelt social media post, remembering their bond and shared cinematic legacy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Veteran actor Mumtaz, who made her first television appearance in over five decades alongside Dharmendra on Indian Idol…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":202503,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[3802,106883,93,3804,106882,61,106884,60,270,69679,106887,106885,106881,106886],"class_list":{"0":"post-202502","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-dharmendra","9":"tag-dharmendra-mumtaz-films","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-hema-malini","12":"tag-hema-malini-seeta-aur-geeta","13":"tag-ie","14":"tag-indian-idol-season-13","15":"tag-ireland","16":"tag-movies","17":"tag-mumtaz","18":"tag-mumtaz-fees-remuneration","19":"tag-mumtaz-hema-malini-comparison","20":"tag-mumtaz-indian-idol","21":"tag-seeta-aur-geeta"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=202502"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202502\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/202503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}