Salman Khan’s next big action film, tentatively developed as SVC63, finally has a title: Monster. According to a report by Filmfare cited by Bollywood Hungama, the Vamshi Paidipally-directed film has also seen Salman take on a bigger chunk of his own stunt work after his body double reportedly suffered a heart attack on set. A source close to the production told Filmfare that Salman is “completely hands-on right now” and does not want the shoot to lose momentum.
What hasn’t been talked about as much is how differently the film’s two leads are being paid. According to an earlier report from Siasat.com, Nayanthara is set to receive a fixed fee of ₹10 crore for Monster. Salman Khan, on the other hand, is reportedly not taking a fixed salary at all. Instead, he has opted for a profit-sharing arrangement, meaning his earnings from the film will depend entirely on how it performs at the box office. The report did not specify what percentage of profits Salman is entitled to.
That is an unusual gap. Nayanthara, making her first film opposite Salman Khan, walks in with a guaranteed payday regardless of how Monster does commercially. Salman, one of the biggest stars in the country, is taking on all the downside risk on a film that is still months away from release, with an Eid 2027 window reportedly being targeted.
Profit-sharing over a fixed fee isn’t new for Salman. Trade reports over the years have pointed to him routinely holding on to satellite and digital rights for his own films rather than taking everything upfront, a pattern seen with several of his big releases. For Monster, produced by Dil Raju’s Sri Venkateswara Creations, betting on backend income rather than a guaranteed cheque signals real confidence in the film’s box-office potential from the star’s own camp.
The production itself is being built at scale. Reports earlier this year pointed to a Korean action team working on the film’s stunt sequences, and the cast also includes Sagarika Ghatge and Muzammil Ibrahim. With Salman now stepping into more of his own action scenes following his double’s injury, both the budget and the risk on Monster appear to be rising together — and so, potentially, does what a profit-sharing deal could eventually be worth to him.
