Star heroes charge crores of rupees as remuneration for doing a single film. When Megastar Chiranjeevi received Rs.1.5 crores as his remuneration in 1995, national media hailed him with articles like 'Bigger than Bachchan'. Our stars are charging 20 to 30 crores for a single film nowadays. There were even rumours in the media that Pawan Kalyan charged Rs.40 crores for 'Agnyathavasi'.
But the latest Celebrity 100 list published by Forbes magazine turned out to be an embarrassment. The Forbes list ranked him 69 in the list with Rs.11.33 crores(From August 2016 to September 2017). In fact, Pawan has done two films 'Sardaar Gabbar Singh' and 'Katama Rayudu' during this period. If we assume that he received Rs.20 crore for each film, the total remuneration will be Rs.40 crores. Even after paying income tax, his income would be around Rs. 28 crores. As Forbes said that Pawan income is Rs.11 crores.. Pawa must have received Rs.16 crores for two films. If that's the case, Pawan remuneration is Rs.8 crores. Is it true?
King Nagarjuna responded on Forbes list sometime back and said that the figures not correct. He alleged that Forbes went on to publish inflated income figures even though he told them that they are not actual figures. Then what about Pawan income figures now?