In the last few years, there has been a lot of craze among the audience for the OTT platform. Because of this, many stars have now started working serially on OTT projects. Over the past few years, OTT has made more room in the hearts of viewers than cinemas. Today on OTT platforms people can watch content whenever they want. Not only this, the OTT platform has left no stone unturned in challenging the boundaries of films, giving space to new artists and great stories. This is the reason why many film stars are now working hard on content released on OTT platforms, be it Hotstar, Prime Video, Zee5, etc. Stars from bollywood to tollywood like ajay devgn, Saif ali Khan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Sonakshi Singha, and samantha Ruth Prabhu have also moved to OTT. The increasing popularity of the OTT platform has also helped many actors to earn handsomely and some are currently earning in crores.
Bollywood superstar ajay devgn makes his OTT debut in 2022 with Disney + Hotstar's crime thriller - Rudra: The Edge of Darkness. This british show was based on Luther. According to some reports, the actor has charged a hefty fee of Rs 125 crore for this series. There were a total of 7 episodes in this series. This means they charged around 18 crore rupees for each episode. Which makes him the highest-paid actor in OTT till now. Pankaj Tripathi, famous for his role as sultan in Gangs of Wasseypur, has taken over the OTT platforms with Mirzapur on amazon Prime and Sacred Games on Netflix. He also released back-to-back series on Hotstar. According to some reports, he charged a fee of Rs 10 to 12 crore for Mirzapur.