Every year many films are made in the Indian film industry. Many of these are successful and many fail i.e. flop. According to statistics, about 1,500 to 2,000 films are made every year in India and about 16 percent of these films are from Bollywood. Among the many films made in Bollywood, there are often films which are big budget and have many big stars. Not only do the makers have expectations from such films, but the fans also hope that they will get to see something new. However, these big budget films often fail at the box office.
In these films, the fees of the stars are often so high that it is only half the production cost of the film. If we talk about South films, South films not only have big budgets but also tell good stories. South films like Pushpa and KGF are a great example of this, where pan-India stars made great money on screen with a great story.
Today we have brought for you some such Bollywood films which had big budgets and names of big stars but the collection of the film was not even close to their fees.
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The first name among the big budget flop films is ‘Bade Miyan Chhote Miyan’, one of the most anticipated films of this year. When there was talk of making another film in the name of the Govinda and Amitabh Bachchan starrer cult comedy film released in 1998, people were waiting for the film a lot. However, neither Govinda nor Big B were in the film, but this time it was Tiger Shroff and Akshay Kumar. You will be surprised to know, but Akshay Kumar had charged Rs 80-165 crore for this film made with a budget of Rs 350 crore. Whereas Tiger was given a fee of ₹40-45 crore. The film was a disaster, earning only ₹ 111.49.
Sirfira
Same was the condition of Akshay Kumar and Radhika Madan starrer film Sarfira which released in the month of July. The budget of the film was Rs 85 crores and more than half of this budget, i.e. around Rs 70 crores, was given to Akshay Kumar as fee. So, actress Radhika Madan, who was cast opposite Akshay in the film, was given Rs 1 crore. The film had collected Rs 22.74 crore.
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The film ‘Khel Khel Mein’, released on 15th August, had a huge star cast. The film featured actors like Akshay Kumar, Taapsee Pannu, Vaani Kapoor, Fardeen Khan, Ammy Virk and Aditya Seal. The budget of the film was also huge. The film was made at a cost of Rs 100 crore. There was not much buzz about this film, but after coming on OTT, it got a decent response. Akshay was given Rs 60 crore in the film, whereas, Taapsee and Vaani were given Rs 1 crore each, Fardeen Khan was given Rs 70 lakh and Ammy Virk was given Rs 1.5 crore.
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Alia Bhatt is known for her great films. When this film produced by Karan Johar was announced, it was felt that this standalone film of Alia would do something amazing, however it did not happen. Alia was given a fee of Rs 10-15 crore for the film Jigra, while the budget of the film was ₹ 80 crore. Jigra had earned ₹25.35 crore.
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There was very little hype about this Ajay Devgan and Tabu starrer film, although its trailer was quite engaging. Critics had high expectations from the film, but the film could not do anything special. The budget of the film was Rs 100 crore, although Ajay Devgan was given Rs 25 crore for this film, while the female lead Tabu got only Rs 3 crore for this film. Actor Shantanu Maheshwari, who played an important role in the film, was given Rs 35 lakh and actress Sai Manjrekar was given Rs 55 lakh. The film had collected a total of Rs 10.95 crore.