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Meet the first Indian actor to earn 1 crore rupees, beating Amitabh Bachchan
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News18•09-10-2026, 17:17
Meet the first Indian actor to earn 1 crore rupees, beating Amitabh Bachchan
- •South Indian superstar Chiranjeevi was the first actor in Indian cinema to cross the 1-crore remuneration mark.
- •In 1992, he received 1.25 crore rupees for the film 'Aapadbandhavudu', surpassing Bollywood icon Amitabh Bachchan.
- •The national magazine 'The Week' featured him on its cover with the title "Bigger than Bachchan" to celebrate this milestone.
- •Chiranjeevi also earned a place in the Guinness Book of World Records for performing thousands of unique dance moves across his career.
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South Indian superstar Chiranjeevi made history in 1992 by receiving 1.25 crore rupees for the film 'Aapadbandhavudu', becoming the first hero in the country to cross the 1-crore milestone and surpassing Amitabh Bachchan's salary at the time.
Chiranjeevi earned a place in the Guinness Book of World Records for performing over 24,000 different dance moves across 156 films and 537 songs over his four-and-a-half-decade career.
The record-breaking remuneration was paid for the 1992 film 'Aapadbandhavudu', which was directed by Kala Tapasvi K. Viswanath.
