Highest paid Bollywood actors and actresses - in pictures

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  2) Kareena Kapoor Khan can command Rs8-8.5 crore per film. Forbes lists her earnings as Rs56.92 crore. Jeff Topping / The National

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  3) Priyanka Chopra can make Rs7-8 crore per film. She is 12th on the Forbes list with Rs39.5 crore. Chris Young / The Canadian Press / AP Photo

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  4) Katrina Kaif can charge Rs6-6.5 crore per film. She is the highest earning actress on Forbes list with Rs63.75 crore. Rich-Joseph Facun / The National

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  5) Aishwarya Rai Bachchan charges about Rs6 crore per film. AFP Photo

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  1) Happy new Year star Shah Rukh Khan charges Rs35 crore per film and is No 1 in the Forbes earnings list. AFP Photo

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  2) Salman Khan can charge Rs30 crore. He is No 2 in the Forbes earnings list. Courtesy Eros International

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  3) Aamir Khan charges Rs28 crore per motion picture. Courtesy Vinod Chopra Productions

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  4) Akshay Kumar charges Rs25 crore. He is fifth in the Forbes list Ashwin Varde Productions

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  5) Ranbir Kapoor commands Rs20 crore per film. Courtesy Movie Temple Productions

This is Bollywood’s year of the woman, but the pay gap between the film industry’s male and female stars remains wide.

Here is a look at what the top five actors and actresses can command per motion picture in Rs crore and their net earnings according to Forbes India.

Top five ladies first, then we compare it to the men.