Smriti Irani surpasses Rupali Ganguly, Dilip Joshi and Hina Khan; is the highest paid actress on small screen

Smriti has surpassed her contemporaries in the likes of Rupali Ganguly, Dilip Joshi and Hina Khan on the small screen.

Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi was a cult show. It has a massive fan following and Smriti Irani was loved as Tulsi. The show is back with Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi 2 and the audience is smitten with the storyline which is loaded with drama.

According to a report in Pinkvilla, the actress is being paid Rs. 14 lakh per episode. This makes her the highest paid TV artist in India.

Smriti has surpassed her contemporaries in the likes of Rupali Ganguly, Dilip Joshi and Hina Khan on the small screen. The outlet mentions that Rupali Ganguly charges around Rs 3 lakh per episode for Anupamaa while Dilip Joshi and Hina Khan charge around Rs 1.5-2 lakh per episode.

The report quoted her interview with CNN News18, where she admits of the paycheque while stating that she has earned it with a lot of dedication and hardwork in delivering the TRP ratings.

The actress was quoted, “You also set that benchmark as a professional to say that if you deliver on history on numbers and revenue, why not? Because not everybody who’s watching us knows we get to negotiate our contracts as employees.

I’m a part of a union, so the first thing I do is actually have my union number registered. We are all part of a larger organisation and flow of work. For one person to stand up and say, listen, not only pay parity, I beat the boys and the girls and how much I make that is a lot of hard work."

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In the same interview, she also mentioned how she was able to make her co-actors stars too.

She said, “The idea is, are you truly the star or do you have the professional capacity to make stars around you? I think that I have actually, mercifully, had the capacity of making stars out of others who are with me. If there is a Tulsi, then Amar Upadhyay quintessentially creates his own market. So do you become that pivot, that sounding board, that other actors then can enhance their economic value? That I have managed to do through the project, so my co-stars today can say, ‘Oh, we are a part of that.’”