Just desserts for Roshan

The best place to get gossip in Bollywood is from spot boys, make up artists and the technical crew. As soon as news of the Roshans doling out Rs 2 crore to Ram Sampath for the Krazzy4 song came in, the unanimous declaration in Filmcity was that God indeed exists! After all, the tight fisted Rakesh Roshan had to pay up.

Here are just three of Roshan's famous miserly acts. During the filming of Koil Mil Gaya he ate bread butter sandwich for almost 30 days at a stretch. It goes without the saying that the rest of the suffering crew also had to eat variations of the sandwich for the entire period.

During Krrish the Hongkong team of stunt choreaographer Siu Tung Shing were budgeted for special mountaineering boots, winterwear and a ready supply of diet colas. The Indian technical crew had to manage with their own Mumbai wear. And yes they were served only chai or nimbu paani.

At the end of the Krrish schedule in Singapore, Roshan decided to treat his cast to a special dinner. Actors found themselves arriving at a cheap diner joint. Hritik arrived, shook his disapprovingly about dad being the eternal miser, and took the cast to a different restaurant.