Imran Khan: Stars Exploit System, Costing Films

Actor Imran Khan is set to make a comeback to the movies, co-producing and acting in an upcoming film with director Danish Aslam.

Khan has voiced strong opinions on how actors are cast based on a film's budget, a practice he believes is sometimes exploited. He argues that excessively high upfront salaries demanded by stars can inflate production costs, effectively making the actor's fee a larger portion of the budget than the actual filmmaking expenses.

He believes this practice handicaps films and that stars who command such fees should gamble on their film's success by taking backend deals, similar to the approach of Aamir Khan. Khan suggests that stars must have faith in the film's quality and potential, and that those in a starring position, whose names finance films, should be willing to take risks.