Top 10 Highest-Paid Bollywood Directors 2022

 

10 Aditya Chopra S/o Yash Chopra

Mr. Yash Raj Chopra, the most famous Bollywood director, was born on September 27, 1932, in Lahore, Punjab Province. He died of Dengue Fever in 2012. I. S. Johar and his older brother, B. R. Chopra, hired Yash Chopra as an assistant director. In 1959, he made his directorial debut with Dhool Ka Phool. During the late 1950s and 1960s, the Chopra brothers collaborated on a number of other films. Chopra founded and served as chairman of Yash Raj Films, a motion picture production and distribution firm.

9 Mohit Suri

Mohit Suri is an Indian film director best known for the films Kalyug (2005) and Awarapan (2007). (2007). Murder 2, Aashiqui 2, Ek Villan, Hamari Adhuri Kahani, and other Bollywood films directed by him are among the most popular. Mohit Suri has a net worth of $100,000, according to a report, and he used to charge 8 crores every movie for direction. Mohit Suri worked as an official assistant for T-series and as an assistant director to Vikram Bhatt before becoming the highest-paid Bollywood filmmaker. He began his career as an assistant director before making his directorial debut with the moderately successful 2005 feature Zeher.

8 Priyadarshan

Priyadarshan Sonam Nair is another high-paid Bollywood director who deserves to be mentioned. Priyadarshan Sonam Nair is an Indian film director, producer, and screenwriter who has won numerous awards. Over 90 films in various Indian languages have been directed by him. From 2001 until 2010, he was a part of the Bollywood film industry, starring in around 26 films. Hera Pheri, Hungama, Garam Masala, Bhagam Bhag, Hulchal, Chup Chup Ke, and Bhool Bhulaiyaa are some of Priyadarshan’s most well-known films. Many well-known actors have appeared in his films. His films are primarily family films, with the majority of them being comedies. He has directed a number of Malayalam and Tamil films.

7 Arbaaz Khan

Arbaz Khan is a film director, actor, and producer from India. With the film Dabangg (2010), in which he played the younger brother of his real-life brother Salman Khan, he founded his own production company. He’s also the winner of the National Film Award for most popular film that provides family enjoyment. He has a long list of commercially successful films for which he has received numerous honours.

6 Karan Johar

Karan Johar is one of India’s most well-known film directors. He even has his own production company, Dharma Productions, which he founded. KJo is a nickname for him. He is a producer, screenwriter, costume designer, actor, and TV personality in addition to being a well-known and well-paid Bollywood filmmaker. With the smash romance Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, Karan Johar made his directorial debut, winning a Filmfare award for best director and screenplay. Following that, he had a string of successful blockbusters that garnered him renown in India and around the world. He has established himself as one of the foremost director-producers in Hindi cinema because to the numerous successful films he has produced under Dharma Productions.

5 Rakesh Roshan

Rakesh Roshan is a Bollywood actor. Lal Nagrath, better known by his stage name Rakesh Roshan, is an Indian film producer, director, and actor. Throughout the 1970s, 1980s, and 1989, he appeared in 84 films. He is the father of Hrithik Roshan, one of the most well-known Bollywood actors today. Since 1987, Rakesh Roshan has been known for directing films that begin with the letter ‘K.’ Khudgarz, Khoon Bhari Maang, Kishen Kanhaiya, Karan Arjun, Kaho Naa… are some of his major works. Koi… Pyaar hai… Mil Gaya and Krrish are a couple. For multiple films, he received the Filmfare Award for Best Director. He has produced a slew of commercially successful Bollywood films.

4 Farhan Akhtar & Zoya Akhtar

Farhan Akhtar and Zoya Khatar are both film directors and screenwriters from India. With the film Luck By Chance, Zoya Akhtar makes her directorial debut (2009). She earned a Filmfare award for her direction of the commercially successful film Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (2011). Farhan Akhtar began his career in Bollywood as an assistant director in the film Lamhe (1991). With Dil Chahta Hai, Farhan Akhtar makes his directorial debut (2001). He is also a writer in addition to being a well-paid Bollywood filmmaker. He made his acting debut in the film Rock On!! (2008).

3 Kabir Khan

Kabir Khan is a filmmaker, screenwriter, and cinematographer from India. He began his career as a documentary filmmaker before directing his first feature film, Kabul Express, in 2006. This was followed by New York (2009), Ek Tha Tiger (2012), Bajrangi Bhaijaan (2015), and Phantom (2016). (2015). Kabir Khan began his career as a cameraman for the Discovery Channel documentary film ‘Beyond the Himalayas’ when he was 25 years old. Then, with the documentary The Forgotten Army, he made his directorial debut.

2 Rajkumar Hirani

Rajkumar Hirani is the highest-paid Bollywood director of 2022 and one of the most successful Bollywood directors of all time. He directed and edited Hindi films such as Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. (2003), Lage Raho Munnabhai (2006), 3 Idiots (2009), PK (2014), and Sanju (2015). (2018). He has received 11 Filmfare awards in total. All of these Bollywood films were box office smashes and the highest-grossing Bollywood films in the world. Only PK has made a total of Rs.854 crores all over the world. So, if you add up the box office receipts from all of his Bollywood films, you’ll easily surpass 2000 crores.

1 Rohit Shetty

Another well-known Indian film director and cinematographer is Rohit Shetty. Golmaal, Golmaal Returns, Golmaal 3, Singham, Bol Bacchan, Singham Returns, Chennai Express, and Dilwale are among his films as a director. He began his career as an assistant director with Kuku Kohli during Phool Aur Kaante when he was 17 years old. Similarly, he has aided a number of other directors in gaining experience before going on to direct their own films. With a charge of 30 crores, he is now Bollywood’s highest-paid director.