Entertainment: Akshay Kumar drastically cut his fees after giving many flops! This is the fee taken for OMG 2!

PC: Hindustan Times

Akshay Kumar is having a bad phase at the box office. The actor's recent films failed to impress the audience and the same is reflected in the film's box office collection. Now if reports are to be believed, Akshay Kumar has drastically cut down his fees for his upcoming film OMG 2.

According to reports, one of the highest-paid actors in Bollywood, Akshay Kumar has taken a massive cut in his fees. The actor used to charge between Rs 50-100 crore per film, however, after delivering consecutive flops, the actor has now reportedly charged Rs 35 crore for OMG 2. Meanwhile, Pankaj Tripathi reportedly charged Rs 5 crore for his role and Yami Gautam charged between Rs 2-3 crore.

Akshay Kumar recently released the teaser of his upcoming film OMG 2 which also stars Yami Gautam and Pankaj Tripathi. He will be seen in the role of Lord Shiva in the film. The film is a sequel to the 2012 satirical comedy OMG-Oh My God in which Akshay played the role of Krishna Vasudev Yadav, later revealed to be Lord Krishna. The film starred Paresh Rawal, Mithun Chakraborty, Mahesh Manjrekar, Om Puri, Murli Sharma, and Govind Namdev. The sequel revolves around the controversial subject of sex education in schools.

Directed by Amit Rai, the sequel, OMG 2, is slated to release on August 11 and will clash with Sunny Deol's Gadar 2 and Rajinikanth's Jailer. Earlier, Ranbir Kapoor's Animal was also scheduled to release on the same date, however, it was later postponed to December 1.

Meanwhile, apart from OMG 2, Akshay Kumar also has Bade Miyan Chote Miyan in the pipeline, in which he will be seen sharing the screen with Tiger Shroff. The film also stars Manushi Chhillar, Alaya F, and Janhvi Kapoor in pivotal roles and is slated to release next year.