Bipasha - Dont charge any Fee doing Issue Based Films
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Bipasha Basu, who was recently seen in Lamhaa, is now getting ready to do a film on honour killings. She feels issue-based films should be made with small budgets to make them "commercially viable" and stars shouldn't charge any fee to work in them.
"Don't charge any money for working in such (issue-based) films. It's the only way to make issue-based films commercially viable," said Bipasha, whose Lamhaa dealt with the problems in Kashmir. But it couldn't earn enough profits at the box office.
"After 'Lamhaa' I am tempted to tell a committed filmmaker like Rahul Dholakia to make out-and-out commercial films. Or if you make a film on a social issue then make sure it doesn't go over-budget.
"It's shameful that Lamhaa was so costly. If it was made for Rs.4 crore, it would have been a hit. When a mainstream actor does a film on a social cause, it should be done free of cost as a sign of commitment to society," she added.
The actress has signed another issued-based film titled Aakrosh about honour killings. She plays a schoolteacher in a tradition-bound village and wonders how audiences would react to the movie.
"The social issue, honour killings, is treated like a thriller. Even Lamhaa was treated like a thriller. But how many people went to see it?"
One of the main reasons to sign the film was to get rid of the glamour girl image, says Bipasha. "For me, the interesting part of doing Aakrosh was to see how far I can get away from my glamorous image. I discovered it was easy for me to do real characters. Director Priyadarshan is a delight to work with. And my co-star is Ajay Devgn who is a good dependable actor. I've another film Mr Fraud with Ajay directed by Abbas-Mustan that got stuck. I don't know if it will ever release."
"Don't charge any money for working in such (issue-based) films. It's the only way to make issue-based films commercially viable," said Bipasha, whose Lamhaa dealt with the problems in Kashmir. But it couldn't earn enough profits at the box office.
"After 'Lamhaa' I am tempted to tell a committed filmmaker like Rahul Dholakia to make out-and-out commercial films. Or if you make a film on a social issue then make sure it doesn't go over-budget.
"It's shameful that Lamhaa was so costly. If it was made for Rs.4 crore, it would have been a hit. When a mainstream actor does a film on a social cause, it should be done free of cost as a sign of commitment to society," she added.
The actress has signed another issued-based film titled Aakrosh about honour killings. She plays a schoolteacher in a tradition-bound village and wonders how audiences would react to the movie.
"The social issue, honour killings, is treated like a thriller. Even Lamhaa was treated like a thriller. But how many people went to see it?"
One of the main reasons to sign the film was to get rid of the glamour girl image, says Bipasha. "For me, the interesting part of doing Aakrosh was to see how far I can get away from my glamorous image. I discovered it was easy for me to do real characters. Director Priyadarshan is a delight to work with. And my co-star is Ajay Devgn who is a good dependable actor. I've another film Mr Fraud with Ajay directed by Abbas-Mustan that got stuck. I don't know if it will ever release."
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