Highest Paid Actor In Ramayana:Ramanand Sagar’s ‘Ramayana’ has once again come into limelight before the consecration ceremony of Ram temple in Ayodhya. From Arun Govil as Ram, Deepika Chikhalia as Sita to Sunil Lahiri who played the role of Laxman in ‘Ramayana’. Ram Mandir Has been invited to the inauguration ceremony. These characters had created a special place in the hearts of the audience which remains intact till today. But do you know that these artists charged huge amounts as fees for these roles?
The characters of Arun Govil and Deepika Chikhlia in ‘Ramayana’ impressed people the most. Arun Govil in the role of Lord Ram and Deepika Chikhalia in the role of Goddess Sita enthralled the audience. Sunil Lahiri played the role of Laxman and Dara Singh played the role of Hanuman and ruled the hearts of people. All the stars were paid huge amounts for their work. But the most expensive actor among them was Arun Govil who played the role of Ram.
This actor was the most expensive!
According to a report published in DNA, Arun Govil, who played the role of Ram in Ramanand Sagar’s ‘Ramayana’, was paid the highest fee. ‘Ramayana’ was telecast in the year 1987 and even at that time, Rs 40 lakh was paid to Arun as fee. The rest of the characters were paid less than him, although that fee was also very high as per those times.
Starcast got huge amount
After Arun Govil, the actor who was paid the highest amount was Dara Singh. Dara played the role of Lord Hanuman in ‘Ramayana’. He was given a check of Rs 35 lakh for this character. After this, the third expensive actor was Arvind Trivedi, who was paid a fee of Rs 30 lakh for the role of Ravana. Sunil Lahiri, who won hearts by playing Laxman in the show, was given Rs 25 lakh as fee. Whereas Sita, who emerged as Sita in the lead role, was given the least amount i.e. Rs 20 lakh.
