As of 2024, the comedian and actor Kapil Sharma was the highest-paid TV personality in India, with a fee charge of five million Indian rupees per episode. Sharing the second spot were actress Rupali Ganguly, and actors Harshad Chopda and Karan Kundrra, with episode fees amounting to 300,000 rupees each. The actress of the recent hit show, Anupamaa, was also one of the highest-paid television actresses in the Hindi entertainment genre during that period.
Highest earning TV actors and actresses in India as of 2024, by episode fee
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