This week’s blind item is brought to you by Rajeev Masand. It’s not hard at all to guess who’s he’s talking about, but it’s a little sad how the right person never gets the reward that he/she deserves. Read on the blind to find out.
Bollywood Blind Item
No Performance Bonus
There are murmurs that the director of a recent blockbuster film is feeling slighted since he wasn’t “suitably compensated” for the project. Signed to helm the film for an agreed (reasonable) sum, rumour mongers are saying that the director hoped to see a fancy bonus come his way when the film broke box-office records, but was left wanting by his mentor-producer. The director also allegedly visited another ‘blockbuster filmmaker’ known for blowing up cars in his movies, to understand the intricacies of Bollywood numbers and box-office business, and also for advice on what salary he ought to quote for subsequent film projects.