The three popular Khans Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan and Aamir Khan don’t have hands full of films but also full of money. They are the highest paid actors and charged in crores for their per Film. But did you know none of them got paid the fee in crore for the first time in Bollywood? Yes, it was not they but the superstar of the south film cinema and legendary Actor Kamal Haasan.

He became the first Indian actor to get Rs 1 crore as his remuneration for a single film in 1994. Before him, it was the Indian cinema’s first superstar Rajesh Khanna who was the highest Paid Indian Actor from 1970-1987. Along with him it was legendary actor Amitabh Bachchan who was also the highest paid Indian actor from 1980-87.

Haasan became the highest paid actor from 1988-1998. He shared the same status with another south actor Rajnikanth from 1999-2013. After giving a number of super hit films Kamal Haasan left Mumbai and moved to South Indian film cinema. In an interview with Times of India, the actor revealed the reason behind quitting Bollywood, he said,

“At the time of Saagar, I had done 109 films. Had I hung around here, I wouldn’t have completed 215 till date.”

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