TV actors are now on par with Bollywood celebs. They mint a lot of money and are as popular as other celebs. But it was not always the same. Do you know about the first salaries of some famous TV stars? Well, let's take a look. The Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai star Hina Khan reportedly got Rs 45,000 as her first salary.
Comedian Kapil Sharma's net worth is said to be in millions now but his first salary was Rs 1500 only.
Rashami Desai is said to be among the highest-paid actresses of the TV industry. But her first salary was merely Rs 1000. She got for a photoshoot.
Divyanka Tripathi now charges bomb to be a part of TV shows but when she started off, she had received only Rs 250 as her first salary. She had hosted an event for which she received this amount.
Shivangi Joshi who became pretty famous after being a part of Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai received Rs 10,000 as her first salary. She had appeared in an advertisement for which she was paid.
Before entering the acting industry, Sharad Kelkar was reportedly a gym instructor. He allegedly received Rs 2500 as his first salary at the age of 18.
Rupal Patel had allegedly made Rs 60 as her first salary. She had taken tuitions of a few kids in her building for which was paid.
Before entering TV industry, Asha Negi was based in Dehradun where she used to work for a BPO. Her salary at that time was said to be Rs 3500.
Shraddha Arya started her career by appearing in advertisements. Reports state that she allegedly got Rs 10,000 as her first salary. It was allegedly a shoot for a detergent brand.
In one of the interviews, Sambhavna Seth had revealed that she used to sell churan during her college days. She had said, 'When I was studying in college, I felt that it is not right to spread my hand in front of my parents for my pocket money. I decided to do something. You will find it strange to hear, in those days a new churan had come to Delhi, Ilu Ilu. I came to know from somewhere that if I sell that churan, then I can get a good commission. The interesting thing is that by selling that churan, I had earned 6-7 thousand a month. Let me tell a funny thing, while selling churan, I ate that too much. Then when I got into acting, I did a small role in The Johnny Lever Show. I got 5 thousand for that character, out of which I had given one thousand commission and kept four thousand with me.'
