Kartik Aaryan takes Rs 15 cr pay cut after Tu Meri Main Tera Main Tera Tu Meri flops, to stay with Karan Johar’s agency: report | Bollywood News

While Aditya Dhar’s Dhurandhar has turned the Hindi film box office into a festive zone for over a month, continuously breaking records, the opposite has been true for Kartik Aaryan’s Tu Meri Main Tera Main Tera Tu Meri, the romantic drama backed Karan Johar and co-starring Ananya Panday. The film failed miserably at the box office, unable to even gross Rs 50 crore domestically. The underperformance added to concerns in the industry, already reeling from several tentpole projects failing to fire. Rumors also surfaced about Kartik Aaryan dancing himself from Karan Johar and his talent agency DCAA (Dharma Collab Arts Agency). However, SCREEN has been told sources that Kartik will stay with Karan Johar’s agency. According to a recent report, Kartik in fact took a conciliatory step agreeing to a Rs 15 crore cut from his fees for the film.
As per a report Bollywood Hungama, Kartik “extended a gesture of support towards his producer literally days after the film’s release waiving off Rs 15 crores from his fee.” The report added that industry insiders are calling it a “responsible gesture” and hailed it as “the need of the hour at a time when the majority of Hindi films are underperforming at the box office.” The report also clarified that relations between Karan Johar and Kartik Aaryan remain positive. The actor is currently shooting for Naagzilla, a horror-comedy backed Dharma Productions, and discussions are underway for their third collaboration.
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This is not the first time Kartik has supported his producers. After his film Shehzada underperformed at the box office, he waived a significant portion of his remuneration. Back then, in a conversation with Film Companion, he explained: “I was not a producer-producer as such. I was given that credit on the basis that the film was going into a money crisis, and I gave up on my fees. I also gave some money so that the structure could be made and the film doesn’t get stuck.” He added that he was “just acting as a producer,” and noted, “The producers were gracious enough that they credited me (as a producer) for that reason.”