Amrish Puri Fees: From Nayak to Mist India and Gadar, there are many films in which Amrish Puri's character is remembered till date. The magic of the dialogue 'Mogambo Khush Hua' of 'Mr. India' is still speaking to people. It would not be wrong to say that his villain role gave equal competition to the hero. Amrish Puri's name is recorded in the list of most powerful villains of Hindi cinema. Who used to do wonders as soon as he came on screen.
Amrish Puri Fans also call him the most memorable, powerful, best and dreaded villain of Bollywood. However, his market price was quite high at that time. Amrish Puri is always remembered by the name of Mogambo. The superstar was cast as a villain for the first time in a film named 'Hum Paanch'. After this, he became famous in the world of films as a villain, Hum Paanch which was produced by Boney Kapoor.
Boney Kapoor had also told in an old interview that the actor was given 40 thousand rupees to play the character of 'Bapu', but his acting was so great that he was given 10 thousand more rupees. In this way, he got a total of Rs 50 thousand for his first role as a villain. Amrish Puri became immortal as a villain. The film 'Mr. India' did wonders for Amrish Puri's career. This film took his career to its peak.
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The interesting thing related to the film 'Mr. India' is that the villain in the film was paid 9 times more than the heroine. According to reports, Amrish Puri used to charge up to Rs 1 crore for a film, it is said that he charged the same amount for 'Mr. India' also. At the same time, the film's heroine Sridevi had taken a fee of Rs 11 lakh for this film. However, there is no confirmation whether the market price of Amrish Puri at that time was Rs 1 crore or not.
Amrish Puri was one of the highest paid villains of his time. This is considered true because the actor himself had talked about his market price in an interview. He had told in an interview given in the year 1998 that his market price was Rs 1 crore. This interview was about 10 years after 'Mr. India'. He had also told that he used to leave the film if he did not get the amount as per his wish.
