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Who Is The Highest-Paid Indian Director? His next venture will reportedly be made on a whopping budget of Rs 1000 crore. New Delhi: The noted Telugu filmmaker known for his epic, action and fantasy genre films, is the highest grossing Indian director of all time. He is also the highest-paid director in Indian cinema.
Yes, we are talking about SS Rajamouli - the force behind Baahubali 1-2 and Oscar-winning RRR. His earning as per IMDb is Rs 200 crore per film, reportedly. SS Rajamouli is currently working on a massive scale movie called SSMB29 featuring South icon Mahesh Babu in the lead role.
According to Siasat.com, it will be made on a huge budget of Rs 1000 crore and will have a jungle adventure. Some days back, the film's Odisha shooting schedule was completed.
Reportedly, one of the action scenes will also have over 3,000 junior artists. A post shared by SS Rajamouli (@ssrajamouli) According to Eastern Eye, Rajamouli is being paid a whopping Rs 200 crore for SSMB29, which happens to be more than that of the lead actor - Mahesh Babu. A post shared by Netflix India (@netflix_in) Interestingly, his current paycheque is more than his estimated overall net worth of Rs 158 crore (figure reported by News18).
He owns a palatial bungalow in the Banjara Hills area of Hyderabad. Other than that, he has a house in Hyderabad. He also loves his luxury mean machines- Range Rover and BMW.
Highest-Paid Director In India SS Rajamouli beats Sandeep Reddy Vanga with earnings estimated to be Rs 100 to 150 crore per film, Atlee charging Rs 100 cr, Prashanth Neel also taking fee of around Rs 100 crore and others in the list of being 'highest-paid' director in India . Other top filmmakers include Rajkumari Hirani earns reportedly Rs 80 crore per film, Sanjay Leela Bhansali, somewhere between Rs 55-Rs 65 crore and Sukumar, a whopping Rs 75 crore respectively. ALSO READ: Meet India's 7 Highest-Paid Directors: 5 Famous South Indian Filmmakers, 2 Bollywood Names Who Earn Between Rs 50 To Rs 100 Crore Rajamouli's SSMB29 Film's Cast With Mahesh Babu in the lead, the massive-scale adventure movie will also feature Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Prithviraj Sukumaran in pivotal roles.
The film is expected to release in 2027, reportedly. Rajamouli's Impressive Filmography Koduri Srisaila Sri Rajamouli (SS Rajamouli) was born to noted Indian screenwriter and director V Vijayendra Prasad and Raja Nandini. He graduated in Engineering from CR Reddy College of Engineering, Eluru, Andhra Pradesh.
He tied the wedding knot to Rama Rajamouli in 2001. The couple has two children, SS Karthikeya and SS Mayukha. In 2023, he was included on the Time's list of the 100 most influential people in the world.
Some of his notable works include fantasy action film, Magadheera (2009), Eega (2012) Baahubali: The Beginning (2015), Baahubali 2: The Conclusion (2017), and RRR (2022) among others. Stay informed on all the latest news , real-time breaking news updates, and follow all the important headlines in india news and world News on Zee News..
