Actors take 79 percent, films get the scraps: Gippy Grewal calls out Bollywood’s broken economics

Jun 11, 2026 - 12:00
Actors take 79 percent, films get the scraps: Gippy Grewal calls out Bollywood’s broken economics
Ahead of the release of Carry On Jatta 4, Gippy Grewal has weighed in on one of the film industry’s biggest concerns: soaring star fees and shrinking production budgets. The actor-producer argues that Indian cinema has developed an unsustainable budgeting model in which a disproportionate share of a film’s budget goes to talent rather than production.