Karan Johar backs out after Prabhas hikes price
Karan has apparently backed out of the verbal commitment to launch Prabhas in Bollywood after he learned about his fees.
Although there was news that Prabhas is making his debut in Karan Johar’s production, buzz is Karan abandoned the idea after the Baahubali actor asked for an enormous figure.
It looks like Prabhas and Baahubali will remain in a league of their own. As far as Baahubali leading man Prabhas’ career in Bollywood is concerned, it seems to have hit a dead-end.
According to sources, his price quote proved to be a problem. “Prabhas had worked in Baahubali for peanuts. He devoted five years of his life to the two Baahubali films. It was only fair that he would want to cash in on his new-found success,” defends a source. However, the demand was a little too much for the actor who is yet to prove himself in Bollywood. The source says, “While it was okay for him to ask the desired price — about '20 crore — it was unrealistic for Prabhas to expect that kind of remuneration in Bollywood. No South Indian actor, not even Rajinikanth has that kind of commercial clout in Hindi cinema. Prabhas has clearly out-priced himself from Bollywood,” says an informed source.
The actor was also supposed to do a movie for Karan Johar’s Dharma Productions. Karan has apparently backed out of the verbal commitment to launch Prabhas in Bollywood after he learned about his fees. A source, “After Baahubali and its sequel which Karan had co-produced, Karan was keen to launch Prabhas in Hindi cinema. But after his quote, Karan has decided to abandon the idea of launching Prabhas in Bollywood.” At the moment Prabhas has the Telugu-Hindi-Tamil tri-lingual film Saaho. But can Saaho launch Prabhas’ Hindi career? We will have to wait and watch.