MUMBAI:  It is not unusual for a top leading actor can easily charge hundreds of crores for a film in today's time. However there was a time in the 90’s when the per film remuneration of megastars were less than a crore. Yet there is one superstar who commanded Rs 1 crore in 1994 and it is not Amitabh Bachchan, Rajnikanth or any other actor of that time.

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In the September 1992 edition of Stardust magazine South star Chiranjeevi’s made it to the cover. And the reason was that he was the highest paid Indian actor. He had charged a staggering Rs 1.25 crore for the Telugu film Aapadbandhavudu. Interestingly Amitabh Bachchan charged Rs 85-90 lakh per film during those days. 

After a few years, Tamil superstar Kamal Haasan joined the 1 Crore club, then came Rajnikanth. Nagarjuna and Venkatesh too joined the 1 crore league by the late 90’s. Speaking of Hindi films, after A Big B, SRK and Salman too started charging a crore or more for their films. 

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Chiranjeevi has been part of blockbusters like Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy, GodFather, and Waltair Veerayya, charges over Rs 45 Crores per film. 

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