King Nagarjuna is back as the host of Bigg Boss Telugu season 5. This is the third season for Nagarjuna as a host of this show. Apparently, the Kedi actor is taking a whopping remuneration for this edition.
According to the reports, Nag took a paycheque of Rs. 12 lakhs per episode in season 3. He hiked the payment a bit for season 4.
It seems that he hiked the remuneration even further for the ongoing season 5. Sources say that Nagarjuna is charging Rs. 15 lakhs per episode for this edition.
This means that the actor will get around Rs. 11-12 crore as a total remuneration this time. It is heard that anchor Ravi is the highest-paid celebrity among the housemates of the current season.
Bigg Boss season 5 premiered yesterday. It will continue for the next 100 days, with 19 celebrities taking part in it.
It airs at 10 PM on weekdays and 9 PM on weekends, on Star Maa.