Madhavan, Indian film actor popularly known as Maddy and who has got Rs. 1 crore, after being a small role for the movie Aap Ke Liye Hum, this movie also stars Jaya Bachchan, Ayesha Takia and Raveena Tandon in lead roles.
According to Varma ”It’s very difficult to get male stars for female-oriented films. We’ve paid Maddy Rs.1 crore out of which he has already received Rs.25 lakh.
He has already shot for five days with us.”Aap Ke Liye Hum is about an ‘adopted’ mother abandoned by her wretched son, played by Ranvir Shorey who was the last to join the cast.
R.Madhavan get Rs. 1 crore for ‘Aap Ke Liye Hum’
Mumbai: R. Madhavan, who had opted out of Revathy Varma’s film “Aap Ke Liye Hum”,is back after he has been paid a huge amount of Rs.1 crore for a small part in the women-centric film, which has Jaya Bachchan, Ayesha Takia and Raveena Tandon in lead roles.
Varma says, “It’s very difficult to get male stars for female-oriented films. We’ve paid Maddy Rs.1 crore out of which he has already received Rs.25 lakh. He has already shot for five days with us.”
The film was earlier titled “Chaassni” but Jaya wasn’t too happy with the title. So the title has been changed and now the new title is “Aap Ke Liye”.
The director had launched her women-centric film on Jaya’s birthday in April.
Madhavan gets Rs.10 mn for small part
R. Madhavan, who had opted out of Revathy Varma’s film Aap Ke Liye Hum, is back after he has been paid a whopping Rs.1 crore (Rs.10 million) for a small part in the women-centric film that has Jaya Bachchan, Ayesha Takia and Raveena Tandon in lead roles.
“But what to do? It’s very difficult to get male stars for female-oriented films. We’ve paid Maddy Rs.1 crore out of which he has already received Rs.25 lakh. He has already shot for five days with us,” Varma said.
The film was earlier titled Chaassni, but Jaya wasn’t too happy with the title. “We called the film Chaassni. But Jayaji put her foot down, said the title was too sweet. So we’ve a new title Aap Ke Liye Hum,” said Varma
The director had launched her women-centric film on Jaya’s birthday in April but family matters kept the senior actress away from her rare film assignment. The senior started shooting for the film Saturday. “It would have started two days earlier. But my cast got busy with Ganesh Chaturthi,” said Varma.
Ayesha, who for a while seemed unsure if after her marriage, honeymoon and other related activities she would be able to do the film when two schedules had to be cancelled, is back and will be seen as Jaya’s daughter in the film.
Varma says she was insistent on having Ayesha. “I couldn’t imagine anyone else doing that role. If you remember Jyothika has done the part in the original (Tamil movie June R). And Ayesha has the same childlike warmth and a nurturing quality to her personality. I couldn’t think of anyone else,” she said.
Aap Ke Liye Hum is about an ‘adopted’ mother abandoned by her wretched son, played by Ranvir Shorey who was the last to join the cast.
R. Madhavan Pockets Rs.1 Crore For ‘Aap Ke Liye Hum’
But wasn’t Genelia d’Souza the first choice? “Yes, we did think of her. But Genelia is a very busy and a big star. It wasn’t the money, we’ve paid all the actors their market price.”
Versatile actor, R. Madhavan is back in Revathy Varma’s forthcoming flick, ‘Aap Ke Liye Hum’. Before, the actor opted out of the movie but decided to return after he was paid a whopping sum of Rs.1 crore for a small part in the women-centric film that has Jaya Bachchan, Ayesha Takia and Raveena Tandon in lead roles.
Revathy Varma said, “But what to do? It’s very difficult to get male stars for female-oriented films. We’ve paid Maddy Rs.1 crore out of which he has already received Rs.25 lakh. He has already shot for five days with us”.
The director revealed that the film was earlier titled as ’Chaassni’ but it was later changed after Jaya Bachchan’s intervention. “We called the film ‘Chaassni’. But Jayaji put her foot down, said the title was too sweet. So we’ve a new title ‘Aap Ke Liye Hum’, the filmmaker said.
Revathy Varma insisted that she wanted Ayesha Takia in the film and could not imagine anyone else in the role. “I couldn’t imagine anyone else doing that role. If you remember Jyothika has done the part in the original (Tamil movie ‘June R’). And Ayesha has the same childlike warmth and a nurturing quality to her personality. I couldn’t think of anyone else”, she admitted.
Madhavan’s whopping Rs. 1 crore for Aap Ke Liye Hum
IANS | Monday, 07 September , 2009, 09:56
R. Madhavan, who had opted out of Revathy Varma’s film Aap Ke Liye Hum, is back after he has been paid a whopping Rs.1 crore (Rs.10 million) for a small part in the women-centric film that has Jaya Bachchan, Ayesha Takia and Raveena Tandon in lead roles.
“It’s very difficult to get male stars for female-oriented films. We’ve paid Maddy Rs.1 crore out of which he has already received Rs.25 lakh. He has already shot for five days with us,” Varma said.
The film was earlier titled Chaassni, but Jaya wasn’t too happy with the title. “
We called the film Chaassni. But Jayaji put her foot down, said the title was too sweet. So we’ve a new title Aap Ke Liye Hum,” said Varma
The director had launched her women-centric film on Jaya’s birthday in April but family matters kept the actress away from her rare film assignment. Shje started shooting for the film on Saturday.
Ayesha, who for a while seemed unsure if after her marriage, honeymoon and other related activities she would be able to do the film when two schedules had to be cancelled, is back and will be seen as Jaya’s daughter in the film.
Varma says she was insistent on having Ayesha.
“I couldn’t imagine anyone else doing that role. If you remember Jyothika has done the part in the original (Tamil movie June R). And Ayesha has the same childlike warmth and a nurturing quality to her personality. I couldn’t think of anyone else,” she said.
Aap Ke Liye Hum is about an ‘adopted’ mother abandoned by her wretched son, played by Ranvir Shorey who was the last to join the cast.
But wasn’t Genelia d’Souza the first choice?
“We did think of her. But Genelia is a very busy and a big star. It wasn’t the money, we’ve paid all the actors their market price.”
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