Kartik Aaryan says he ‘almost’ gave up his fees for Shehzada: ‘They needed someone to step up’

‘Shehzada’, starring Kartik Aaryan and Kriti Sanon, is now in cinemas. Ahead of its release, Kartik made headlines for forgoing his remuneration for the film and making his debut as producer.

In a recent interview with ETimes, the actor revealed that initially he had taken his remuneration as an actor, but he decided to give up his money when the film faced a financial crisis. Kartik said that ‘they needed someone to step up’ hence he discussed with his producers and gave up his money for the film. When asked if he returned his remuneration in full, Kartik replied, ‘almost.’

Kartik mentioned that ‘Shehzada’ even before he signed ‘Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2’
‘We are in a good spot right now. It is a mid-budget film but technically it will look grand and it will have that scale,’ he said.

In an interview with Pinkvilla, Kartik opened up about the financial issues the film faced and said, ‘I am all in for the film. When certain issues, not related to our world were happening, they needed someone to stand up and that’s what I did. They suggested me to become a producer with this film and that was it. I am still looking at this film as an actor mostly because majority of my work as a producer is being done by all the producers.’

‘Shehzada’ is a remake of the 2020 Telugu film ‘Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo’. It also stars Paresh Rawal, Rajpal Yadav, Manisha Koirala, Ronit Roy and Sachin Khedekar.

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