Click to play videoNew Delhi: When actor Abhishek Bachchan turned 31 on February 5 it was reported that he was gifted a spanking new Bentley.
By only four days later, Amar Singh took it back and drove in the point that he was its rightful owner.
“This is not a gift to Abhishek or Amitabh (Bachchan). It is a car bought for my use during my Mumbai trips and I have paid the tax on it,” said Amar Singh.
Meanwhile, Amitabh got a car as well and nothing less than a Rolls Royce Phantom worth Rs 3.5 crore - a gift from Eklavya director Vidhu Vinod Chopra to his lead actor. “He promised to buy me a car, he hasn't so this is a polite reminder,” said Vidhu Vinod Chopra.
“This is just guru dakshana,” said Amitabh.
But the Rolls Royce, too, was carted by back to the showroom after a couple of days. It seems it was there just for a photo op and the real thing will wheel in sometime later.
Chopra had reportedly signed Bachchan on for his production, Eklavya for a token fee of Re 1 only.
Clearly, Bachchan the actor comes much cheaper to Chopra, than Bachchan, the friend who settled for a Rolls Royce.
Looking at the bigger picture, had Bachchan charged a fee of Rs 3.5 crore for acting in a film, he would have been liable to pay 33.66 per cent tax on it—which would amount to almost 1.2 crores.
But in this case, even a Rolls Royce worth Rs 3.5 crore attracts no tax penalty since it has been given as a gift by Chopra.
Giving and taking aside, the Bachchans can't complain with two absolutely free imported cars.
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