From Rajamouli To Lokesh Kanagaraj: Highest Paid Indian Directors 2023
No matter how many people work for a cinema, it’s always the DIRECTOR, the one who guides and controls everything related to the movie they are making. If the director is not in control, the film falls flat.
Our Indian cinema has many legendary directors who made classical films, and ones who gave monstrous blockbusters. These are the times when a director takes remuneration equal to the hero or more than him.
Today, we would like to give the details of highest paid Indian directors for the year 2023
1. S.S. Rajamouli
Remuneration: more than 150cr per movie
Yes, he receives more than 150 cr as remuneration for a film. Any remuneration doesn’t justify the films he is making and the numbers they are achieving. He is the no.1 director both in terms of box office and remuneration.
2. Rajkumar Hirani
Remuneration : 80cr per movie
Hirani, like Rajamouli, has never delivered a dull movie at the box office. Every movie of his takes its own time, but when the movie releases, the collections are always huge. This man is a genius at writing screenplays.
3. Prashanth Neel
Remuneration : 60cr to 80cr per movie
The man who gave Kannada’s biggest hit. He is the only Kannada director that gets paid over 50cr for a movie.
4. Sukumar
Remuneration : 50cr to 75cr per movie
With Pushpa, Sukumar’s remuneration has reached a new scale. He is charging almost 75 cr for Pushpa 2.
5. Lokesh Kanagaraj
Remuneration : 50cr to 75cr per movie
Lokesh, the man of blockbusters charged over 50cr to this next move, LEO.
6. Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Remuneration : 55cr per movie
The director makes his own kind of movies. He gets paid over 50cr for a movie.
7. Atlee
Remuneration : 50cr to 55cr per movie
A director who never tasted flop. Currently, making a movie with Shahrukh Khan, and he receives over 50cr as remuneration.
8. Trivikram Srinivas
Remuneration : 50cr per movie
Guruji, our Tollywood’s fav gets paid over 50cr.
9. Shankar
Remuneration :40cr to 50cr per movie
Once upon a time, there lived a ghost. He is the highest-paid director if we go ten years back. Things have changed, but still, this man is a legend. Hope he scores a massive hit with Ram Charan.
10. Rohit Shetty
Remuneration : 45cr per movie
Recently, his films have been failing at the box office. But he is one of the most successful directors of Bollywood. And he makes movies without taking any gaps.
