Pawan Kalyan is currently starring in Ustaad Bhagat Singh. The film directed by Harish Shankar is releasing on 26 March 2026.
The film's songs got tremendous response and in the midst of all this, Harish Shankar revealed that Pawan Kalyan was once offered more than Shah Rukh Khan's remuneration but he refused.
He said “He is not the kind of person who yields to money. I know this from personal experience. After Gabbar Singh, many corporate productions approached us about movies or advertisements. There was no term called pan India yet, but Kalyan garu was offered almost as much remuneration as Shah Rukh Khan gets.”
He continued “But, he’s of the opinion some of these products he was asked to endorse aren’t healthy or good for kids. I was supposed to direct these ads, but I saw him reject ads worth crores. I am not saying anybody’s wrong for doing it, I’m just giving an example of how he is as a person.”