India, March 8 -- Nag Ashwin's 2024 sci-fi film Kalki 2898 AD starred Kamal Haasan as the antagonist. The film, which also stars Prabhas, Amitabh Bachchan, and Deepika Padukone, is one of the highest-grossing Telugu films. In an interview with Indiaglitz, filmmaker-actor Yugi Sethu called Kamal the 'highest paid actor' in India, revealing his whopping salary for the film.

In the interview, Yugi spoke about Kamal and said, "Kamal sir's stature is such. He is getting paid Rs.150 crore for 20 days of the call sheet for Kalki 2898 AD. I told him on his birthday that he is the highest-paid actor in India and is getting $1 million per day, because he was paid Rs.150 crore for 20 days."

He then revealed that Kamal introduced him to Kalki 2898 ...