Do Playback singers get paid so little...?
A video is going viral in the wake of the ongoing debate in the telugu states about the remuneration of heroes. The video features the remuneration experiences of singers mano, Karunya, pranavi and Geeta madhuri in separate interviews in the past.
Mano: "Producers are worried about giving money to singers. Where can I go if I can even bargain for 1500 and 2000?"
Mano: "Producers are worried about giving money to singers. Where can I go if I can even bargain for 1500 and 2000?"
Pranavi: "5000 is given for a song. Can you believe it? Only 2000s and 3000s ".
Geeta Madhuri: "Keeravani gave me Rs. 3000 as my first remuneration".
The only doubt everyone has when they hear these words. Are they telling the truth?
If it is a lie then why does everyone say the same lie in different contexts?
Are Payments Really That Bad in the Cinema?
Searching for answers revealed a few things.
It is said that mano used to sing for 1500-2000 rupees. In fact, he is a singer who has dropped to crores. Someone says he is more of a property owner than S.P.Bala Subramaniam. And if you sing in this calculation, how do the assets come in that calculation?
It is learned that giving 3000-5000 to pranavi may have been in the early days, or just for singing the track.
Generally, everyone thinks that a small film is given less and a bigger one is said to be better. But here in most cases, it is in reverse. Big singers are the ones who make small movies. They make respectable payments so that they do not go astray and do not look down on themselves.
But the big music directors have a great opportunity to sing for big movies, so it gives the singers a name, so they can sing on different stages and pay less.
Payments are based on how many awards a singer has received, how many years he has been singing, and what his current mass following is.
In fact, all of the above singers did not mention that they earned high amounts from the shows unless they were reminded of some of the lowest payments they have ever made in their lives.
For example, Indravati, who sang the song "Oo Antawa" in Pushpa, was given the red carpet for the fame that earned her quotes even though Devisriprasad did not give her anything.
Demand for this speciality has grown significantly as a result of recent corporate scandals.
Remunerations in the millions would not be possible until that range hit, without the excellent chartbusters on their list. So compliants should not be given like this in the interview.