Rajamouli charges 14 Cr for Bahubali
Tollywood is growing by jumps as well as range right now with regard to collections from box-office. Tollywood competes with India's titan Bollywood with regard to variety of films making a year, Budges, production values, glamor quotient now new item to the list is highest paid directors.
Producers are running behind stars and star directors to set combinations and are resulting for a huge hike in star remunerations. Producers are shelling out more than 60 percent of budget in paying remunerations to all artists and technicians.
SS Rajamouli is leading director in Tollywood as he is pocketing around Rs 14 crore for 'Bahubali' being made on 100 crore budget. Trivikram Srinivas who delivered industry hit with 'Attarintiki Daredi' is said to be charging Rs 10 crore for his next film with Allu Arjun.
Here are top five Tollywood top directors and their remunerations
Director Remuneration Next film
SS Rajamouli Rs 14 Crore Bahubali
Trivikram Rs 10 Crore Allu Arjun Film (tentatively titled Kavacham)
VV Vinayak Rs 9 Crore Alludu Seenu
Sreenu Vaitla Rs 8 Crore Aagadu
Puri Jagannath Rs 8 Crore Jr NTR Film (Rubabu)
Filmmakers are spending heavy budgets in making films with star heroes. However, the said amount is not seen onscreen as most of budget is poured on remunerations. The percentage of total budgets being paid to the lead actors and directors has gone up from 35% to almost 50% according to analysts.
News Posted: 23 June, 2014
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