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This is an archive article published on April 20, 2024

Farah Khan reveals certain Bollywood stars demand four vanity vans, refuse to start working until demands are fulfilled: ‘Gym, staff, food…’

Farah Khan's revelation on stars demanding multiple vanity vans on sets has become a topic of discussion on social media.

Farah KhanFarah Khan has directed films like Main Hoon Na, Tees Maar Khan among others. (Photo: Farah Khan/ Instagram)

With every passing day, the budgets of Bollywood movies are becoming more and more bloated. Recently, Akshay Kumar and Tiger Shroff’s Bade Miyan Chote Miyan, directed by Ali Abbas Zafar, bombed despite coming with a reported price tag of Rs 350 crore, calling into question just how much money producers are spending on films. A Film Companion report also suggested that the majority of film budgets are spent on star fees. The same report also noted that several people in Ajay Devgn’s entourage were given an official credit for the film Maidaan.

Filmmaker-choreographer Farah Khan addressed the demands of major movie stars in a recent video, and said that some of them ask for up to four vanity vans each, before they start their day’s work on set. In her YouTube vlog, she told television actor Dipika Kakkar and her husband Shaoib Ibrahim that stars demand multiple vanity vans for themselves and their entourage.

Farah, who has directed stars such as Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone, Akshay Kumar and Katrina Kaif, among others, has also collaborated with scores of other personalities in her capacity as a choreographer. She revealed that these days, actors don’t start working unless their vanity vans are stationed on set for them. She said, “Until the vans don’t come, they don’t act. Nowadays, each actor has about four vans for themselves. One person. One is for their gym,, one is for their staff, one is for them, one is… then the food truck comes, that’s separate.”

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She added, “Earlier, heroines would change behind trees, we would hold towels for them. I have done it for them. When you go for (outdoor) shoots you’d do it, even in Switzerland they would change behind the bus, use bedsheets to cover. Now the actors don’t budge unless their vans come.”

Farah Khan talks about multiple Vanity Van demands by Bollywood stars in her vlog…
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A clip of Farah’s revelation surfaced on social media site Reddit and users reacted to the trend. One person wrote, “And then we wonder how every xyz film costs 100+ crores 💀 More money is spent on stars and their team rather than spending on a making decent film…” Another person wrote, “I can understand having such demands if you are bringing audience or variety in craft to the table. I wouldn’t judge.”

From bars and gyms to lavish restrooms, a few actors and actresses have vanity vans that have everything almost inside it. Recently Akshay Kumar, while promoting Bade Miyan Chote Miyan with co-star Tiger Shroff, told Curly Tales that he has a van where special food is cooked for him, customised for his nutritional needs. Tiger himself has a vanity van that is turned into a gym for him to workout in between scenes.

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