Welcome to the Jungle director claims film’s budget was Rs 125 cr, shot in 75 shifts

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In another chat with Bollywood Hungama, he claimed that the shoot was wrapped up in just 75 shifts, with each shift of just eight hours. He claimed that in every shift he could only shoot for six to six and a half hours, as the remaining time would be spent on breaks.

Cost of the cast was Rs 35 crore, minus Akshay Kumar

Previously, a report on Bollywood Hungama claimed that Akshay Kumar did not take an upfront payment for the film, and instead came on board under a profit-sharing model. The copy claimed that the largest chunk of the budget was spent on production costs, which was around Rs 60 crore. The report also claimed that the cost of the cast was Rs 35 crore. The director and the technical crew were paid Rs 15 crore, and another Rs 15 crore were spent on print and publicity.

900 people on set, 150 people in actors’ entourage, 50 vanity vans

In an earlier chat with The Hollywood Reporter India, Ahmed had shared that he was managing approximately 700-900 people on set almost every day. “Beyond the core cast, you have their entourages – usually about five people per star. So, if you calculate 30 actors plus their immediate teams, you are looking at 150 people just on the actors’ side,” he said and added that they had to find two massive grounds adjacent to each other as they “needed space to park 50 vanity vans.”

The ensemble cast of Welcome to the Jungle consists of Akshay Kumar, Suniel Shetty, Paresh Rawal, Jackie Shroff, Arshad Warsi, Tusshar Kapoor, Aftab Shivdasani, Disha Patani, Raveena Tandon, Jacqueline Fernandez, Lara Dutta, Johnny Lever, Rajpal Yadav, Kiku Sharda, Krushna Abhishek, Kiran Kumar, Zakir Hussain, Farida Jalal, Daler Mehendi, Mika Singh, Urvashi Rautela, Yashpal Sharma, Shreyas Talpade, Vindu Dara Singh, and late Pankaj Dheer, among others.