Bhaag Milkha Bhaag Inspired The Cast So Much That Sonam's Fee Was Rs. 11 And Prakash Raj Was Willing To Pay To Be In It
Bhaag Milkha Bhaag Completes 6 Years
Updated : July 12, 2019 12:23 PM IST
Bhaag Milkha Bhaag has completed 6 years since its release at the box office and the film is a special one to remember for more reasons than one. Based on the life of one of the most prominent sportsmen in Indian history Milkha Singh, the story was brought to life on the big screen by Rakesh Omprakash Mehra with Farhan Akhtar and Sonam Kapoor leading the film.
Bhaag Milkha Bhaag Inspired The Cast So Much That Sonam's Fee Was Rs. 11 And Prakash Raj Was Willing To Pay To Be In It
Milkha Singh, however, ensured that he was giving away his story to the right people and had challenged Farhan to a race when he first met him during the research for the project. Needless to say, he was satisfied and not only did he give minute details of his story to director Rakesh Omprakash Mehra but also charged a mere Rs. 1 as payment for giving away the rights to make Bhaag Milkha Bhaag.
Bhaag Milkha Bhaag Inspired The Cast So Much That Sonam's Fee Was Rs. 11 And Prakash Raj Was Willing To Pay To Be In It
The cast and crew of the movie seem more inspired to work on this project than to see it as a money minting project and when Farhan who played Milkha Singh in the movie was asked what fee he charged to do the film the actor gave a simple but complex answer. In an interview, Farhan was quoted saying, “I charged 100 meters for 11.4 seconds.”
Confused by that answer? 11.4 seconds was the time recorded by Milkha Singh in the 100-meter Olympic race where he lost out by just two seconds. The actor-director on the 6 years of the film wrote, “6 years since #bhaagmilkhabhaag came along and changed my life.. heart is filled with gratitude for all the love you have shown and continue to show our film. Big big hug."
The leading lady Sonam Kapoor, who played Bilo in the film charged a fee of Rs. 11 to do the film. Today as the film celebrates 6 years of its release, the actress also shared a heartfelt note on Bhaag Milkha Bhaag.
The leading lady Sonam Kapoor, who played Bilo in the film charged a fee of Rs. 11 to do the film. Today as the film celebrates 6 years of its release, the actress also shared a heartfelt note on Bhaag Milkha Bhaag.
The leading lady Sonam Kapoor, who played Bilo in the film charged a fee of Rs. 11 to do the film. Today as the film celebrates 6 years of its release, the actress also shared a heartfelt note on Bhaag Milkha Bhaag.
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If you are already thinking of how motivated the cast was then you should know that when the director approached Prakash Raj to play Milkha Singh’s teacher in the film he was willing to pay Mehra to be cast in the project let alone taking a single penny in fees.
The film was also made tax free in Madhya Pradesh, Delhi, Goa and Haryana.
Quite a cost-effective project this one was, wasn’t it? Well, it deserved every bit of that respect and more.