Sushant Singh Rajput’s contract details with YRF revealed; was paid Rs 1 crore for ‘Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!’

A few days back there were reports that Yash Raj Films (YRF) submitted their contract copy with Sushant Singh Rajput to Bandra Police. As per a report in India Today, as per the contract, Sushant and YRF had a three-movie deal. He was paid Rs 30 lakh for the first film that was ‘Shuddh Desi Romance’ opposite Parineeti Chopra and Vaani Kapoor

The contract said that if his first film comes out hit, he would be paid Rs 60 lakh for the second film, and if the second film also becomes hit, he would be paid Rs 1 crore for the third film. Also, it was mentioned in the contract that YRF would decide whether the film is a hit or a flop.

After ‘Shuddh Desi Romance’, Sushant’s second film was ‘Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!’ directed by Dibakar Banerjee. The actor was paid Rs 1 crore for it. As per the contract, he was to be paid Rs 60 lakh, but why he got Rs 1 crore is not clear yet.

‘Paani’ was supposed to be Sushant’s third film that was to be directed by Shekhar Kapur. But after preparing for months, the movie got shelved. As per YRF officials whose statements have been recorded by the police, the movie was shelved due to creative differences between Aditya Chopra and Shekhar Kapur.

Earlier, Shekhar Kapur revealed that Sushant and he cried when the producers backed out of the movie. Shekhar even left the country in anger.

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