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Top 10 highest paid actors in India 2025

Who are the most-paid Indian actors? Shah Rukh Khan tops the list as the highest-paid Bollywood star; here are the others

Last Updated: Jan 08, 2025, 10:46 IST1 min
A peasant from the Caritamaya community stands at the edge of a Waru Waru, an ancient agricultural technique, at a field in the Acora district in Puno, Peru. Image:  Juan Carlos Cisneros / AFP©
A peasant from the Caritamaya community stands at the edge of a Waru Waru, an ancient agricultural technique, at a field in the Acora district in Puno, Peru. Image: Juan Carlos Cisneros / AFP©
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Bollywood sits at the heart of the visual media ecosystem in India, owing to its appeal to the Hindi-speaking audience in the country, which is the language with the highest number of speakers. It’s no wonder, therefore, that some of the most-paid Indian actors come from Bollywood. However, contrary to popular belief, most of the top 10 highest-paid Indian actors are from South Indian film industries.

While the cinema of South India has achieved mainstream attention in recent years, captivating viewers across all Indian regions with their action-packed stories, they have had cult followings across the country for a long time. As a result, South Indian actors have broken into the list of the top 10 most-paid Indian actors in droves.

In this article, we look at a list of the most paid Indian actors to have insights into the big earners.

Top 10 most-paid Indian actors

Here are the top 10 highest-paid Indian actors, with data sourced from industry sources and sorted from the most paid to the least:

First Published: Jan 08, 2025, 10:46

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