The South Indian film industry has been expanding with an ever-increasing audience. It isn’t just nationally but also globally being recognized. The South industry has quite a few amazing actors and actresses that are also getting well-deserved recognition as well! Anushka Shetty, and Samantha Akkineni, are two of the many stars that are growing in popularity. And for stars popularity is money!
Sweety Shetty, or Anushka Shetty as she’s professionally known, is one of the highest-paid actresses in the South industry. She began her work with the 2005 movie, ‘Super’. Over the years she starred in quite a few hit movies, ‘Vikramarkudu’, ‘Mirchi’, ‘Bahubali Series’, are among a few of her hits. According to a 2019 article in the Times of India, she was last recorded to get a whopping 3 crore remuneration. And with the amounts of accolades she’s won for her roles over the years it only makes sense that she is one of the highest-paid actresses in the industry.
In the same article, Samantha Akkineni was given the 2nd highest actress spot on the list. She did have a moment where she was the highest-paid in the industry. But these titles never last forever! Her fascinating roles and on-screen chemistry with her co-star keep her favorably popular among her audiences. She fares pretty well and gets about 2 crores of remuneration on her projects.
While they did have the titles as highest-paid actors in the past, there are always more upcoming actors on the horizon. In fact, the Kannada actress Pooja Hegde is pretty close to taking over their titles of highest-paid very soon! Stick around for more updates on your favorite stars!
