Eetha: Shraddha Kapoor Fee For Vithabai Narayangaonkar Biopic Reportedly Hikes To Rs 15 Crore

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Shraddha Kapoor’s fans are disappointed with her for not doing more films like her contemporaries, they’re always cheering for the scripts she lays her hands on. Two years after Stree 2, she will return to the big screen with Laxman Utekar’s Eetha. The film is based on the renowned Tamasha artist, Vithabai Narayangaonkar. Shraddha has been working on the biopic since 2025 and wrapped the shoot earlier this year. According to a news portal’s report, Kapoor has hiked her fee for Eetha. Her last film was Stree 2, for which she was reportedly paid less than Rajkummar Rao.

Shraddha Kapoor fees shoot up to Rs 15 crore for Eetha

According to Free Press Journal’s report, Shraddha has increased her fee to Rs 15 crore for Eetha. Producer Dinesh Vijan, who has worked with her on films like Stree and Stree 2, reportedly believes that Vithabai’s biopic will be a game-changer for the actress and that the remuneration she gets for it is justified.

As per reports, Shraddha was paid Rs 5 crore for Stree 2, whereas Rajkummar took Rs 6 crore. Kapoor was reportedly cast for Tu Jhoothi Main Makkaar for a paycheque of Rs 7 crore.

Eetha title controversy

Recently, Eetha landed in trouble after the Nationalist Congress Party's Film and Cultural Department (NCP Chitrapat va Sanskrutik Vibhag) raised an objection against the title of the film. Its members believe that Eetha doesn’t do justice to the legacy of Vithabai. Instead, the party questioned why the film wasn’t titled Vitha or Vithabai.NCP’s Film and Cultural Department further backed the demand, saying that Vithabai Narayangaonkar wasn’t just another folk artist, but the torchbearer of Maharashtra’s culture, art form and Tamasha. Its members believed that Eetha's title doesn’t create the impact it should have. Vithabai’s sons, Kailash Narayangaonkar and Rajesh Narayangaonkar, along with her grandson Mohit Narayangaonkar, backed the NCP’s Film and Cultural Department’s demand.

Anant V Joshi reacts to Eetha title controversy

Reacting to the conflict, Anant V Joshi, who features in Eetha, told Zoom exclusively that the purpose behind not naming the film after the person was to avoid future complications. Further reacting to the Narayangaonkar family’s demand to use real names, Joshi said, “It only does well and in favour of the movie if the family feels super comfortable giving this the name of the real person. It actually makes the movie sound more credible that the family and anybody don't have any objection to taking a real person's name. And outrightly, the makers have always given credit to whose story this is.”Eetha also stars Randeep Hooda, and Mohammad Zeeshan Ayyub. The film releases in theatres on August 28.