Renowned Bollywood actor Rajkummar Rao has weighed in on the industry’s heated debate surrounding skyrocketing entourage costs, stressing that actors should act as “producer’s actors” rather than burdening production budgets with excessive demands. In a recent interview with Mashable India, Rao revealed that his personal team has historically consisted of just three people—a hair stylist, a makeup artist, and a personal assistant—with only a single security personnel added in recent years. Contrasting his minimalist approach with industry excesses where stars travel with large entourages of 10 to 15 people, demand private chefs, or expect producers to cover daily expenses like coffee, Rao asserted that actors should take financial responsibility for their personal comforts when being paid by a production. His comments arrive amid growing scrutiny from industry veterans like Ratna Pathak Shah and Farah Khan, who have similarly criticized the inflated overheads bleeding producers dry during a challenging box-office period for Bollywood.
