Filmmaker Rohit Shetty is reportedly being paid a hefty sum to host the latest season of popular television reality show, Khatron Ke Khiladi. The eleventh season of the show is currently being filmed at Cape Town and includes contestants like Shweta Tiwari, Rahul Vaidya, Arjun Bijlani, Divyanka Tripathi, Anushka Sen, Nikki Tamboli, Vishal Aditya Singh among others. While, according to media reports, Shetty is taking home a whopping Rs 49 lakh per episode, the contestants are also being well paid. An entertainment portal reports that the highest paid amongst the contestants is Bigg Boss 14 runner up Rahul Vaidya who is allegedly earning Rs 15 lakh per episode. TV actress Divyanka Tripathi comes next with Rs 10 lakh.
As for the others, here’s how much they’re earning per episode according to the portal – Arjun Bijlani at Rs 7 lakh, Anushka Sen at Rs 5 lakh, Shweta Tiwari at Rs 4 lakh, Abhinav Shukla at Rs 4.25 lakh, Nikki Tamboli at Rs 4.43 lakh, Varun Sood at Rs 3.83 lakh, Vishal Aditya Singh at Rs 3.34 lakh, Sana Makbul at Rs 2.45 lakh, Sourabh Raaj Jain at Rs 2 lakh, Aastha Gill at Rs 1.85 lakh and Mehekk Chahal at Rs 1.5 lakh. Well, that’s quite an amount!
