How Boney Kapoor helped Sridevi in escalating her fee from Rs 10 lakh to Rs 25 lakh: ‘I put one condition…’

“When she said Rs 10 lakh, I said no. Then she froze for 10 seconds. I said I’ll pay 11. Then she froze for another 15 seconds,” he remembered. He added, “I put a condition that the next film you sign, cannot be less than 15. Her mother said, ‘Ayyo ayyo, who will pay 15?’ I said I will get you 15. So when Yash Chopra wanted to cast her for Chandni, I made sure she got 15. They were very happy with that.”

The No Entry producer then recalled that when he went to Sridevi’s mother to sign her for another film, her mother quoted Rs 14 lakh. “I said why? She said, ‘No no Boney ji with you only 14. I said no, I will pay 16. Then I said one condition, next picture 25. She said Boney ji 25, who will give? I said no, you will get 25. For Khuda Gawah, Sri got Rs 25 lakh.”

He added that the reason he added the condition while remunerating her was only because he did not want the Sadma actor to work in lesser films.

Sridevi and Boney had a successful marriage that lasted for over two decades, until Sridevi’s passing in February 2018.