The small screen bust-up! (DNA Article)

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Mumbai: There was a time when even film stars envied TV actors' pay packages. Their popularity coupled with the brilliant TRPs their shows generated contributed to their fat salaries. However, the situation is not the same anymore. A lot has changed...



Plain lucky: Mona Singh
Soaps that ruled the roost for almost a decade went off-air. Suddenly the stars found that their popularity diminished. While some A-listers went without work, others watched helplessly as their shows sank without a trace. These developments caused the payments of TV stars to dip drastically. Stars who used to charge Rs50,000-Rs1 lakh per day are now ready to work for Rs30,000 or less.

Actor Smriti Irani, who touched the sum of Rs1 lakh per day, gets around Rs30,000 for Maniben.Com. Sudha Chandran now gets around Rs8,000 per day. Actors like Rajshri Thakur, Sakshi Tanwar, Cezanne Khan and Iqbal Khan don't have any shows. Others like Apoorva Agnihotri, Juhi Parmar, Chetan Hansraj and Shweta Tiwari have taken up reality shows to survive.

The new kids on the block get even less. Sara Khan, Kinshuk Mahajan, Parul Chauhan and Angad Hasija -- the four lead actors of the successful show Bidaai -- are paid about Rs15,000-20,000. Avika Gor, whose innocent charm in Balika Vadhu still attracts audiences, gets around Rs20,000 per day.Heena Khan, the lead actor of Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai, gets around Rs5,000 per day .

However, Rajeev Khandelwal and Mona Singh, who have made a transition to films, are raking in the moolah by hosting reality shows. They demand sums like Rs1 lakh per day or per episode or even more than that.

http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report_the-small-screen-bust-up_1328524

Only 5,000 for all the rona dhona

OMG!!! only 5,000!!!! from d last 8 - 10 months bidai out of top 5..but actor's get 15,000-20,000...n Hina only 5,000😲....average cost of an episode is about Rs. 5 to 6 lakh!...n 5,000 for lead actress?..😲

5000...

i think ki ab it would have been increased cause ab hina ko industry mai aaye thora time ho gaya hai........to may be ab it might be around 8-10000 something( as it's an old article)

Originally posted by: joysorrow

i think ki ab it would have been increased cause ab hina ko industry mai aaye thora time ho gaya hai........to may be ab it might be around 8-10000 something( as it's an old article)

Originally posted by: yrk_fan

i too think that it mus be more now

This article came in Dec towards the latter part of the month...utna bhi old nahi hai. I doubt they will double her salary so soon.

just Rs. 5000 a day?? Avika Gor gets Rs. 20000 a day......
they should be an increment in her salary yaar.....itna mehnat she does in flowing her tears.....itna aansoo bahane ke sirf 5000?? thats bad n low........

Originally posted by: Tafseer

just Rs. 5000 a day?? Avika Gor gets Rs. 20000 a day......
they should be an increment in her salary yaar.....itna mehnat she does in flowing her tears.....itna aansoo bahane ke sirf 5000?? thats bad n low........

since its an old artcle..she surely gets more money nw....bt nw if she gets around Rs.10000 dat means Rs.30000 per month...bas itne mai kya hoga.... m wondering hw she can manage...n Avika Gor... she is only around 13 yrs old gets Rs.600000 per month...😲

why RS become motu? eating up others hard earned money... poor girl works so hard to earn the TRP for them.. this is called exploitation.. bringing a new comer and making money out of their hard work.. Shame on you RS..

Originally posted by: _ritika_

since its an old artcle..she surely gets more money nw....bt nw if she gets around Rs.10000 dat means Rs.30000 per month...bas itne mai kya hoga.... m wondering hw she can manage...n Avika Gor... she is only around 13 yrs old gets Rs.600000 per month...😲

old article dated Monday, December 28, 2009??? 😲 ..