Are you interested in finding out who the highest-paid Bollywood directors are? These are the top 10 highest-paid Bollywood directors for 2022.
We all know that a movie cannot be successful without a great director. A movie’s success is dependent on its director. Directors are paid extremely high salaries because of this. Today we’ll be discussing the very wealthy Bollywood directors who are highly paid. We have also prepared a list of the 10 highest-paid Bollywood directors in 2022. Here are the Bollywood directors we have shortlisted. They are ranked according to their net worth and total earnings. You can let us know if we missed any Bollywood directors who are highly-paid in the comments section.
10 Aditya Chopra S/o Yash Chopra
Late Mr. Yashraj Chopra, the most famous Bollywood director, was born in Lahore (Punjab Province), on September 27, 1932. Dengue Fever caused his death in 2012. Yash Chopra started his career in the role of assistant director to I. S. Johar, and older brother B. R. Chopra. In 1959, he made his first directional appearance with Dhool Ka Phool.
The brothers Chopra made many more films together in the sixties and seventies with great zeal. Chopra was also the founder and chairman of Yash Raj Films, a motion picture production and distribution firm. Chopra was also known as the “King Of Romance” in Indian cinema. He was awarded many awards, including Padma Bhushan 2005.
His son Aditya Chopra, a well-known Bollywood director, continues this legacy. Some of his most commercially successful Bollywood films include Dilwale Dulhania le Jayenge, Mohabbatein and Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi.
List of Hindi Films by Bollywood Director Yash Chopra: Dhool Ka Phool (1959), Dharmputra (1961), Waqt (1965), Aadmi Aur Insaan (1969), Ittefaq (1969), Daag (1973), Joshila (1973), Deewaar (1975), Kabhi Kabhie (1976), Trishul (1978), Kaala Patthar (1979), Silsila (1981), Mashaal (1984), Faasle (1985), Vijay (1988), Chandni (1989), Lamhe (1991), Parampara (1992), Darr (1993), Dil To Pagal Hai (1997), Veer-Zaara (2004), Jab Tak Hai Jaan (2012).
9 Mohit Suri
Mohit Suri is an Indian film director who is best famous for his films Kalyug (2005) and Awarapan (2007). His other most popular Bollywood-directed films are Murder 2, Aashiqui 2, Ek Villan, Hamari Adhuri Kahani, etc.
According to a report, the net worth of Mohit Suri is $100,000 and he used to charge 8 crores per movie for direction. Before being the highest-paid Bollywood director, Mohit Suri worked as an official assistant for T-series, and as an assistant director to Vikram Bhatt. He started his career as an assistant director and made his debut as a director with the 2005 film Zeher, which was a moderate success. Following this film he has given us many Bollywood films which were hits and super hits.
List of Hindi Films by Bollywood Director Mohit Suri Directed: Zeher (2005), Kalyug (2005), Woh Lamhe (2006), Awarapan (2007), Raaz – The Mystery Continues (2009), Crook: It’s Good To Be Bad (2010), Murder 2 (2011), Aashiqui 2 (2013), Ek Villain (2014), Hamari Adhuri Kahani (2015), Half Girlfriend (2017), Malang(2020).