Katrina Kaif is being paid Rs 1.5 crore for an item number

Katrina Kaif is being paid a whooping Rs 1.5 crore for an item number in Shree Ashtavinayak’s next film Blue.

The film stars Sanjay Dutt, Akshay Kumar and Lara Dutta in lead roles.

A Mumbai tabloid this morning quoted an industry source, “Katrina Kaif has become a sort of a lucky mascot, after all her films have done well. The actress is now getting any price she is demanding. Shree Ashtavinayak’s Blue has a 100-crore budget. When the production house asked her to do an item number, Kat initially refused, as she doesn’t want the label of an item girl. But when the makers agreed to pay her a 1.5 crore fee and offered a few more scenes, the actress accepted.”

The tabloid also quoted Katrina as confirming the development, “I am doing something very special in Blue. I wouldn’t call it an item number. I have given ten days for the film, May onwards. They require seven days for the song. The other bit will take three days.” The actress confirmed the price too. She told the paper, “The figure you’ve quoted is pretty accurate.”

Parag Desai, the media consultant for Shree Ashtavinayak told the paper, “We have indeed signed Katrina for Blue. We would not like to disclose the figures involved. Also, she has a proper role in the film.”