Kangana mum on reports of Deepika being highest-paid actress

Mumbai, Sep 1 (PTI) Kangana Ranaut chooses to remaintight-lipped on reports that her contemporary Deepika Padukoneis now the highest-paid actress in Bollywood. Three-time National Award-winner Kangana had earlierclaimed that she was the highest-paid actress, gettingremuneration of Rs 11 crore for each project. Recent reports, however, have suggested that Deepikahas outshone Kangana in terms of pay, by signing Sanjay LeelaBhansali’s "Padmavati" for Rs 12 crore. When last night, Kangana was quizzed about thesereports, she just gave a stern look and parried the question. The 29-year-old star met with the poser by thereporters at the Mumbai airport as she returned from the US,where she had gone for preparation of Hansal Mehta’s next"Simran" Kangana plays the role of a Gujarati NRI, named PrafulPatel. "Preparations for ‘Simran’ is going good. I enjoyedthe workshop session that we did in the US," Kangana said whenasked about the film. "’Simran’ is a story of a girl, her ambitions and howshe gets addicted to the world of crime. It reportedlyinspired by real life events of an NRI nurse in living the US,Sandeep Kaur. Kaur was imprisoned last year for robbing banks to payoff her gambling debts. According to sources, the shooting of the film willbegin from September end. PTI KKP ARS PSH PSHBAS