Any director would take an advance check to start any project. Or else, sometimes, they even accept the cash to an extent. But a director has taken gold as advance payment.
He made small films and scored a big hit with a medium film. That turned his fate and now bagged a big film.
Recently a producer who has connections with YSRCP has given Rs 1 Cr as advance to this director.
Then the director also requested the producer to buy the gold worth Rs 50 lakh to give to his wife with a promise that it will be adjusted in the final payment.
So, we may see various modes of payments in the film industry down the line- be it in the form of lands, flats, gold and many even through the cryptocurrencies like bitcoin.