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Anirudh Ravichander dedicates a special song for Thalapathy Vijay<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
<\/p>\nHigher than his pay for Rajinikanth\u2019s \u2018Coolie<\/keyword>\u2019<\/h2>\n<\/p>\nInterestingly, this reported salary is said to be higher than what Anirudh received for Coolie starring Rajinikanth and directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj. For that film, Anirudh is believed to have charged around Rs 10 crore to Rs 12 crore. The composer\u2019s work in major star projects has made him one of the most bankable names in the industry. His music albums often become chartbusters even before the film’s release, which has further increased his market value.<\/p>\n\n
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Which aspect of Anirudh’s career impresses you the most?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
<\/p>\nAnirudh scores for Vijay\u2019s \u2018Jana Nayagan\u2019<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
Apart from the Allu Arjun\u2013Lokesh film and ‘Coolie,’ Anirudh is also composing music for ‘Jana Nayagan’ starring Vijay. For this film, reports suggest he is being paid around Rs 15 crore. With multiple big projects in hand and top actors lining up to work with him, Anirudh continues to set new records in the music industry. If the Rs 25 crore deal for the Allu Arjun\u2013Lokesh project is confirmed, it could become one of the highest salaries ever received by an Indian music composer.‘AA23’ is set to begin shooting this year.DISCLAIMER: Figures presented in this article are derived from public sources and are considered approximate unless explicitly noted. We may include direct input from celebrities or their teams when available. We are open to feedback on toientertainment@timesinternet.in.<\/span><\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source timesofindia.indiatimes.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Music composer Anirudh Ravichander is reportedly set to receive a record-breaking Rs 25 crore for his work on the upcoming film ‘AA23’. This project stars Allu Arjun and is directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj. The film is expected to be a massive action entertainer. This reported fee surpasses his previous earnings for Rajinikanth’s ‘Coolie’. Anirudh Ravichander […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2332648,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[452037,452039,390717,428342,349337,452038,452040,346922,452041,382271],"class_list":["post-2332647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","tag-aa23","tag-action-entertainer","tag-allu-arjun","tag-anirudh-ravichander","tag-coolie","tag-highest-paid-music-composer","tag-jana-nayagan-vijay","tag-lokesh-kanagaraj","tag-nakkheeran","tag-vijay"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Aa23-Anirudh-Ravichander-sets-new-salary-record-Rockstar-composer-hikes.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2332647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2332647"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2332647\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2332649,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2332647\/revisions\/2332649"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2332648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2332647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2332647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2332647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}