Highest paid actors on OTT who are not known in Bollywood are praised worldwide. Check out the list of the top 11 such actors who are one of the Highest paid Actors on OTT.
It is always a topic of discussion every time regarding the fees of the actors and the hike in their fees. These days actors are charging fees almost close to the film budget Or are parting as a producer in Bollywood. The same goes with OTT Platforms as well.
There was a time when the salary gap among entertainers on the big screens was a lot more but Now the gap has decreased and the main reason behind it can be the exposure of OTT.
List of Highest-Paid Actors on OTT:
1. Saif Ali Khan
Saif Ali Khan is one of those actors who made his debut on the OTT platform in the 2018 web series Sacred Games, which was a Netflix original when the ott platform began in India. According to the sources he charged around a whopping Rs 15 crores for the eight episodes of the web series.
Sacred Games has given him an opportunity to explore his talent and fetch many new projects after the success of part 1. In the year 2019 season, 2 has arrived where again the series makes chaos and the actors have successfully made it to the list of the Top Highest Paid actors on OTT.
2. Pankaj Tripathi
Pankaj Tripathi is the most popular and versatile actor in the Indian film industry. Web series like Sacred Games and Mirzapur have given him the utmost fame and regard since the point of it’s release.
According to the sources he demanded approx 12 crores for the Sacred Games and 10 crores for the Mirzapur season. He is among the top highest-paid actors on OTT.
3. Bobby Deol
After a decade Bobby Deol has returned not only to the big screen but also to the OTT world as well. MX Player web series Ashram which is the most popular web series of the MX Player has Bobby as the main lead. This top web series on OTT has helped him not only in helping to revive his career but to relive stardom again.
He won the Best Actor for his Web Series at the Dadasaheb Phalke International Movie Festival in the year 2021. His fees are still unknown but as per sources, he demanded a hefty amount which made him the Top highest-paid actor on OTT.
4. Manoj Bajpayee
Manoj Bajpayee has worked in the Bollywood industry for almost two decades. In the 2019 web series The Family Man which makes his character Srikant Tiwari and after the success of seasons 1 & 2 now the audience is waiting for season 3.
As per sources, he charged almost Rs 10 crores for the work in season 2.
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Priyamani
Priyamani is well-known for her work in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, and Kannada movies. She is also seen with Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone in the 2013 Bollywood movie chennai express and again will be seen in the movie Jawaan.
After appearing in the Prime Video web series The Family Man, she gained popularity in North India. She was paid Rs 10 Lac for portraying Srikant’s (Manoj Baypayee) wife Suchi in the thriller Web series on Prime Video.
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Nawazuddin Siddiqui
Nawazuddin Siddiqui got popularity from Ganga of Wasseypur 2 and others like Manijhi, which is an award-winning film. He is well-known for his work like Raat Akeli Hai and the most popular web series Sacred Games. According to the sources he demanded Rs 10 crores which makes him one of the top highest-paid actors on OTT.
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Radhika Apte
Radhika Apte is featured in most of the Netflix best movies and series like Lust Stories, Sacred Games, Ghoul, and Raat Akeli Hai. She has also been dubbed “the standard Netflix chick” on any special occasion. As per sources she was paid around Rs. 4 Crores for Sacred Games.
8. Dimple Kapadia
Dimple Kapadia who has made her debut from Tandav and A Thursday has charged around 2 lac for each episode in the thriller Web series on prime video.
9. Ali Fazal
Ali Fazal was featured in ott films like Khamoshiyan, and the Fukrey series. He is still getting popularity from the thriller web series on Prime Video Mirzapur where he was offered the role of Munna before Divyendu Sharma.
For playing Guddu Pandit he charged around Rs 12 lakhs per episode. The web series Mirzapur was a change maker for his career and that made him stand parallel to many big actors making him Top Highest Paid Actor on OTT.
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Jitendra Kumar
Jitendra Kumar is well-known for his work for Kota Factory which is TVF web series and is also popular in the Panchayat web series, he is a big name when it comes to working on OTT platforms. According to the sources he charged around Rs. 50,000 per episode.
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Pratik Gandhi
Pratik Gandhi got a frame from the 2020 web series Scam 1992 where he portrayed Harshad Mehta. He got appreciation from the audience and critics and got National Award for Best Gujarati Film. According to the reports, he charged Rs 5 lakhs for each episode of Scam 1992 and made it to Top Highest paid actors on OTT.
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FAQ
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Is Prateek Gandhi one of the highest-paid actors on OTT?
Pratik Gandhi has got a frame from Scam 1992 where he portrayed Harshad Metha in the web series where he charged up to Rs 5 lakhs which makes him the highest-paid actor on ott. For this web series, he got appreciation and made a massive response from the audience and critics and won many awards in 2020-2021. The web series is now available on Sony Liv.
2. How much do OTT actors get paid?
Since 2018 especially after the global pandemic a mass audience crowd went to the ott platforms and that turned the mass fan following of the actors who delivered handsome work in the web series. A handsome crowd started watching web series on ott platforms like The Family Man, Mirzapur, Sacred Games, and others Some popular actors like Saif Ali Khan, Manoj Bajpayee, Dimple Kapadia, and more make them the highest-paid actors on ott and they charge a hefty amounts.
3. Who is the richest actor in India?
Shahrukh Khan is the richest actor in India as per the current report which is definitely a proud moment for the self-made star and for his fans too. After the announcement actors congratulated Shahrukh for the same as it was a big moment. He is followed by Salman Khan, Akshay Kumar, and Amitabh Bachchan.
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