2 Kareena Kapoor to get Rs 8 crore for Heroine

Kareena Kapoor might have played saviour to director Madhur Bhandarkar and UTV by stepping into the shoes left empty by Aishwarya Rai in the film Heroine. But the actress is surely being recompensed for it.

Recompensed a bit too extravagantly if one may say so. The actress who had reportedly demanded Rs 10 crore for the project has now settled for Rs 8 crore, the highest sum paid to a leading lady in Bollywood ever.

A source close to the project revealed, "After Aishwarya left the film midway due to her pregnancy, Madhur was left with very few options.