Ash takes a whopping pay packet of approx Rs 4 crores for Robot

[Aamir_aC]

<p><b><span class="headline">Ash takes a whopping pay packet of approx Rs 4
crores for Robot&nbsp;</span></b></p>
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Now it can be told. The star-price war has escalated to an all-time high. With
Aishwarya Rai-Bachchan carrying home a pay packet of Rs 4 crores for her
proposed stint as Rajnikanth's leading lady in Shankar's <i>Robot</i>, the lady
has now become the highest-paid actress of Indian cinema.<br>
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A source very close to Aishwarya says, &quot;The media has got it all wrong. Ash has
actually received twice the amount quoted in papers and on websites as her fee
for <i>Robot</i>. Yes, it's close to Rs 4 crores. And she's very amused when she
reads about this and that actress being the highest-paid actress in Bollywood.
With three hits in a row (<i>Guru, Dhoom 2</i> and <i>Jodhaa Akbar</i>) Ash's
equity as a Rai and a Bachchan have gone through the roof. If she wants she can
preen about her successes. But that's not her style. However, she takes strong
exception to Bipasha Basu's quotes that she (Ash) had to 'hang around' to get
into the international circuit. Ash has been regularly offered international
projects, from <i>Provoked</i> to <i>Mistress Of Spices</i> to <i>Bride &amp;
Prejudice</i> to <i>Last Legion to Pink Panther</i>. In fact, all the other
international assignments that have gone to other Bollywood actresses-including
the honour of hosting the <i>7Wonders Of The World</i> event in Lisbon with Ben
Kingsley-have gone to Ash first. It's just that she feels awkward talking about
herself.&quot; <br>
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As for her astronomical fee for <i>Robot</i> another source close to the project
says, &quot;It is no surprise that Aishwarya is getting 4 crores. It's still
chicken-feed compared with what Rajnikanth gets paid. He takes home Rs 15 crores
plus fifty percent of his film's profits. But still he cannot make a film
commercially viable outside the Tamilian belt on his own. The dubbed Hindi
version of <i>Chandramukhi</i> came and went. And Rajni's biggest hit <i>Shivaji</i>
is in no hurry to be released in Hindi. With Ash in <i>Robot</i> it looks like
an attractive non-regional film.&quot;&nbsp;</p>