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Brett Lee's Indian 'love affair' may make him richer by 20 million dollars | Fast bowler Brett Lee, who hopes to get back into the Australian cricket team for the 2011 World Cup, could
earn 20 million dollars in the next six to seven years from his Indian ventures like a clothing line, modeling assignments, a television deal and Bollywood roles.
Commenting on his career prospects in India, Lee's manager Neil Maxwell said:
"He has the earning potential of 20 million dollars in the next six to seven years."
"There is such a huge market over there - where Bollywood stars sign up for 40
million dollar deals - he has such a broad range; there are limitless opportunities.
Over there it's like Beatles stuff, he's mobbed, with phone numbers stuffed in
his pockets," he said. Lee has been to India more than 35 times, and said he "can't
get enough of their culture, music and fashion", The Sydney Morning Herald reports.
"I don't know what it is - I just love the people and I have just taken a real
interest in it and I want to do a lot more over there with the charities. We worked
with Deakin University there, helping to put clean drinking water into communities
... "Spending time through a leadership coaching role - these kids with nothing
behind them, just have this love for cricket - it's an incredible country. You
can walk into the most amazing seven-star hotel and walk out the door and find
immense poverty. Yet, in saying that, these kids are happy. All you do is smile
at them and their eyes light up," Lee said. Surjit Gujral, whose restaurant in
Annandale is a cricketing temple and a regular hangout for Lee and the Australian
team, said Lee's love for India has made him beloved to most Indians. "He is the
most popular person in India. All the kids want to become Brett Lee ... He always
mixes with the local people when he is in India: he gets out and plays with the
kids and that has built his reputation as a great man," said Gujral. |
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