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| Mika Singh and Himesh Reshammiya charging above Rs 30 lakh for a night’s performance. |
October 21, 2015, NewsCrunch
Come Navratri, demand builds up for popular singers to perform live at Garba events.
Many truly big names such as Sonu Nigam and Shreya Ghoshal seem to have gone out of the Garba circuit opting to perform only at their personally-branded live shows. But for many others it is moolah time.
According to Mid Day Mika Singh and Himesh Reshammiya are top of heap of the celebrity Garba singers, with each charging Rs 30 lakh or above for a night’s performance.
Then you have either over-the-hill or upcoming names such as Kumar Sanu, Udit Narayan, Ankit Tiwari, Rahul Vaidya, and Neha Kakkar in the Rs 10 - 15 lakh range per show.
Singers like Prajakta Shukre, Bhoomi Trivedi, Mauli Dave are said to charge around Rs 5 lakh per event.
Garba organisers are awash with funds and compete hard to net these singers, who are usually booked two to three months ahead of the D-day.