Kareena Kapoor to Deepika Padukone – Bollywood actors who didn’t charge anything for their roles

The business of movies is vast and spreads across different territories. Bollywood stars are the main factors behind such huge regulation of money. They’re the ones who pull the crowd into theatres and help the ecosystem of movies to generate the revenue.

Naturally, they take a higher cut out of all the crew members because the life of a movie star demands that kind of branding and maintenance in their work sphere. But, there have been instances where some Bollywood stars have kept aside their remuneration.

Today, we will talk about actors, who haven’t charged anything to play their parts onscreen.

1. Kareena Kapoor Khan: Kareena didn’t charge a single penny for her dance number, “Fevicol Se” in Dabangg 2. She wanted to keep up the legacy of, “Munni Badnaam Hui” from the film’s prequel, and boy did she nail it! Prior to this, she took up similar practice for the song, “Marjaani” from Billu. When Shah Rukh Khan sent her a cheque following the shoot, she politely sent it back.

 

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Post pack up shot… with my dearest friend @avigowariker ❤️✨

A post shared by Kareena Kapoor Khan (@kareenakapoorkhan) on Aug 20, 2020 at 2:40am PDT

2. Deepika Padukone: The whole country went gaga over Deepika Padukone in her debut film, ‘Om Shanti Om’ and was full of praises for her performance. Interestingly, she did the role for free, as she considered it a great fortune to kick-start her Bollywood career opposite Shah Rukh Khan! Well, the stars really worked in her favour. Deepika did the same once again when she did an item song for good friend Dinesh Vijan’s movie ‘Raabta’.

 

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A post shared by Deepika Padukone (@deepikapadukone) on Feb 19, 2020 at 8:59pm PST

3. Priyanka Chopra: Seems like the leading ladies of Bollywood are always head over heels in love with SRK. “You Get Me Rocking And Reeling”, the Priyanka starrer item number from Billu was also done for free, as a token of her friendship with the megastar.

 

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When I met you in the summer… ☀️

A post shared by Priyanka Chopra Jonas (@priyankachopra) on Jul 30, 2020 at 1:13pm PDT

4. Katrina Kaif: Next in line to join the list of free cameos is Katrina Kaif, who performed on, “Chikni Chameli” in Agneepath absolutely for free, as a friendly gesture for Karan Johar. Overwhelmed, KJo gifted her Ferrari in return, and all we can say is, what goes around, comes back around.

 

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5. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan: Aishwarya didn’t charge any fee for her comeback movie Jazba instead she opted for profit sharing module. She had some stakes with her share of profit instead of fees.

 

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A post shared by AishwaryaRaiBachchan (@aishwaryaraibachchan_arb) on Oct 30, 2019 at 9:23am PDT

6. Shahid Kapoor: Shahid Kapoor decided to not charge anything for his role in Haider, whose director Vishal Bharadwaj also charged nothing for his fee, so as to not burden the film which already had a huge budget, an ensemble cast and incredible action pieces

 

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A post shared by Shahid Kapoor (@shahidkapoor) on Oct 31, 2020 at 2:33am PDT

7. Sonakshi Sinha: Sonakshi Sinha Famous for doing maximum number of films with actor Akshay Kumar like Rowdy Rathore, Joker, Once Upon A Time In Mumbai Dobaara, and Holiday: A Soldier Is Never Off Duty, it was not very surprising when she did a song for his film, Boss without any remuneration as a testament to their camaraderie.

 

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Today i am the poster child for boredom (Minus the makeup)

A post shared by Sonakshi Sinha (@aslisona) on Oct 28, 2020 at 3:24am PDT

8. Nawazuddin Siddiqui: Nawazuddin Siddiqui charged a token amount of Re. 1 for the critically acclaimed film Manto. Other stars in the film such as Rishi Kapoor, Javed Akhtar, Gurdas Maan, Rajshree Deshpande, Ranvir Shorey, Swanand Kirkire also chose not to charge anything for their roles.

 

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A post shared by Nawazuddin Siddiqui (@nawazuddin._siddiqui) on Oct 28, 2020 at 11:13pm PDT

9. Salman Khan: Extensively generous, with a heart of gold, Salman Khan never refuses any cameo role requested by his friends in the industry. He featured in films like ‘Son Of Sardaar’, ‘Tees Maar Khaan’ and ‘Fugly’; all for free!

 

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Bigg Boss is here … #BiggBoss14

A post shared by Salman Khan (@beingsalmankhan) on Oct 3, 2020 at 7:58am PDT

10. Shah Rukh Khan: Last but definitely not the least, SRK joins the bandwagon of stars and their inadvertent gestures. The actor apparently did not charge a dime for his extended role in Bhoothnath Returns, since he was a part of its prequel as well.

 

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It’s nice to see myself on the biggest and tallest screen in the world. My friend #MohamedAlabbar has me on the biggest screen even before my next film. Thanks & love u all @burjkhalifa & @emaardubai . Being my own guest in Dubai… my kids mighty impressed and me is loving it!

A post shared by Shah Rukh Khan (@iamsrk) on Nov 2, 2020 at 12:03pm PST

So that was our story on Bollywood actors, who didn’t charge anything to play their parts. We will be back with more amazing stories.

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Ramesh Modi

Consulting Editor @ BollywoodBubble.
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