"Emraan hikes his price post BO success"

Riding high on the success of his recent releases like The Dirty Picture and Once Upon A Time in Mumbai, actor Emraan Hashmi has increased his remuneration but insists that it is

not a "crazy price" and will not burden any of his films.

The buzz is that Emraan has quoted Rs. 10 crore for all the fresh projects.

Rumour mills say that the three Khans — Shahrukh, Salman and Aamir-- charge about Rs. 27-28 crore a film, besides taking a share in the profits. Also, A-listers like Hrithik Roshan and Ajay Devgn charge somewhere about Rs. 20 crore per film while Ranbir Kapoor and Shahid Kapoor are believed to charge around Rs. 10 crore. Now Emraan may also join them.

Emraan Hashmi is back in his serial kisser avata
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"I have increased my rate but I cannot tell you the exact figure. It is a safe price, it is not a crazy price. I have worked in the office of a producer, so I know what happens when they (actors) overprice. So I know what that price should be and it keeps me in the industry for a long haul," Emraan told reporters here last night, after unveiling the first of his upcoming film, Shanghai.

"I think as an actor I feel my rate should not burden the film. There are few actors, who charge more and then eventually it burdens the film, but I will never do that," the 32-year-old actor said.

Emraan has three releases lined up for this year, Mahesh Bhatt's crime thriller, Jannat 2 (May 4), Dibakar Banerjee's political thriller Shanghai (June 8) and Vikram Bhatt's 3D horror film, Raaz 3 (August 31).

On his role in Shanghai he said, "Dibakar has the ability to bring out the actor of his comfort zone. And he made me eat lot of stuff, so that I become fat, have a paunch. Getting the physicality of the character was half the battle won."