OTT offers a variety of content for users to watch ranging from documentaries to fictional family drama. Many actors and actress that did not gain much popularity through movies, shone bright in different shows released on OTT. Be it Manoj Bajpayee in Family Man, Pankaj Tripathi in Mirzapur or Shefali Shah in Delhi Crime all these actors have now become everyone’s favourite. After OTT came in, English shows got much attention from viewers all around the world. However, shows like Sacred Games, Criminal Justice, Inside Edge made Indian series also stand out in the worldly OTT. Indians started gaining popularity through their amazing acting skills and their pay check also increased along.
Did you know that a Bollywood actress is the highest paid Indian OTT star. It’s not Shefali Shah, Alia Bhatt or Sushmita Sen but Priyanka Chopra is the highest paid OTT star in India. Priyanka Chopra attained this title after she starred in famous show ‘Citadel’ which released on Amazon Prime Video. As per reports, the actress charges allegedly Rs. 200 crores for a season. Priyanka Chopra stated that it was the very first time that she was paid equally to the male co-star. If we delve deeper, Priyanka Chopra’s fees in Citadel was more than budget of some of grand Sanjay Leela Bhansali Films. Citadel was released in April 2023 starring Priyanka Chopra and Richard Madden. It is an American spy action thriller web series produced by Russo Brothers.
Earlier, Ajay Devgn was considered the highest paid after his release Rudra: Edge of Darkness. However, this title is no longer with the actor all thanks to Indian Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra. Among other OTT stars Saif got the highest, he charged Rs. 25 crores for his amazing performance on Tandav. It was later revealed that Manoj Bajpayee charges 10-15 crores for each season of Family Man. While Pankaj Tripathi charges around 15 crores for Criminal Justice. Alia Bhatt also charged only 15 crores for Darlings.