Career in Acting - Remuneration

There are no fixed salaries available for actors. One commands one's salary by the virtue of one's acting skills and one's ability to strike the right chord with the audiences. Salaries are different at different production houses. For working on a small project, one may be paid Rs. 5,000 as a fee.

As one establishes a brand name for oneself, one will be able to command higher amounts. For working in television soap operas, one will be paid in the range of lakhs while one will be paid in crores when one is well established in the film industry.

One will be able to command a King's ransom as fee when one attains celebrity status in the film industry.