Veteran actress Sridevi has finally responded to the allegations of Rajamouli where he had revealed that he had to back out when Sridevi shocked him with unreasonable demands, when approached to essay the role of Sivagami.
During an earlier interview, Rajamouli revealed, “Sridevi asked for 8 crores. Apart from that, she wants five business class tickets whenever she has to fly to Hyderabad and fly back. And five business suites should be booked at the biggest hotel in Hyderabad for her entourage during their stay. She even wanted a share in Hindi version of the film”.
Now, as the actress is in Hyderabad to promote her upcoming film ‘Mom’, when Sridevi was reminded of Rajamouli’s revelations, she said, “no filmmaker has the right to reveal the remuneration of an artiste on a public platform. Not only ‘Baahubali’, I have rejected several hit films in the past few years for my own reasons. No maker of those films has ever spoken about my rejecting their film on a public platform.”
“Don’t I have the right to accept or reject a film?” she shot back.
Sridevi denied demanding Rs.8 crore remuneration and other luxurious facilities as said by Rajamouli. “I couldn’t have done 300 films if I was an actress who make unreasonable demands,” she stressed.
She opined that an accomplished technician like Rajamouli shouldn’t have talked about her remuneration in interviews.