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KGF and KGF 2 hero Yash will now become a villain. He will be seen in the role of Ravana in Ranbir Kapoor, Sai Pallavi starrer film Ramayana. The director of the film is Nitesh Tiwari who has made hit films like Dangal and Chhichhore.
The special thing is that Yash got Rs 150 crore for this role. Fees are being paid. This is the highest fee received by a villain in the history of Hindi cinema.
According to media reports, Yash is also busy shooting for KGF 3 but despite this he has chosen Ramayana as his first Bollywood film. His fee will be Rs 150 crore.
Yash paid Rs 30 crore for KGF 2. Took fees.
It is a big thing in Bollywood for an actor to get such a fee as a villain because this has not happened till now.
Yesteryear's top villain Pran got Rs 600 for a film. We used to meet those who were there the most during that period.
At the same time, according to reports, Yash has broken the records of stars like Ranveer Singh, Sanjay Dutt, Kamal Haasan, Vijay Sethupathi, Emraan Hashmi and Saif Ali Khan in terms of fees. Let us first look at those stars who got the highest fees as villains…
This poster of Kalki 2898 AD was released on Kamal Haasan's 69th birthday on 7 November 2023.
Kamal Haasan is the second highest paid villain
Kamal Haasan will be seen as the villain in Prabhas, Deepika Padukone and Amitabh Bachchan starrer Kalki 2898 AD. He is being paid a fee of Rs 30 crore for this film. After Yash, he is second in the list of highest paid villains. The film will be released on 9 May 2024. The budget of the film is 600 crores. Earlier, Kamal Haasan had played a negative role in the film Abhay.
Vijay Sethupathi becomes Jawan's villain Kali
Vijay is a popular actor of South. He was seen in the role of villain Kali in 'Jawaan', one of the biggest blockbuster films of 2023. Vijay got approximately Rs 21 crore for this role. Fee was paid. Jawan was Vijay's first Bollywood film. Vijay said that he did this film only on the insistence of Shahrukh Khan. By the way, Vijay has played the role of villain in many films including Vikram.
Ranveer received many awards including IIFA Best Actor Award for the role of Khilji.
Ranveer got 13 crores to become Khilji
In the film Padmavat released in 2018, Ranveer Singh chose the role of villain instead of hero for which he was given a fee of Rs 13 crore. Ranveer played the role of Alauddin Khilji in this film directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali.
This was the first negative role of his career. Ranveer initially did not want to do this role because he was afraid that his image might get spoiled after the film. Later, Sanjay Leela Bhansali explained to him a lot that this character would take him to new heights in his career, only then he agreed.
Saif had charged Rs 10 crore for Adipurush
Saif played the role of Ravana in the film Adipurush, released in 2023, for which he paid Rs 10 crore. Took fees. The film was a flop and Saif also had to face a lot of criticism for his acting.
Emraan Hashmi's fee was 10 crores
Apart from Saif, Emraan Hashmi is also an actor who, despite being a hero, has made headlines by playing the role of a villain. Last year, he was seen as a villain in Salman Khan's Tiger 3 for which he was given a fee of Rs 10 crore.
At the same time, Sanjay Dutt got Rs 8-9 crore to become the villain in KGF 2. Fee was received. She played the character of Adheera.
Now let us know which heroes became villains and their careers shined.
R Madhavan became the villain in Shaitan, the film became a hit.
In the film Shaitan, released on March 8, 2024, R Madhavan plays the character of Vanraj who does black magic. Madhavan is being liked very much in this negative character. Madhavan was seen only in soft roles in his career till now but fans are surprised to see him as a villain in Shaitan. This is the reason why the film has crossed the collection of Rs 100 crore at the box office.
Bobby did a 15-minute role in Animal for which he got a fee of Rs 4-5 crore.
'Animal' became the first blockbuster film of Bobby's career.
Bobby Deol became the main villain in the film Animal. He was greatly liked in the role of Abrar in the film. He was given a fee of Rs 4-5 crore for this role, which he had not received before for any film.
Bobby did about 45 films in his 28 year long career, but in such a long career, 'Animal' is the only film which proved to be his first blockbuster which did a business of Rs 950 crore. It would not be wrong to say that Bobby has got a new identity from the role of villain.
At the same time, Ranbir Kapoor's role in Animal was also not of a typical hero image. Many of his gray shades were also visible in this. Ranbir had never played such a character and he was liked a lot even in a character with a negative shade.
In 1993, Shahrukh received the Filmfare Award for Best Actor for the film Baazigar.
Shahrukh took fear and risk in Juggler
Shahrukh Khan is also one of those stars who did not shy away from playing negative roles. He took this risk in the initial phase of his career by becoming a villain in films like Baazigar and Darr.
In 1993, Shahrukh received the Filmfare Award for Best Actor for the film Baazigar, while he received a Filmfare nomination for 'Best Actor in a Negative Role' for the role of eccentric Aashiq in the film Darr Release, released in 1993. Shahrukh was liked a lot in these characters and gradually he reached great heights.
People used to get scared after seeing the villain.
Now actors are daring to move away from the soft hero image and move towards grey-shaded roles. Whereas earlier it was not so. Earlier, heroes were afraid of playing villains or negative roles, due to which filmmakers used to cast such actors who did not have any problem in playing negative roles.
These include the names of actors like Shakti Kapoor, Amrish Puri, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Amjad Khan, Ranjeet, Pran, Prem Chopra, who made their mark in films only as villains and became immortal in many iconic characters. There was such a fear of these stars playing villain roles that people started considering them as villains in real life also.
Know some stories related to famous villains of Bollywood…
used to charge more for life than hero
In his acting career spanning 7 decades, Pran has played such memorable characters that people started considering him a villain in real life too. Seeing him walking on the road, people used to even abuse him by calling him 'Luffange', 'O goon'.
Once upon a time. Pran got a film offer. He agreed to do the work, but the producer said that he would not pay Rs 500 as the fee for the hero of the film was the same. Pran refused to do the film.
Later the producer had to cast him by paying Rs 100 extra fee. In this way, he got Rs 600 more than the hero for that film. After this, he charged more fees than the hero in most of the films.
Pran, who was a part of 362 films, was so popular in his time that filmmakers used to pay him more fees than the hero.
Mother had thrown Ranjit out of the house after seeing him in the role of a villain.
In his career spanning 5 decades, veteran actor Ranjeet must have worked in more than 500 films. However, he got real recognition only for his negative roles.
In an interview, Ranjeet had shared an incident related to the first negative role of his career. Ranjeet told that when his mother saw him in a negative role for the first time in the film Sharmilee, she threw him out of the house.
Ranjeet said- 'There was a scene in the film Sharmilee in which I force myself with Rakhi. After watching this my family came out of the theatre. When I reached home in the evening, mother asked me how dare you come inside the house? You tear women's clothes, what kind of work is this? Get out of my house.
Seeing Prem Chopra, people used to say to his wife – hide your face.
When veteran actor Prem Chopra came into films, he looked so good in the role of a villain that even in real life people started considering him a villain. Once Prem took his daughter to a film premiere. The daughter was just staring at him the entire time during the film.
Even after seeing him in the role of a villain, his daughter had stopped talking to him. Later Prem explained to him that this is his work in films, hence he has to do this. He is completely different in real life. After a lot of convincing, the daughter started talking to him.
Prem Chopra has not treated women properly in most of his films. His image had an impact in real life also. He had told in an interview that he had once gone to meet his father in Panchkula Garden, Chandigarh. He was roaming there when 4-5 men standing at a distance noticed him.
As soon as he saw Prem, he told his wives to hide their faces. Prem understood everything from a distance and he laughed and went away from there.
