Aishwarya Rai

Aishwarya Rai has been paid Rs 60 million for her role in Enthiram. This makes her the highest paid actress in Bollywood. The film stars celebrated South Indian actor Rajinikanth in the lead role.

Aishwarya has dominated Indian film industry like no other Bollywood actress after Sridevi. In fact with her glowing beauty and the prized Miss World award in her hand she became instantly famous and was always better paid than other actress of the same stature.

It was only later that the actress proved her caliber.

But this news comes at a time when many people had written the obituary of her Bollywood career. It is more than a year since she married Abhishek Bachchan a fellow Bollywood actor and son of Amitabh Bachchan.

Most Indian actresses say goodbye to their film careers after they are married. But Aishwarya has not given up. It is notwithstanding the fact that she has not given any blockbuster after her marriage.

But it is to be noted that Aishwarya agreed to work in Enthiram out of the respect she has for Rajinikanth. Forced by busy schedules to turn down a role opposite Rajini thrice before, Aishwarya deemed it would be inappropriate to deny the stalwart’s offer anymore. That is the main reason she signed Enthiram even after her call sheet overflowed with dates allocated to Mani Ratnam’s bilingual.