7 of Bollywood’s most expensive songs ever

For this song from the movie Dhoom 3, more than 200 gymnastic dancers were flown in from abroad. Also, intensive training was provided to both Aamir and Katrina for the aerial shots of the movie. The song was shot over a period of 20 days, further upping the budget.

Probably the oldest song in the list, this is from the movie Mughal-e-Azam which was released in the year 1960. The song cost the makers millions, which would have been in crores today. Reportedly, in a sequence for the song, director K. Asif used real diamonds in place of mirrors for a scene of the movie, which gives us an idea on how big the budget of this movie would have been. The song was also shot in color, a rare feat at that time.

From the 2013 movie Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela, this song featured Deepika Padukone along with real Garba dancers, who also taught authentic garba steps to the actress. The grand set of the song was put up in Film City and shooting went up for 10 days.

The song from the 2008 movie Jodhaa Akbar saw 400 dancers, 2000 onlookers and a massive ground becoming Akbar’s Diwan-e-aam. The theme of several dance groups coming from different parts of India to honor Akbar could only be justified in this stature. The song was shot in Karjat over a period of 15 days.

More than half of this song from the movie Boss was shot in Bangkok, with a total of 600 foreign dancers in the background. This is the reason why the song became super expensive, even as Sonakshi Sinha waived off her fees and did a cameo for good friend Akshay.

This typical Rohit Shetty song was shot with over 1000 dancers, not including the 180 fighters, and more than 10 cars. Shot over 12 days, this song is said to have cost more than Rs 3 crores.