Nana Patekar gets makers to hike his price twice!
Nana Patekar not charging mega bucks is yesterday’s news. Of late, the actor has started asking for the sun, the moon and all the stars in the galaxy!

According to reliable sources, he was paid three crores for a film, but each time the producers went to him for dates, his price kept increasing. At the last meeting, Nana demanded Rs 9 crores! And the makers complied!

Date dilemma

An insider says, “Nana had signed a film with Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision (SACV) some time last year. The makers gave him fifty percent (1.5 crores) of the amount as token. 

When the makers had a role suitable for him, they approached him for dates sometime between October and November, he said his dates were committed elsewhere. The producers requested him to rework his dates. He promised to do so, and asked them to return after a few days.

When they sat again to discuss the dates, the temperamental actor announced, that he’d do the film but his price had just shot up to Rs 6 crore. The producers agreed as they wanted him for the part.”

After a commitment from Nana, the producers  approached Sanjay Dutt for the dates in October-November, this time it was the star who declared unavailability of dates and gave them dates for September. 

The harassed producers once again came knocking at Nana’s doorstep, who once again reworked his dates but at the price of Rs 9 crore.

The makers had to agree to his demands as it was too late and a new contract was drawn up. An SACV spokesperson commented, “We haven’t met Nana since last year, we don’t have a suitable script for Nan and there’s no question of signing Mr Patekar.