Shabana Azmi spoke on unnecessary demands of actors: We did not have many demands, we used to travel in the bus itself

There has been a debate going on in the industry for some time now on the unnecessary demands of actors. Now actress Shabana Azmi has also joined this debate. The actors have expressed their opinion on the ongoing debate about the excessive fees of stars and the increasing expenses in shooting.

During an interview with Hindustan Times, Shabana Azmi expressed surprise at the amount of money producers spend on stars. She shared some incidents from her career and told how much has changed from then to now.

Shabana Azmi also recalled the days of shooting for the 1983 film 'Mandi'. She said- During the shooting of the film, Smita Patil and I were given separate cars, but we chose to travel in a bus with the rest of the cast of the film. We enjoyed it a lot.

Shabana Azmi said- In low budget films, we had at most drivers, makeup men and hair dressers. I used to wear my own clothes. I always stayed in the same hotel with the unit. We had no demands from the producer. Sometimes Sanjeev Kumar and Shatrughan Sinha used to bear the expenses of the schedule themselves.

Shabana Azmi and Smita Patil in a scene from the film 'Mandi'

Shabana Azmi expressed surprise at the crazy bills producers have to pay for actors. Today, an actor has five vanity vans. One for gymming, one for cooking, one for eating, bathing, practicing and what not. The producer has to bear the cost of everything.