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Hindustan Times
23-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Hindustan Times
Salman Khan charged ₹5 crore more than Govinda in Partner? Writer Alok Upadhyay reveals it all
Bollywood actors Salman Khan and Govinda's on-screen bromance in the romantic comedy film Partner impressed audiences. The film became one of the most-loved comedies in Bollywood. Now, in an interview with YouTube channel Lightscameramasti, writer Alok Upadhyay has recalled a behind-the-scenes moment from the shooting of the iconic song Soni De Nakhre, revealing that the actors took a combined fee of ₹15 crore for the film. (Also Read: Salman Khan helped me when I was in a lot of debt: Govinda Writer Alok Upadhyay recalled the shoot for the song Soni De Nakhre in Partner and said, 'During the song Soni De Nakhre, the choreographer had put some long shots. David Dhawan, who was sitting with me, said, 'Ek actor ₹10 crore le raha hai aur ek ₹5 crore le raha hai. 15 crore ke actor ki taange dikhaai ja rahi hain, koi matlab to hai nahi (One actor has charged ₹10 crore, the other ₹5 crore, and we're just showing their legs? What's the point?).'' Alok recalled David Dhawan getting annoyed with the choreographer and telling him, 'Yeh jo tu ₹50 ka gamla, ₹300 ki jhaadu, flower aur decoration dikha raha hai, usse picture nahi chalegi. Yeh jo ₹15 crore ke 2 khade hain, unpe close maar (This ₹50 flowerpot, ₹300 broom, flowers and decorations you're showing — that's not going to make the film work. Those two standing there, who cost ₹15 crore, get a close-up of them).' Helmed by David Dhawan and produced by Sohail Khan and Parag Sanghvi, the story of the film was inspired by the 2005 American film Hitch. The film featured Govinda, Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif and Lara Dutta in lead roles. The romantic comedy revolves around a love guru, Prem (Salman), who gives wooing advice to his client, Bhaskar (Govinda), for the latter's ladylove Priya. Along the way, he falls in love with a widowed mother, Naina. The film received a positive response from both audiences and critics, with particular praise for its comic scenes and Govinda's performance. It emerged as a super hit, collecting ₹99.66 crore worldwide at the box office.
News18
23-04-2025
- Entertainment
- News18
Salman Khan Was Paid More Than Govinda For Partner; David Dhawan Said, 'Rs 15 Crore Ke Do Khade Hain'
Besides Salman Khan and Govinda, the David Dhawan directorial venture also starred Katrina Kaif and Lara Dutta. Salman Khan and Govinda's film, Partner, was well-loved by the audience and became a huge hit upon its release. However, although Govinda had been a star for several years, his payment for the film was much less than that of Salman Khan. While Salman's fee was Rs 10 crore, Govinda was paid Rs 5 crore for the film. In a recent chat, writer Alok Upadhyaya opened up about how the actors' fees were revealed during the making of Soni De Nakhre. 'David Dhawan meets all expectations in terms of a filmmaker of commercial cinema. While shooting, all things like editing and other aspects would go on in his mind simultaneously. He knows everything about cinema. His aim was always to make the film better commercially," Alok told Lightscameramasti. He recalled, 'During the shooting of the song (Soni De Nakhre), the choreographer had set 2-3 long shots. David sahab came to me and said, 'One actor is charging Rs 10 crore, the other Rs 5 crore — that's Rs 15 crore standing there, and only their legs are being shown. Shoot a close-up of both Govinda and Salman.'" Alok added, 'David sahab got impatient and called the choreographer over, saying, 'You're shooting Rs 50 worth of flower pot, Rs 10 of decoration. My film won't mint money with these things. Jo Rs 15 crore ke do khade hain, unke close mar (The two who are charging Rs 15 crore — take close-up shots of them).'" Besides Salman Khan and Govinda, the David Dhawan directorial venture also starred Katrina Kaif and Lara Dutta. However, their remuneration for the film isn't known. Partner, released in 2010, was a remake of Will Smith's Hollywood film called Hitch. The film revolved around a love guru who takes on a client and gets him to woo his lady love, all while trying to impress someone special in his life. First Published:
Indian Express
21-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Indian Express
‘Salman Khan is charging Rs 10 cr, Govinda is taking Rs 5 cr and only their legs are being shown?': How David Dhawan changed choreography of ‘Soni De Nakhre'
Writer Alok Upadhyaya, who has worked with filmmaker David Dhawan on several films, spoke about his experience collaborating with him on Partner. Alok shared that as a filmmaker, David is very intolerant of errors by his actors and always tries to get the maximum out of the A-list stars who headline his films. 'He would panic if the actor wouldn't perform well,' Alok shared. The writer also revealed how David would always keep in mind how to fully milk the star power in his films. 'David Dhawan meets all expectations in terms of a filmmaker of commercial cinema. While shooting, all things like editing and other aspects would go on in his mind simultaneously. He knows everything about cinema. His aim was always to make the film better commercially,' he told Lightscameramasti. Sharing an example from Partner, when the film's stars Salman Khan and Govinda were shooting for the song 'Soni De Nakhre', he said, 'During the shooting of the song, the choreographer had set 2-3 long shots. David sahab came to me and said, 'One actor is charging Rs 10 crore, the other Rs 5 crore — that's Rs 15 crore standing there, and only their legs are being shown. Shoot a close-up of both Govinda and Salman.'' Alok added, 'David sahab got impatient and called the choreographer over, saying, 'You're shooting Rs 50 worth of flower pot, Rs 10 of decoration. My film won't mint money with these things. Jo Rs 15 crore ke do khade hain, unke close mar (The two who are charging Rs 15 crore — take close-up shots of them).'' he then told the two actors to step in and do their own thing, leading to close-up shots as they both make faces at the camera. Partner was an official remake of Will Smith starrer hit comedy Hitch. The film was critically acclaimed and a box office success. It starred Salman as Govinda's love guru and also featured Katrina Kaif and Lara Dutta in lead roles.
Wall Street Journal
18-04-2025
- Business
- Wall Street Journal
A Bankrupt Developer, Actor Kevin James and a $14 Million Fixer-Upper
Kevin James is a stand-up comedian, starred in the long-running sitcom 'King of Queens' and the movie 'Paul Blart: Mall Cop,' and played a lead role in the movie 'Hitch' and many others. In recent years, he played a new, not-so-coveted role: the owner of a $14 million mansion that turned out to be sort of a lemon. James has been thrust into the bankruptcy of National Realty Investment Advisors, a real-estate developer that filed for chapter 11 protection in 2022. The company developed and managed residential and other projects for more than a decade, raising roughly $650 million from more than 2,000 investors who learned of the business through the company's radio and TV advertisements. National's creditors continue to go after what's left of the Secaucus, N.J.-based firm's assets. One of those assets is a portion of the proceeds from a 2021 sale of the Delray Beach, Fla., mansion to James. A trustee charged with retrieving National's assets is suing James to get back some money that was put aside to make repairs to the mansion upon the sale's closing. But, the trustee alleges, James didn't make the repairs, the escrowed cash wasn't spent, and James has since sold the property. James, according to a court filing, says the cash is his. James didn't respond to requests for comment. His lawyer, Stephen Padula, declined to comment. Ice Miller lawyers representing a trust for National creditors didn't respond to requests for comment. The James saga started in October 2017, when National, via an affiliated entity called N. Ocean Capital 344 (NOC 344), bought the property for $7.1 million as an investment. Even then, the 18,900-square-foot home had a troubled past. The mansion was previously owned by Al Rabil, now chief executive of $37 billion asset-investment firm Kayne Anderson. He purchased the property in 2013 and had a new home built on the site, but in 2016 he sued the general contractor, Seaside Builders, and eventually others, over allegedly defective construction, including a subcontractor's improperly built concrete slabs. Rabil and his family moved out of the house, saying in the lawsuit that they feared for their safety. An engineer who evaluated the home, for example, found that the concrete and bolts couldn't properly support loads, the suit said. The city eventually deemed the home an unsafe structure, warning against entering it or trespassing on the property. Rabil and Seaside settled the suit. Seaside placed a lien against the Rabils' property in 2016 and filed a complaint to foreclose on it, seeking what it said was $270,000 still owed to the company. It alleged that Rabil ordered substantial modifications and additions to the work that resulted in more than 170 change orders. Seaside said it was fired without cause and denied that there were defects. The lien was released and the foreclosure complaint was eventually dismissed when Seaside missed a legal deadline to file suit to block the lien's release. In a 2023 deposition that was part of the bankruptcy proceedings, U.S. Construction Inc., a contractor hired by NOC 344, said that upon NOC 344's purchase of the property from Rabil in 2017, an engineer was hired to assess what needed to be fixed to make the house compliant with city codes. The repair estimate came in at around $200,000. The improvements were made, according to the lawsuit, and the house was back on the market in May 2020. A listing from that time described the mansion as having six bedrooms, a five-car garage, a guesthouse and T-shaped pool with a 12-foot deep end. The primary suite took up the entire third floor. The home was priced at nearly $16 million, and the listing described it as 'completely renovated, redesigned and upgraded,' including with improved structural and mechanical systems. In early December 2020, the Knipfing family trust—Knipfing is James's given surname—signed the sales contract, agreeing to buy the property 'as is.' After a presale inspection of the property, an addendum was added to the contract in late January 2021 in which NOC 344 acknowledged that certain repairs were needed. They included the three-stop elevator, which needed a new door; the patio tiles were damaged; and the garage door leaked. The seller and the Knipfing family trust agreed that $250,000 of the $14 million purchase price would be held in escrow to be used to pay for the various repairs after the sale to James closed, which it did in late January 2021. A lawyer for U.S. Construction Inc. said the company completed all the repairs on the pre-sale inspection punch list. In mid-February 2021, James posted a YouTube video of a chat with fellow comedian David Spade, in which he told Spade that he had moved into the home and was 'sleeping on the floor, trying to set it up.' In June 2022, National filed for bankruptcy with a $225 million portfolio of investment properties in four Eastern states, including Florida. Portfolio manager Thomas Nicholas Salzano, who the Justice Department called the company's 'shadow chief executive,' was sentenced last November to 12 years in prison and three years of supervised release after pleading guilty to securities fraud and other crimes. The trustee for National's creditors filed its lawsuit against James this past February, alleging that many repairs listed in the sales contract addendum never happened and seeking the return of the $250,000 that remained in escrow, even after he sold the home—also 'as is'—for $12.7 million in May 2023. The James lawsuit is among more than 30 cases that the trustee has filed against parties that also include a New Jersey town, accountants and former company insiders. Also named as a defendant in the James lawsuit is the title company holding the escrowed funds. The trustee says that allowing James to have the $250,000 would penalize National's creditors 'and provide a windfall to the Knipfing trust.' James's camp, in an exhibit that is part of the trustee lawsuit, laid out in 2021 how a litany of defects dwarfed the fixes that NOC 344 agreed to in the sale agreement. A roughly 150-page home-assessment report done a few months after James bought the home has dozens of photos of flaws large and small that purport to show that the property was a giant home-improvement project. James bought the property believing that 'all of the required remedial work to the previously condemned structure had been remediated,' the home-assessment report said. Among the allegations in the report: a faulty lift system had trapped people inside the elevator; it took four minutes for the water to get hot in the kitchen sink; the faucet in the primary bathroom bathtub was too far from the tub, allowing water to fall on the floor; the roof leaked; gas-grill fumes invaded the garage; and the lighting in the wine room didn't work. In total, the consultant hired by James estimated that the cost of repairs would be roughly $1.4 million. A lawyer for U.S. Construction said it completed, or had been willing to complete, the repairs found post-sale, and said that the damages listed by the inspector were 'woefully overstated.' It looks like the drama may soon come to an end. On March 28, a report filed by the trustee indicated that a settlement with James had been 'reached in principle.' Tentative terms weren't specified. Until it is finalized, a pretrial conference in the James lawsuit is scheduled for May in the bankruptcy court in Newark, N.J. Meanwhile, the property's current owner, a limited liability company, is seeking a building permit from the city of Delray Beach to make a host of improvements throughout the interior and exterior of the property. They include enclosing the balconies and doing work on windows, doors and toilets. The application for the permit estimates that the cost of the improvements is $200,000. Kishore Mirchandani, who is identified as the property owner or agent on the LLC's building permit application, as well as manager on the LLC's state incorporation records, didn't respond to requests for comment. Gina Carter, spokeswoman for the city of Delray Beach, said the city is awaiting more information from the owner that would support the repair estimates. Write to Becky Yerak at
Yahoo
25-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Eva Mendes Honors Her Brother Nearly 9 Years After His Death
Originally appeared on E! Online is paying tribute to her late brother, Juan Carlos Mendes. The Hitch actress shared insight into how she's carried her older brother's legacy with her in the years since he died after a battle with cancer in 2016 at age 53. And part of that is honoring his special day. "My brother would've had a birthday this April 2," she wrote on Instagram March 24. "He passed almost 9 years ago." Eva, 51, who shares daughters Esmeralda, 10, and Amada, 8, with Ryan Gosling, 44, added, "Then, less than 2 weeks later I gave birth to our second baby." Along with a series of photos, the first a selfie of her standing outside in nature, holding a heart-shaped rock to her chest, and the last a heart-shaped hole in a tree, she wrote, "When his birthday nears, I start to look for signs that could be him. Of course, this can all be in my head, but I rather not believe that. It's not as beautiful." The Place Beyond the Pines star continued, "So, here I am, starting to see hearts everywhere and feeling him a little extra right now. More to come, I'm sure." More from E! Online Katie Thurston Fears Cancer Has Reached Stage 4, Treatment Paused After Spots Found on Liver TikToker Joshua Blackledge Dead at 16 Ben Affleck Breaks Silence on Jennifer Lopez Divorce Shortly after Carlos' death, Eva detailed the struggle of coping with losing her brother just 12 days before welcoming her and Ryan's new baby. "We had a funeral service for him and that same week I had the baby," she told Latina in 2016. "It was really, really intense and obviously beyond heartbreaking, but also kind of beautiful." At the time, she shared that she had not had much time to grieve. "My older little girl is not yet 2 years old," the Ghost Rider actress explained. "My little one is still an infant, and right now it's really about surviving those nights and trying to enjoy this time as much as possible with them." However, her family carried her through the tough times. "Losing my brother brought our family closer, and we were already close to begin with," she said. "So to just see everybody be there for one another and show up, I feel so lucky to have them." Months later, Ryan shared rare insight into the family's heartbreak, when he picked up the Best Actor in a Comedy or Musical award at the 2017 Golden Globes, recounting from the stage that while he filmed La La Land, 'my lady was raising our daughter, pregnant with our second, and trying to help her brother fight his battle with cancer.' And after thanking her, and their little girls, he made sure to pay tribute to his late brother-in-law. 'If I may,' he added, 'I'd like to dedicate this to the memory of her brother, Juan Carlos Mendes.' For the latest breaking news updates, click here to download the E! News App
