You Won’t Believe How Much These Top 10 Bollywood Actresses Are Charging For Their Films

Pay Disparity! That’s one debate that not likely to see a concluding facet in the showground from Hollywood to Bollywood. There’s not one actress in the world who hasn’t expressed her displeasure on being paid radically less than her male counterpart in any given project. While actors all over the globe are paid fortunes one can’t simply imagine, actresses too have been fighting it hard to minimize the huge gap.

However, things have started to show some changing trends. While all top actresses in the country were not being vocal enough to express their concerns around this huge disparity, it was Kangana Ranaut who came out and expressed her strong opinion about it. Having gotten herself to the stature of being the highest paid Indian actress, she made way for others to speak. At a time when actors are charging figures that put any given budget of a movie to insignificance, the race to be the top paid actor/actress has also intensified.

In 2016, there has been a considerate shuffling in the ranks of heroines being paid better salaries so let’s take a look at the top 10 Bollywood actresses and their remuneration:

Deepika Padukone

The first on the list is Deepika Padukone who has apparently dethroned Kangana Ranaut as the highest paid actress in the country. While Kangana was being paid a whopping 12-14 crores per movie, Deepika is reportedly being paid close to 15 crores for her upcoming film Padmavati. The actress who had previously been charging 11-12 crores for a movie has recently hiked her fee owing to a very successful 2015.

Kangana Ranaut

The undisputed number 1 throughout 2015, Kangana had been on an all-time high post Queen and had become the highest paid actress. However now that she has slipped down to the second spot, Kangana is still raking in 12-14 crores for every movie.

Kareena Kapoor Khan

While she hasn’t been in the kind of form she probably was a few years ago, it’s never too easy to keep Kareena out of any list. The actress according to reports is charging somewhere close to 8.5 to 9 crores.

Priyanka Chopra

The Indian beauty who has currently taken the charge of representing India at the global level of stardom, Priyanka Chopra is still in the top 5 of the top paid Indian actresses. While Jai Gangaajal couldn’t really achieve a great feat this year, Priyanka Chopra is still earning in the range 8-9 crores.

Katrina Kaif

All prepared to show her revamped version in the upcoming films Jagga Jasoos and Baar Baar Dekho, Katrina Kaif is one of the better paid actresses in the industry. If reports are to go by, Katrina is charging in the range of 7-7.5 crores per film

Vidya Balan

One of the first modern day actresses to have signified women centric cinema has never went away from the light of the showbiz. Vidya Balan is still good enough to earn moolah in huge numbers. The actress who hasn’t really had the best of times lately charges approximately 6-7 crores for a movie.

Anushka Sharma

Having garnered much success through her recent works, Anushka Sharma has really made it big into buck league. The actress is taking home 5-6 crores through each of her films.

Alia Bhatt

There’s no better name in the business when it comes to playing young but tough and challenging roles. Alia Bhatt who’s had a relatively settled 2016 with multi-starrers like Kapoor & Sons and Udta Punjab, is now all set to make her big appearance in Gauri Shinde’s Dear Zindagi along with Shah Rukh Khan. Alia according to reports is quoting her remuneration in the range of 4-5.5 crores.

Sonakshi Sinha

Despite having mostly played second fiddle to her heroes in most films, Sonakshi has still been able to make a brand for herself. The actress who will now be seen in her first standalone action film Akira, is reportedly charging 4.5 crores for each of her assignments.

Shraddha Kapoor

With two hundred crores movie in very quick successions, Shraddha Kapoor hasn’t really tasted a severe failure as yet. Having made her debut just three years ago, the actress is now charging her remuneration close to 4 crores. She will now be seen opposite Arjun Kapoor in Half Girlfriend.

While it’s easy for producers to shed out remuneration for our actresses, ask them what blasts in their head when they have to sign that big cheque compensating the actor’s fee. While most top heroes have shifted to sharing the profit share of their films, the remuneration is still as high as 15 times of what Shraddha Kapoor would make through one complete project. As for the moment, it’s changing times for actresses too!