{"id":17586,"date":"2025-09-15T11:27:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T11:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/17586\/"},"modified":"2025-09-15T11:27:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T11:27:08","slug":"aamir-khan-slams-bollywood-stars-for-high-fees-lavish-demands-like-asking-producers-to-pay-for-personal-luxuries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/17586\/","title":{"rendered":"Aamir Khan slams Bollywood stars for high fees, lavish demands like asking producers to pay for personal luxuries"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dubai: Bollywood actor-producer Aamir Khan<\/a> has called out the industry\u2019s growing culture of excess, criticising stars who charge sky-high fees while expecting producers to bankroll their personal luxuries. <\/p>\n

Speaking on Komal Nahta\u2019s YouTube show Game Changers, Khan said it was \u201ca shame\u201d that some actors make filmmakers cover costs for everything from drivers and cooks to gym vans, even as the Hindi film industry struggles with box office setbacks.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe dominance of stars is fine to a certain extent \u2014 audiences love them,\u201d Aamir Khan said. <\/p>\n

\u201cBut the producer should only spend what the film requires. Pay the make-up person, hairdresser, costume designer \u2014 that\u2019s all part of the film. But why would the producer pay for my boy or my driver? They work for me.\u201d<\/p>\n

The superstar said he was stunned to hear about present-day demands. \u201cProducers now pay an actor\u2019s driver\u2019s monthly salary, the boy who brings tea and coffee, even personal cooks. Some stars bring a cooking van and a gym van on set \u2014 and the producer pays for that too. When a star earns in crores, can\u2019t he pay his own staff? Every star should ensure the film is not burdened. That is what being a team player means.\u201d<\/p>\n

Aamir Khan drew a sharp line between production-related costs and indulgent personal expenses. \u201cWhen I did a film on wrestling, the producer covered the training \u2014 because that was part of the film. But making them pay for your cook? That makes no sense. If you have that kind of money, spend it yourself. Nobody will object. But don\u2019t make the producer pay for it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Khan also revealed how he manages his family during outdoor shoots. \u201cEven when I take my family along, not once have I made the producer cover those expenses. I put in the extra money myself. Today, stars are taking advantage of being stars. It\u2019s odd. It\u2019s a shame that actors are still being unfair to their producers and films.\u201d<\/p>\n

With his candid remarks, Aamir Khan has sparked a debate about Bollywood\u2019s star system \u2014 and whether the industry can afford such excesses when audiences are demanding better content and tighter budgets.<\/p>\n

Aamir Khan on inclusion: \u201cIt\u2019s okay to be different\u201d<\/p>\n

In a separate interview with Gulf News in Dubai, Aamir Khan showed a very different side of himself \u2014 one deeply personal and rooted in empathy. As a mother of twins, one of whom has been recently diagnosed with dysgraphia, I found our exchange about inclusion especially poignant. For Khan, his new film Sitaare Zameen Par, where he plays a basketball coach to neurodivergent children, is not just a project but a mission.<\/p>\n

\u201cInclusion is what I really believe in,\u201d he told me. \u201cI look forward to the day when India becomes 100% inclusive.\u201d<\/p>\n

Khan is no stranger to this conversation. His 2007 classic Taare Zameen Par offered Bollywood\u2019s first mainstream look at dyslexia, but he says Sitaare flips the script. \u201cIn Taare, it was the teacher helping a child with a learning disability. In Sitaare Zameen Par, it is 10 people who are neuro-atypical \u2014 and they are helping the coach.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Manjusha<\/a><\/p>\n

Manjusha Radhakrishnan has been slaying entertainment news and celebrity interviews in Dubai for 18 years\u2014and she\u2019s just getting started. As Entertainment Editor, she covers Bollywood movie reviews, Hollywood scoops, Pakistani dramas, and world cinema. <\/p>\n

Red carpets? She\u2019s walked them all\u2014Europe, North America, Macau\u2014covering IIFA (Bollywood Oscars) and Zee Cine Awards like a pro. She\u2019s been on CNN with Becky Anderson dropping Bollywood truth bombs like Salman Khan Black Buck hunting conviction and hosted panels with directors like Bollywood\u2019s Kabir Khan and Indian cricketer Harbhajan Singh. She has also covered film festivals around the globe. <\/p>\n

Oh, and did we mention she landed the cover of Xpedition Magazine as one of the UAE\u2019s 50 most influential icons? <\/p>\n

She was also the resident Bollywood guru on Dubai TV\u2019s Insider Arabia and Saudi TV, where she dishes out the latest scoop and celebrity news. Her interview roster reads like a dream guest list\u2014Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Shah Rukh Khan, Robbie Williams, Sean Penn, Deepika Padukone, Alia Bhatt, Joaquin Phoenix, and Morgan Freeman. <\/p>\n

From breaking celeb news to making stars spill secrets, Manjusha doesn\u2019t just cover entertainment\u2014she owns it while looking like a star herself. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dubai: Bollywood actor-producer Aamir Khan has called out the industry\u2019s growing culture of excess, criticising stars who charge…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17587,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[1324,1558,14306,146,85,46,397],"class_list":["post-17586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-aamir-khan","tag-bollywood","tag-bollywood-icons","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-movies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17586"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17586\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}