That's how film industry works, but all the time the actor who plays the role of a hero in a biography earns more than what the actual icon earned. Like Priyanka Chopra earned more for playing Mary Kom than actually Mary Kom earned throughout her career.
But this happened in pure reverse in the case of MS Dhoni's biopic, as Dhoni charged nearly 45 crores for letting the makers make a movie on his story. However hero Sushant Singh Rajput got paid only 2 crores for his role, though he trained for a year to play cricket like Dhoni.
MS Dhoni: The Untold Story is engulfed with huge expectations and none other than Dhoni himself is promoting the movie.
But this happened in pure reverse in the case of MS Dhoni's biopic, as Dhoni charged nearly 45 crores for letting the makers make a movie on his story. However hero Sushant Singh Rajput got paid only 2 crores for his role, though he trained for a year to play cricket like Dhoni.
MS Dhoni: The Untold Story is engulfed with huge expectations and none other than Dhoni himself is promoting the movie.