Happy birthday Vijayashanthi: Did you know the first remuneration of the lady superstar?

Today marks the birthday of

Tollywood's lady superstar

Vijayashanthi. This yesteryear heroine not only excelled as a heroine but also as a politician. Apart from Telugu, she has starred in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi languages.

Vijayashanthi forayed into the film industry in 1980 and has acted in 188 films so far. The actress received a paycheck of

Rs 5000

in 1980 for her debut film. Apart from her looks to kill, the actress made the audience believe in her acting craft with big films such as Kartavyam, Pratighatana, Swayamkrushi, Osey Ramulamma and Neti Bharatam. The actress gained massive popularity and went onto become the lady superstar of Telugu cinema.
Hence, it was not surprising to see Vijayashanthi got a hefty paycheck. The actress was the highest-paid actress among her fellow actresses of South India. Reports said that Vijayashanthi was paid Rs 1 crore for the 1990 award-winning film '

Karthavyam

'. By then, she was the first actress in India to receive such huge remuneration.

Recently, Vijayashanthi made her comeback with Anil Ravipudi directorial '

Sarileru Neekevvaru

' after 14 years of gap in the industry. The action drama was a blockbuster and was one of the highest-grossing films of the year. The film starring Mahesh Babu and Rashmika Mandanna was a story about an army major Ajay, who journeys Kurnool when he is assigned to a covert mission, finds himself in the middle of a major scam and sets out to uncover the truth.