kollywood pecking order after Dasa

Friends,

Though Kamal fans may not like this news, "market" is non-sentimental.

While Kamal fans are under an illusion that their actor is better than Thalaivar Rajini, "The Hindu" says Kamal is not only lagging behind Rajini in terms of his fees but he is at No. 3 position and not even next to Rajini. Actors' fees is something which is determined directly in proportion to their market standing. This
ranking is based on Kamal's fee for Dasa & Ra

Pl go thru the latest CinePlus supplement of The Hindu (Friday, the 13th, June) which has clearly mentioned about the fees charged by actors in Kollywood based on their interaction with Cine Personalities.

The ranking goes as follows:

No.1 undoubtedly is Superstar with Rs. 17 Crores.

At no.2, surprise of surprises, is Ajit with Rs. 10 crore for Billa 2 from Warner Bros-Oscher Studios.

No.3 is Kamal with Rs. 7 crore for Dasa, as told by Aaskar Ravi himself.

No.4 is occupied by Vijay with Rs. 5 crore (Might be coming down after two succesive flops in ATM & Kuruvi)

No. 5 is Vikram with Rs. 4 Crore (for Kanthasami, I think, by Kalaipuli Thanu)

Surya/Dhanush/ Simbu/Vishal occupy No.6 slot with Rs. 3 crore each.

No. 7 position with Rs. 1 crore is by Madavan/Sundar C/Sarathkumar.

Mind you, the above is only the fee paid to the actor. If you take Thalaivar's profit share, his total earnings from a Movie will sky-rocket. Other than Thalaivar, none of the other 'actors" has the guts to reduce their fees & get a profit share because not even one of them is confident about their movie doing well at the BO.

But, even with fee alone, these worthies could not come anywhere near to Thalaivar - the gap between Thalaivar & No. 2 is a whopping Rs. 7 crore or 70%. So, Thalaivar's earning is the total earning of Ajit & Kamal put together.

Kamal is now practically doing catching up act with Ajit. Where is the question of he being a competitor to Rajini? Those days are long gone.

Let all Kamal fans understand the reality & come to their senses before bashing Thalaivar & ridiculing him with all sorts of name-calling.

Today Kuselan official stills are released & when Kuselan releases all Dasa theatres will dump that movie & will go for screening Kuselan & kuselan will yet again prove who is Kuberan in the minds of people.

Article by

Arun
Bangalore