1. Deepika Padukone – Deepika Padukone is a female Bollywood actress and a producer. She is the highest paid actress in India, her accolades include three Filmfare Awards. Deepika Padukone features in the listing of the nation’s most popular personalities and Time named her as one of the 100 most influential people in the world in the year 2019. She earns around 112.8 crores per annum.
2. Kangana Ranaut- In the past few years, Kangana Ranaut has come out as one of the best Bollywood actresses of the current generation. Her famous movies like Tanu Weds Manu, Queen, and Tanu Weds Manu returns did exceptionally well in the box office and without any crowd-pulling male actor in the lead role. According to the news reports and media information, Kangana demanded Rs. 11 Crores for her last movie Rangoon.
3. Priyanka Chopra– Before making it big in Hollywood, Priyanka Chopra was ruling the Bollywood industry. Priyanka Chopra is also the first Indian on Forbes highest-paid TV Star lists. Because of her mammoth popularity and hard work, Bollywood producers are ready to give or shell out anywhere between Rs. 8-9 crores per movie.
4. Vidya Balan- Vidya Balan is very famous for her women-centric roles. The actress is known for her strong star performances in movies like Parineeti, The Dirty Picture and Kahaani. Vidya Balan charges around 6-7 crores per movie and takes the fourth spot on our list of highest paid Bollywood actresses.
5. Katrina Kaif- Katrina Kaif is an English actress who has been actively working in Hindi Films for the past many years now. She received her first modelling assignment as a teenager and later pursued a career as a fashion model. Kaif’s performance in the terrorism drama New York (2009) was better received, earning her a Filmfare Award for Best Actress nomination. After her roles in Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani (2009), Raajneeti (2010) and Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (2011), she received her second Filmfare nomination for her performance in Mere Brother Ki Dulhan (2011).
6. Anushka Sharma – Anushka Sharma’s sheer determination is the reason she has made it to the list of the highest paid Bollywood actresses. She made her acting debut opposite Shah Rukh Khan in the highly successful romantic film Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi (2008), which earned her a Filmfare Award for Best Actress nomination. She rose to prominence with starring roles in Yash Raj Films’ romances Band Baaja Baaraat (2010) and Jab Tak Hai Jaan (2012); the latter, in which she played an aspiring filmmaker, won her a Best Supporting Actress award at Filmfare. Anushka Sharma earns an annual income of 26.4 crores.
7. Alia Bhatt – Ever since her debut on the silver screen, Alia Bhatt is one such actress who has seen many big hits. Her debut movie Student of the year was a super hit in the Indian film industry. She has been a part of many other successful films like Highway, 2 states and Udta Punjab. Alia earns an amount of about 4-6 crores per movie. Born into the Bhatt family, she is the daughter of filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt and actress Soni Razdan. After making her acting debut as a child actor in the 1999 thriller Sangharsh, Bhatt played her first leading role in Karan Johar’s teen drama Student of the Year (2012). Bhatt won the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress for playing a kidnapping victim in the road drama Highway (2014), and two Best Actress awards at the ceremony for playing a Bihari migrant in the crime drama Udta Punjab (2016) and a spy in the thriller Raazi (2018). The latter emerged as one of Hindi cinema’s biggest-earning female-led films, and her highest-grossing release came with the musical drama Gully Boy (2019).
