
Film contracts lay the foundation for the conditions of working between the producer and the actor. The contract covers the artist’s fees, working hours, and shooting conditions among other things.
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Some actors can negotiate and put forth their own conditions, coming to a middle ground with the producers.
Various actors have their own set of conditions.
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There is a strict clause in Salman Khan’s contract that he will not do intimate scenes with any actress.
Shahrukh Khan gets a strange clause written in his contract, saying no filmmaker will make him do horse riding.
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Aamir Khan has a clause of no low-angle shots in his contract. He believes that such shots do not show the facial features on camera.
Priyanka Chopra, Kareena Kapoor Khan and Sonakshi Sinha’s contracts say that they refuse to do any nude or intimate scenes.
Raveena Tandon had also adopted a no-kissing policy in her film career.
There have been many times when the makers dissolved the contract due to some reasons, or added a clause if they thought their actresses would be pregnant.
During the shooting of the film Khalnayak, Subhash Ghai felt that if Madhuri got married in the middle of his film or got pregnant, she would leave his film midway.
According to media reports, thinking this, Subhash Ghai made Madhuri sign a ‘no pregnancy’ clause. Madhuri was made to sign a contract that said if she got pregnant during the shooting of the film, she would have to pay a heavy fine.
Another such incident was when Madhur Bhandarkar had signed Aishwarya Rai Bachchan for the film ‘Heroine’. When he discovered that Aishwarya was pregnant, he asked her to leave.
She was supposed to do several smoking scenes in the film which would have been harmful to her during the pregnancy.
But it’s not always so harsh.
When Kareena became pregnant before the shooting of the film ‘Veere Di Wedding’, the makers decided that they would wait for Kareena’s delivery. While Kareena was ready to leave, the makers thought otherwise.