Overview

• Siddu Jonnalagadda returned between ₹4 crore and ₹4.75 crore—approximately half his agreed fee—to the producers of his April 10 release ‘Jack’.
• The film grossed only ₹9 crore worldwide, falling short of expectations after the actor’s back-to-back hits ‘DJ Tillu’ and ‘Tillu Square’.
• Industry insiders have praised the move as a precedent for leading actors to share financial risks with producers.
• Similar gestures have been made by Bollywood stars such as Salman Khan, Shah Rukh Khan and Aamir Khan following underperforming films.
• Siddu will next appear in ‘Telugu Kadha’, directed by Neeraja Kona and co-starring Raashi Khanna and Srinidhi Shetty, due on October 17.