Hrithik Roshan

One of the boys, Nagaraja, had a problem (read the previous blog). He could not digest the idea of Hrithik Roshan being paid a whopping Rs 15 crores for just a single movie, even as there was stark poverty all around. Like the many, with the typical Indian Socialist mind-set, he suggested that the government should intervene and impose a limit.

I explained to him that by engaging Hrithik Roshan, a movie producer was taking a gamble on an investment of some Rs 50 crores that he spends on a movie in the expectation that it will be a hit, going by Hrithik’s ability to attract viewership, and that he would realize upto 3 to 4 times the amount in a short span of time. And, that’s why he is ready to pay Rs 15 crores to Hrithik, whereas he will not take on Nagaraja, however handsome he is, even if Nagaraja is prepared to pay the movie producer.

I added that, likewise, the Kannada hero, Upendra, was in no better a position than Nagaraja is today in, and sheer perseverance and hard work took him where he is right now, though not quite at the same level as Hrithik.

And, as for the government, it should be happy collecting the huge quantum of taxes that comes its way with every successful movie. It should only bother with how to put it to good use.

Nagaraja seemed to nod his head.