Neha Kakkar: Don't get paid for singing in B'wood

Playback singer Neha Kakkar spilled the beans about a lesser-known fact about Bollywood. The Cheez Badi hit-maker revealed that singers make more money from concerts and shows, further adding that they are hardly paid for singing in Bollywood.

Mumbai: Neha Kakkar has belted out some of the biggest foot-tapping hits including Garmi, Aankh Marey, O Saki, Dilbar and Kala Chashma among many others, and enjoys as much popularity as any top singer in contemporary Bollywood. Yet,she you that singers hardly ever get paid in the film industry.

"We don't get paid for singing in Bollywood at all. What happens is they feel that if we give a superhit song, the singer will earn through shows," Neha told IANS.

The 31-year-old added: "I get a good amount from live concerts and everything, but Bollywood doesn't have this scene. To make us sing a song, they don't pay."

On the work front, Neha will feature in a song with rapper Yo Yo Honey Singh titled Moscow Suka. The number is a mix of Punjabi and the Russian language.

The Russian vocals are given by Ekaterina Sizova.

On Thursday, Neha took to her Instagram stories, where she uploaded a string of pictures of herself along with her brother Tony Kakkar and wished him a happy birthday.

Tony and Neha have together collaborated for numbers like Car main music, Dheeme Dheeme and Coca Cola.

With inputs from IANS.