Sonam Kapoor was offered just Rs 11 for her role in Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
Rakeysh had directed Delhi 6 2009 for which he had signed Sonam Kapoor as the film's leading actress. Both enjoyed working with each other a lot and the filmmaker decided to get her on board for his next Bhaag Milkha Bhaag 2013 as well. However, she had a brief appearance in the film as the fictional muse of Milkha Singh played by Farhan Akhtar.Rakeysh wrote in the book that Sonam Kapoor benevolently accepted to play a guest appearance for a princely sum of Rs. 11 only for her brief portrayal of Biro. Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra also added that she lit up the screen every time she appeared in the film. Sonam also has fond memories of the film and has said that "I am the tadka in the film.Leading actresses nowadays often dont take up such parts and hence, Rakeysh was all praise for the actress. He wrote Sonam understood that the film was not a love story it was about a Partition survivors tryst with his horrific childhood, and that Isri Kaur, the sister, was his only connection to a past that he was reluctant to both own and discard.When Bollywood Hungama exclusively asked Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra about why she was paid this amount, he revealed She chose to accept Rs. 11. She had a special appearance in the film. Both of us shared an amazing journey with Delhi 6 before that. She told me that she is needed for just 7 days for the shoot and she praised us for trying to say something so beautiful about the partition of this country and the spirit of Milkha Singh. So she wanted to contribute to the film as well.
