People had said that new generation came as a force in Mollywood and that it may become a problem for the reigning Big M’s of Mollywood. We saw the rising of some dynamic and unique young stars in the last few years. But the fact remains that Mohanlal and Mammootty are still the Kings of Mollywood when it comes to star value, fan following and the latest report on their remuneration shows the same fact as well. Mohanlal and Mammootty remains at the top of the remuneration charts of Mollywood.
We know that in fan following there is no one near them in Mollywood. In acting skills too they are the best in India. According to the latest report on the remuneration of the Mollywood stars Mohanlal is at the top and way ahead of everybody in matters relating to star value. The chart report points out that Mohanlal gets 3 crore for a film. Just behind him there is the other superstar of Mollywood, Mammootty with 2.5 crore. Mohanlal has great demand as he is the only one in Mollywood who can assure a profit for the finance even if it is a big budget film. Even the films of him with negative reviews is making the producers safe at box office with the huge initial pull his films gets and the record satellite price his film fetches from the TV channels.
Right behind Mohanlal and Mammootty there is popular actor Dileep who gets an amount of rupees 1.75 to 2 crore per film. And as per sources the young star Nivin Pauly has overtaken Prithviraj by successfully leaping to the 4th spot with 1 to 1.5 crore remuneration after his film Premam had become the second biggest hit in Mollywood. Premam ended its run just behind Mohanlal starrer Drishyam which is still at the top ruling quite comfortably.
Action King Suresh Gopi also touches the 1 cr club in remuneration charts as after the success of his character in Tamil film ‘I’ he demands rupees 1 cr per film. Prithviraj Sukumaran has 1 crore and above as remuneration and actors like Dulquer Salmaan, Kunchacko Boban, Fahadh Faasil gets around 60-80 lakhs as salary for a film. Jayaram and Biju Menon has 50 lakhs as per reports and among the heroines it is Manju Warrier who gets the maximum with around 50 lakhs.
