Maruthi 50, Eesha 25

Director Maruthi created a brand for himself. He is completely utilizing the opportunity when new producers are approaching him with the proposal of using his name to promote their films. Maruthi hasn’t invested a penny on most of the films he co-produced. In additional, he is getting good amount as compensation for using his banner name.

Brand Babu is another film from Maruthi’s production house. Like for his previous films, he hasn’t invested anything on Brand Babu as well, moreover he is pocketing Rs 50 lakhs for using his name as story writer and co-producer of the film.

On the other hand, Telugu girl Eesha Rebba who played female lead is also paid a whopping Rs 25 lakhs. This is career best pay for Eesha who is presently doing young tiger Jr NTR’s Aravinda Sametha Veera Raghava directed by Trivikram Srinivas.

The overall budget of Brand Babu is said to be 2 crores, including Maruthi and Eesha’s remunerations. Prabhakar directed the film that marks debut of producer Shailendra Babu’s son Sumant as hero. The film will release simultaneously in Telugu and Kannada on August 3rd.