MUMBAI : Thanks to his interview with Unfiltered on Samdish's YouTube channel, Arshad Warsi has been in the news. He faced criticism previously for saying, in Kalki 2898 AD, that "Prabhas was like a joker." In the same interview, he revealed that he received payment of Rs. 75,000 rather than the Rs. 1 lakh that he had been promised for choreographing a song for the 1993 film Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja, which starred Sridevi and Anil Kapoor. Arshad stated that he would need four days to finish his task and that he had billed Rs. 1 lakh for the shoot.
Arshad said, “The production guy requested me to finish the song sooner, because shooting for four days would increase costs. I told him I’ll try my best, and we worked very hard to get the song done, but we finished in three days. I thought that the production would be happy. I went to get my cheque, and they gave me Rs 75,000. I said, ‘I just saved you an entire day’s shoot, you should pay me more!’ He said, ‘No, for four days it’s Rs 1 lakh, and for three days it’s Rs 75,000.”
Reacting to this, Boney Kapoor said, “I read his statement and I laughed. 1992 mein shoot kiya aur yeh abhi baat kar raha hai iske baare mein. At that time, he was not a star. Who would have paid him such a huge amount?”
He added, “It was Pankaj Parashar who directed the full title. It was divided into two parts. It was shot in James Bond style and a part of it was done in Singapore or Hong Kong. There were too many things happening and Tutu Sharma was handling the production.”
Stating further, “We thought that it would take four days but Pankaj finished it in three days. I didn’t even remember this episode. He was paid Rs. 25,000 per day. Hence, he was paid Rs. 75,000 for three days. It was not like (he was promised a certain amount).”
When asked if Arshad had mentioned this earlier, the filmmaker said, “No. We were a part of a TV show together. Malaika Arora and Farah Khan were also a part of it. He never mentioned it and now, suddenly he talks about it. Everybody wants media attention now and I am a soft target.”
Pankaj Parashar on the other hand said, “I was not involved with the payments. I don’t think Boney even knew ki kaun kisko kya payment kar raha hai. I think Arshad said it in humour.”
Adding, “Arshad says that teen din mein usne shoot khatam kiya. But it was me who completed the song in 3 days. I was the director while he was a newcomer choreographer. He didn’t control the shoot, I did. But anyway, let him take credit and let’s not make an issue out of this episode.”
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