Tanishaa Mukerji blames directors for increasing budget of films, defends stars’ demands of multiple vanity vans: ‘How dare you say stars ke nakhre hain?’

Tanishaa Mukerji, who is the sister of actor Kajol and daughter of veteran actor Tanuja, recently shared her views on the ongoing discussion around the unrealistic demands of actors asking for multiple vanity vans and chefs leading to the rise in the cost of making of a film. Tanishaa, who was recently seen in the film Luv You Shankar, blamed the corporate companies for this. “Suppose an individual producer goes to the actor and says I want to do a film with you and I can pay you Rs 5 crore. On the other hand, these corporate companies jump in and say ‘we need 30 days from you, we will pay you Rs 30 crore’, how can an individual producer compete with a production house?”, questioned the actor while in a conversation with the indianexpress.com. ALSO READ | Star fees over Rs 100 cr, demands for multiple vanity vans, entourage cost of Rs 20 lakh per day: As Bollywood biggies bomb, focus on actors’ overhead costs View this post on Instagram A post shared by Tanishaa Mukerji (@tanishaamukerji) Tanishaa, who believes that actors shouldn’t put a lot of pressure on independent producers, says it is unfair for the directors and producers to say ‘actors ke nakhre hai (actors have their tantrums)’. “You cannot point out that this particular actor has so many vans without considering the amount of time he is spending on your set.” “It’s different when an actor like Akshay Kumar says I can only work 9-5, then he goes home and does his gym. Is the actor you are working with is also just doing 9-5? How dare you tell ‘actors ke nakhre’? First point out if he is willing to be on your set for 14 hours? Is he willing to do an 18 hour shift with you? Consider all this and then comment. It is after considering and analysing these things you can talk about their tantrums and call their demands for gyms and chefs in their vanity vans unrealistic. Of course, he will need a chef, how is he going to manage his own food, workout, if he doesn’t have much time off your shoot?” she said. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Tanishaa Mukerji (@tanishaamukerji) ALSO READ | Tanishaa Mukerji on constant comparisons with sister Kajol: ‘My career was not as good as my sister, but she started when she was 16’ The Sssshhh. actor claimed that the budget of the film depends on the number of days it is being shot for. She said, “The budget of the film depends on the director. Reduce your days of shooting. Be compact with your days of shooting. Just going around claiming a vanity van costs upto Rs 50,000 a day, yeh sab bas hawa banane ke liye log kehte hai I feel.” Tanishaa also said that the producers should be brave enough to finalise the terms and conditions before signing an actor and should walk out if they can’t afford the said star. “I think you should be seeing these things from multiple points of view, you shouldn’t be so restrictive. Yes, there is a lot of unnecessary expenditure happening in the film industry, it is not extremely necessary, but I think it can all get worked out. But, people love to put the stars down so they come up with things like, ‘arey yeh inke itne nakhre’. When you are at the top, they love to put you down, they love to make the smallest thing about you a big deal,” said Tanishaa. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Saregama India (@saregama_official) The Kantri actor claimed that the so-called tantrums have always existed. She said, “Every star will have their tantrums, otherwise they won’t be considered stars. Bigger the tantrum, bigger the star. Some people believe this. If you are an independent producer and have a low budget, talk it out with the star, I am sure they will work out. But if you’re a corporate, of course, they will demand things because you do have that kind of money. It’s all about demand and supply.” Commenting on the failures of bigger films in recent times, Tanishaa blamed the audience for encouraging bad content all these years. “Audience determines the quality of cinema. The audience over the years has accepted rubbish. Now suddenly because of the OTT and everything, the audience is not going to the theater. But, they are not even going to see the good films. Forget them not going to watch a film made on a Rs 100 crore budget, but they are not also going to watch a film made on Rs 5 crore budget,” said Tanishaa.