Yes it is true, the Bollywood singers are charging a bomb for one song. Big Singers in Tollywood took about one and a half lakh for a song and not more than that.
But these days the Tollywood producers and music directors are running after singers like Javed Ali , Kailas Kher so on and so forth. If one song becomes a hit in Telugu then all the industry people look at Bollywood.
After Uppena movie becomes a hit with one sing, people are looking at Javed Ali it is reported. He is charging a bomb plus GST also it is learnt. The singers are demanding the GST also from the Telugu producers.
Sid Sriram who has given many hits in Telugu who was introduced by Rahman is also charging whatever he wants. The industry runs after the people who just get one hit and they are in demand.
Singers and writers have dictated terms always. They were paid to fly, go to Goa, take a hotel room or whatever they wanted. This is all to set the mood so that the output is good.
Rama Jogiah churns out one song after the other sitting in his car in front of his house under a tree. That way he gets the mood. Thaman composes music by sitting on the sets in the shooting.
Trivikram Srinivas always wants Sunil the actor in his movie as a sidekick. That is his sentiment to get a hit all the time. Mohan Babu used to take one song from Jesudas always for a hit movie.
