Smriti Irani recently made her comeback with Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi season 2. She confirms being the highest paid actress on television earning a whooping Rs 14 lakhs. She emphasized that she deserves the pay as she had the capacity to makers others who worked with her a star
Smriti Irani
Smriti Irani returned to television, reprising her most loved role ‘Tulsi’ in Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi season 2. The show is currently enjoying high TRP, leaving Rupali Ganguly’s Anupamaa behind. In a recent revelation, Smriti Irani also confirmed that she is the highest paid actress on television earning a whooping Rs 14 lakhs per episode.
Smriti Irani on KSBKBT2 paycheck
Reports suggest Smriti Irani is charging Rs 14 lakh per episode, making her the highest paid actor on Indian television. If it is true then the actor has surpassed her contemporaries like Anupamaa’s Rupali Ganguly, who getting approx Rs 3 lakh per episode and Hina Khan, who earns up to Rs 2 lakh.
In an interview with CNN-News18, when Smriti was asked about her journey from a struggling actress who landed the role of Tulsi in 2000 to becoming television’s top earner, she smiled and said, “Yes, I see the glee on your face.”
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Smriti Irani also added, “You also set that benchmark as a professional to say that if you deliver on numbers and revenue, why not? Because not everybody who’s watching us knows we get to negotiate our contracts as employees. I’m a part of a union, so the first thing I do is actually have my union number registered. We are all part of a larger organisation and flow of work. For one person to stand up and say listen, not only pay parity, I beat the boys and the girls and how much I make that is a lot of hard work.”
The actor also said, “I think that I have actually, mercifully, had the capacity of making stars out of others who are with me. If there is a Tulsi, then Amar Upadhyay quintessentially creates his own market. So do you become that pivot, that sounding board, that other actors then can enhance their economic value? That I have managed to do through the project, so my co-stars today can say, ‘Oh, we are a part of that.'”
About the show
The show was popular during the early 2000’s and starrer Smriti Irani and Amar Upadhyay in lead roles. They are even in the second part along with Hiten Tejwani, Gauri Pradhan, Shakti Anand and Ketaki Dave. Rohit Suchanti, Shagun Sharma and Aman Gandhi.
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