Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada and Tulu makes the South Indian Film Industry. It started at Madras in 1920s and now become popular all over the world. Apart from their popularity their earnings have also grown in the years.
And here at MechieBoy I have sorted a list of 10 Famous South Indian Superstars who have earned in millions. Lets check it out.
1. Akkineni Nagarjuna
Akkineni Nagarjuna was born to the veteran actor Nageshwara Rao Akkineni and his wife Annapoorna Akkineni on 29th August 1959 at Chennai. Akkіnеnі Nаgаrјunа іѕ аn асtоr, рrоduсеr, аnd buѕіnеѕѕmаn. Не сhаrgеѕ nеаrlу ІNR 17 сrоrеѕ реr mоvіе. Тhе nеt wоrth оf thе асtоr іѕ ѕаіd tо hаvе rеасhеd а mіlеѕtоnе оf $130 Mіllіоn. Не hаѕ bееn аwаrdеd оnе Nаtіоnаl Fіlm Аwаrdѕ tіtlе, Fіvе Nаndі Аwаrdѕ tіtlе аnd Тwо Fіlmfаrе Аwаrdѕ tіtlе іn hіѕ асtіng саrееr uр tіll nоw.
2. Kamal Hassan
Kamal Hassan net worth has $100 Million as per Richest. He is an actor, producer,choreographer and song writer. Kamal Hassan made his debut as a child actor in 1960. He owns a production company and in 1990 he was awarded with the Padma Shree for his brilliant contribution to Indian cinema.
3. Thalapathy Vijay
Joseph Vijay Chandrasekhar, with an estimated net worth of $64 million he is on number three. Vijay has a huge fan following in Tamil Nadu as well as all over India.
Vijay was listed in Top 100 list of Forbes India Celebrity two times in 2012 and 2013. He made his debut as a lead hero in Naalaya Theerpu.
4. Junior NTR
Nandamudi Taraka Ramarao, one of the most versatile actors of south Indian cinema Kollywood, ‘N T Rama Rao Jr’ holds the 4th position in this list of the richest ones with an estimated worth of $60 Million. He is popularly known for his smiley face. He began as a child actor and a professional Kuchipudi dancer.
5. Rajinikanth, The Thalaiva
Rajinikanth is one of the popular actors of in India. He is worshipped like a god in Indian cinema. He on number five in this list with an estimated net worth of $50 million. He has debuted with the 1975 film Apoorva Raagangal as an actor and also won a National Film Award.
6. Ajith
Thala Ajith Kumar began his career with a supporting role in the 1990 Tamil film En Veedu En Kanavar. He acted in lead role in Amaravathi and his first success was Aasai. After Rajinikanth and Kamal Hassan, He is the most famous actor in South Indian movie industry. Ajith is one of the highest paid actors of South India, He charges around Rs 40 Crore per film and with a net worth of $49 Million he one number six.
7. Pawan Kalyan
Pawan kalyan is an actor as well as nice politician who works hard for his peoples. With an estimated net worth of $31 Million he is on number seven of Top 10 Richest South Indian actors. It is said that first salary of Pawan Kalyan is 1 Crore in 1995 and now he charges about 25 Crores per project. He has has Donated 500000 to Olympic Shorter Rekha in 2001 and Contributed 5 million to Uttarakhand Flood in 2014.
8. Prabhas
Huge success of Baahubali : The Beginning and Baahubali : The Conclusion has added four moons to his stardom. He began his journey on the big-screen with the 2002 Telugu language film Eeswar and with a net worth of $27 Million he is on number eight. His currently annual income is 46 Crores rupees. Lastly he was seen in his Bollywood movie Saaho for which he got Rs 30 Crores.
9. Surya
Saravanan Sivakumar aka Surya is a famous actor, producer and TV acnhor of Tamil Film Industry. Surya was born on 23rd of July 1975. He is the most successful Tamil actors, he won multiple Tamil Nadu State Film Awards and several Filmfare Awards South.
10. Mahesh Babu
Mahesh Babu Ghattamaneni was born on August 9, 1975 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. He has an estimated net worth of $20 Million. He started his career as a child artist at the age of 4. Mahesh Babu has been awarded Filmfare Best Telugu Actor Awards for three times, a one-time recipient of South Indian International Movie Award, CineMAA Awards three times, and Andhra Pradesh state Nandi Awards for seven times.
This is the end of the list of Ten Richest South Indian actors of 2019. If you think think we miss someone then let us know in the comments below.
