Mallika: Million dollar babe

There’s constant oneupmanship in Bollywood. If one star gets paid a crore today, the other will rakes in two crores tomorrow.

This is especially so among the actresses. Recently, Kareena Kapoor and Katrina Kaif were in the news. Kareena for charging a whopping amount for her films and Katrina for becoming the most expensive item girl in Bollywood at an exorbitant Rs 1.5 crore.

Now the race is hotting up! Diva Mallika Sherawat is not far behind. Sometime ago she made news as the most expensive cameo actress, when she charged Rs 1.5 crore for a 10-minute role in Himesh Reshammiya’s Aap Ka Suroor .

Now Mallika’s back and making even a bigger impact. The actress is being paid a million dollars for an ad! Yes, she is charging Rs 3.5 crores for a CD and cassettes advertisement. It’s basically a surrogate commercial film directed by filmmaker Pradeep Sarkar for which the lyrics are apparently written by Gulzar.

Million dollar baby Mallika is naturally excited about her latest venture and the big bucks! “It’s about time that filmmakers in India stop telling actresses that we look like a million dollars and start paying us that. The way India is growing and the way the US dollar is sinking, it won’t be long before a million dollars and a million rupees mean the same thing.”