When it comes to the highest-paid actors in India the names of Salman Khan, Aamir Khan, Shah Rukh Khan, Rajinikanth, and Amitabh Bachchan always pop up. In terms of South Indian movies, the names of Prabhas, Mahesh Babu, and Ram Charan always pop up. However, there is an actor who has recently surpassed every one of these and became the highest-paid actor in India. The name of the actor is Thalapathy Vijay. Thalapathy Vijay is in the headlines these days over his latest movie Greatest of All Time (GOAT). Goat has been doing wonders at the box office in the South. Now, the question is how much Thalapathy Vijay was paid that made him the highest-paid actor in India.
The answer is Rs 275 crore. As per reports, Thalapathy Vijay has hiked his fees to a massive amount of Rs. 275 crores for his next and final film, Thalapathy 69. With this, the star becomes one of the highest-paid actors in India, surpassing the likes of Shah Rukh Khan and Rajinikanth. While there has been no official confirmation on the buzz yet, if this is true, then, the actor would be drawing a significantly increased remuneration than his last film, The GOAT. For the unversed, Thalapathy had charged Rs. 200 crores for the Venkat Prabhu directorial.
Earlier, the producer of Thalapathy’s previous film The Greatest Of All Time, Archana Kalpathi, had reacted to the uproar that was caused after the star’s massive remuneration was revealed. Archana was quoted saying, "A star’s salary is proportional to the box-office revenue they can generate. Our production house doesn’t factor in the money that comes from OTT, satellite, and other language rights. We believe a film should recover the costs, and more, during its theatrical run."
Before Vijay, the highest actors were from Bollywood. Forbes reported that Shah Rukh Khan charged Rs 150 to 250 crore, Rajinikanth charged Rs 115 to 270 crore, Joseph Vijay charged Rs 130 to 250 crore and Aamir Khan charged Rs 100 to Rs 275 crore.