Ajay Devgn joined his Bollywood colleagues like Amitabh Bachchan, Salman Khan, Aamir Khan, Shah Rukh Khan, and Akshay Kumar when he made his TV internet hosting debut not too long ago with Sony’s true-crime present, Crime Patrol. Ajay has reportedly signed a 15-episode cope with Sony to host the most recent season of the favored present, which airs on Sony TV and streams on SonyLIV. What made headlines was Ajay’s reported charges of ₹90 crore for the season, unfold throughout the episodes. Whereas this does make him one of many highest-paid TV hosts at present, he’s not on the prime of the record. There’s a title that dwarfed this incomes not too way back, incomes a staggering ₹250 crore per season.
India’s highest-paid TV host
Salman Khan has persistently been the highest-paid TV host in India for over a decade, courtesy his profitable internet hosting stint with Bigg Boss, a present he has anchored for over 15 years now. The actor started internet hosting the present, charging ₹2.5 crore an episode, which grew to a staggering ₹15 crore per week by seasons 15-16, the height of the present’s recognition. As per reviews, Salman would shoot the Weekend Ka Vaar episodes for per week in a single go, charging ₹15 crore for the week. For an prolonged four-month season, his payment would construct to a whopping ₹250 crore.
How a lot do TV hosts make
Salman finally lowered his charges to ₹10 crore per week for seasons 18-19. Shorter seasons meant that his season payment additionally got here all the way down to ₹130-150 crore. Nonetheless, it’s nonetheless the best within the nation. Amitabh Bachchan additionally routinely prices over ₹100 crore for each new season of Kaun Banega Crorepati. The megastar is claimed to cost between ₹15-20 crore per week for his duties because the host of the quiz present. Together with his ₹90-crore haul, Ajay now sits third on that record. Karan Johar is the highest-paid non-actor amongst TV hosts, having earned over ₹25 crore for the final season of Koffee With Karan. Ajay’s filmmaker pal Rohit Shetty is the subsequent within the record, with a reported payment of ₹12-14 crore for the most recent season of Khatron Ke Khiladi.
Ajay Devgn as Crime Patrol host
Ajay was introduced as the brand new host of Crime Patrol in August, with the primary episode premiering on August 31. In an announcement, the actor stated, “The present has constructed a legacy of understanding crime tales whereas driving consciousness amongst viewers, encouraging them to grow to be extra vigilant in regards to the folks round them and who they work together with and belief. As we convey to the forefront among the tales impressed by instances which have shaken the nation, I hope and consider that I might help and information audiences to navigate them with warning fairly than concern.”
Crime Patrol premiered in 2003 and has advanced by means of a number of editions, together with Crime Patrol Satark, Crime Patrol Dastak, Crime Patrol Dial 100 and Crime Patrol 2.0. Actor Anup Soni turned intently related to the franchise after internet hosting a number of seasons. Through the years, different presenters have included Sakshi Tanwar, Sonali Kulkarni, Divyanka Tripathi, Ashutosh Rana, Renuka Shahane and Nakuul Mehta.
