When the news of NTR doing a film in Kalyan Ram’s production became official, some people started speculating that the ‘Ism’ actor-producer was banking on his younger brother’s stardom to recover the losses incurred by his production venture ‘Kick 2’. It might well be one of the reasons why Kalyan Ram signed NTR but he surely didn’t take advantage of their affection-filled brotherhood.
Our trusted sources have confirmed that Kalyan Ram paid Rs 14 crore remuneration to Tarak for Jai Lava Kusa. In fact, NTR offered to slash his fee since JLK was his brother’s production venture but Kalyan Ram insisted the ‘Janatha Garage actor’ to take the amount which he generally charges per film. He didn’t take advantage of his brother even though the latter wouldn’t mind.
If we take the cases where star heroes act in films produced by their brothers, uncles, close aides etc. they often go for a pay cut. The producer however shows the bloated budget to buyers in order to get hefty distribution deals. Kalyan Ram is a rare exception to this general practice in Tollywood.
Since we are talking about remunerations, Pawan Kalyan charged Rs 20 crore for his on-the-sets film which is being directed by Trivikram and produced by Radha Krishna of Haarika Hassine creations.
