Madhuri Dixit For Dance Deewane Is Probably The Highest Paid Celeb Judge On Indian TV! (Photo Credit – Instagram)
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Madhuri Dixit and Suniel Shetty are currently judging the new season of the dance reality show Dance Deewane. Hosted by Bharti Singh, it features some of the country’s brilliant talents and is based on the unique concept of contestants from all age groups putting up a show together.
While the Dhak Dhak girl has been a constant on the judging panel since season 1, the Mohra actor is the newest entry on the show. Interestingly, while their paychecks for the current season are not yet known, details about the Beta actress have been on the internet for the last season.
According to a report by Bollywood Life, Madhuri Dixit was the highest-paid judge from the panel of Dance Deewane 3, which was co-judged by Dharmesh Yelande and Tushar Kalia. While Dharmesh was paid 6 – 8 lakh per episode, Tushar was paid 10 – 11 lakh per episode.
The dancing queen was paid almost between 1 – 2 crore per episode for the last season of the dance reality show. The third season aired in 2021 on Colors TV and was won by Piyush Gurbhele. The show had a run of 66 episodes, and if the actress was paid a whopping 2 crore per episode, she earned 132 crore for the entire season!
Madhuri Dixit VS Shilpa Shetty!
Apart from Madhuri Dixit, the other dancing diva of the big screen who rules the small screen as a judge is Shilpa Shetty, who got paid 20 lakh per episode for judging Super Dancer Chapter 4. The dance reality show aired on Sony TV and ran for 57 episodes in 2021. So, the Dhadkan actress got paid close to 11.4 crore for the entire season. Clearly, Madhuri’s paycheck was 1057% higher than Shilpa’s!
Very Close To Salman Khan
Interestingly, while the Ghaghra dancer reportedly earned 132 crore for judging the last season of Dance Deewane 3, her fee was very close to Salman Khan’s fee for hosting the last season of Bigg Boss. The superstar was paid 12 crore per week of Bigg Boss 17 and earned a total of 180 crore for the show. So, his Hum Aapke Hain Kaun co-star is earning only 50 crore less than him, but of course, the duration and number of episodes matter!
Currently, Dance Deewane 4 is being judged by Madhuri Dixit and Suniel Shetty. Audiences love the show because of four cute contestants aged between 4 years and 10 years. Apart from that, father-daughter duo Sargam and Mukesh are also winning hearts every week.
