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10 Actresses Who Have The Highest Pay In The Film Industry!

There have been various debates regarding equal pay and rightly so, our women are getting on top of their games. Here is a list of 7 celebrities who are the highest paid actresses in the South Indian cinema:

 

1. Anushka Shetty: The ‘Rudrammadevi’ fame actress gets a whooping sum of INR 4 crores per movie. The actress who had acted in more than 30 movies now, charges differently depending on different movies. According to reports, in movies like ‘Bahubali’ and ‘Rudrammadevi’ she has charged INR 5 crores.

 

2. Samantha Ruth Prabhu: Regardless of who the hero be or whichever the language may be, Samantha is charging Rs 2 Crores per movie. With Back to Back Hits of ‘Attarintiki Daaredhi’, ‘S/o Sathya Murthy’ considering her recent superhit ‘A Aa’ Samantha may not come below the 2 Crore mark. She turned into highest remuneration actress of Telugu in a short span of time.

 

3. Shruti Haasan: The leading actress and singer charges from Rs.90 Lakh to 1 Crore per movie. Depending on After Acting with Mahesh Babu in ‘Srimanthudu’ which stood as super hit film, she may solidly charge for Rs.1 crore.  She later acted in Telugu films like ‘Anaganaga O Dheerudu’ (2011), ‘Oh My Friend’ (2011). Her Tamil debut was ‘7aum Arivu’ (2011). After super hit movies like ‘Gabbar Singh’ (2012), ‘Balupu’ (2013), ‘Yevadu’ (2014), ‘Race Gurram’ (2014) and ‘Srimanthudu’ (2015), she started her career with stardom.

 

4. Kajal Aggarwal: The ‘Thupakki’ fame actress initially did not charge much due to her roller coaster career. However, post her role in ‘Magadheera’ she has fixed her salary up to Rs.2 crore for every movie.

 

5. Rakul Preet Singh: This time, Rakul Preet Singh made her debut in main top 5 heroines in the compensation. With satisfactory hits like ‘Loukyam’, ‘Yaariyan’, ‘Current Theega’, Rakul Preet Singh reached into the list of Top 10 Highest Paid Actresses in Tollywood. In spite of the fact that she is charging Rs.50-90 Lack for each film, she may charge higher after NTR’s ‘Nanaku Prematho’. Earlier Rakul began a modeling career during her college amid which she made her acting debut in the Kannada film ‘Gilli’ (2009).

 

6. Nayanthara: Known as the Lady Superstar, the actress charges a sum of Rs.1 Crore per movie. Nayanthara was the highest paid actress earlier with Rs.3Cr per film. Later the time changed her acting profession which is affected by personal life struggles. With not very many movies in Nayan’s kitty, she is charging Rs.1 Cr for each film.

 

7. Nithya Menon: Nithya Menon is well known from movies like ‘Ishq’, ‘Gunde Jaari Gallanthayyinde’, ‘S/o Satyamurthy’ in Telugu. With ‘100 days of Love’ in Tamil and ‘Rudramadevi’ in Telugu, she is charging a great amount of Rs.1 Crore.

 

 

8. Tamannaah: Tamannaah was before termed as Iron leg in the film industry. She gained critical acclaim through ‘Happy Days’ movie which stood as game changer film in her entire acting career. Tamannaah chargers Rs.90 lakhs to 1 Crore for each film. Her biggest hit in Telugu was ‘100%Love’.

 

9. Trisha Krishnan: Trisha was last seen in Balakrishna’s ‘Lion’, which failed to impress net gross collections in the cinema world. With wedding break up she moved her film career little slower. She is charging Rs.1 Crore for each movie. Her recently released film was ‘Nayaki’.

 

 

10. Hansika Motwani: Hansika is very well known to Tollywood and Kollywood. She charges Rs.80 Lakh to 1Cr for each film. With the film ‘Vaalu’ being a hit in Kollywood, she may climb the positions. Hansika started her TV profession with a serial called ‘Shaka Laka Boom Boom’.