Kamal Haasan Bags ₹150 Crore, Becomes India’s Highest-Paid Actor
Veteran actor Kamal Haasan has rewritten the rules of Indian cinema by becoming the country’s highest-paid actor.
At 71, Haasan reportedly earned a staggering Rs 150 crore for his role in Kalki 2898 AD, a futuristic epic featuring Prabhas, Amitabh Bachchan, and Deepika Padukone.
What makes the deal extraordinary is that the remuneration covered just 10 days of shooting, translating to Rs 15 crore per day.
Haasan played Supreme Yaskin, a god-king dictator whose limited screen time was pivotal to the storyline.
The fee surpasses industry benchmarks, equaling the production budget of two major films like Gadar 2.
While reports varied on the exact figure, ranging from Rs 20 crore to over Rs 100 crore, consensus highlights Haasan’s unmatched stature in Indian cinema.
With the sequel to Kalki 2898 AD already in the works alongside Amitabh Bachchan, and a collaboration with Rajinikanth under Nelson Dilipkumar’s direction, Haasan continues to prove that his legacy and talent command extraordinary rewards.
