Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is the richest Bollywood actress as of November 2026, with a personal fortune we estimate at about $86 million (around ₹808 crore). This list ranks actresses whose careers were built mainly in Hindi cinema, active or semi-retired, by what their own work, brands and businesses are worth. Money that belongs to a husband or in-laws stays out of the count, which matters here more than usual, since several of these stars married into very rich families.
We converted rupee figures at about ₹94 to the dollar. Published estimates often disagree by a factor of two, so where we could, we built our own figure from fees, tax payments, property records and funding rounds, and otherwise took the middle or lower end of what is published. One actress with a much bigger family fortune sits in the special mentions, and you can probably guess who.
| Rank | Name | Net worth (USD) | Main source of wealth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Kajol | $24 million | Films, endorsements, streaming |
| 9 | Katrina Kaif | $25 million | Film fees, Kay Beauty |
| 8 | Madhuri Dixit | $28 million | Films, TV judging, dance academy |
| 7 | Anushka Sharma | $30 million | Films, Clean Slate Filmz, investments |
| 6 | Shraddha Kapoor | $40 million | Palmonas stake, film fees, endorsements |
| 5 | Kareena Kapoor Khan | $46 million | Films, endorsements, investments |
| 4 | Deepika Padukone | $48 million | Film fees, 82°E, startup stakes |
| 3 | Alia Bhatt | $55 million | Films, Ed-a-Mamma, production |
| 2 | Priyanka Chopra Jonas | $60 million | Bollywood and Hollywood work, Anomaly haircare |
| 1 | Aishwarya Rai Bachchan | $86 million | Film fees, global endorsements, property |
The ten richest, counted down
10. Kajol: $24 million
Kajol made Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge with Shah Rukh Khan in 1995, and that film’s long run in Mumbai cinemas tells you how much India loved the pairing. She was one of the best-paid actresses of the late 1990s and early 2000s, then chose her roles carefully after marrying actor Ajay Devgn.
Streaming has given her a second wind. She has led several web series and films for the big platforms since 2021, and she works with the family’s production company. Household brands still book her for ads.
Ajay Devgn’s own fortune is not part of this figure. Counting only her earnings, her share of property and her production work, we land on about $24 million.
9. Katrina Kaif: $25 million
Born in Hong Kong and raised partly in Britain, Katrina Kaif arrived in Mumbai as a model who barely spoke Hindi. She learned, and by the 2010s she was one of the highest-paid actresses in the industry, with lead roles in the Tiger spy films and a string of dance numbers that still rack up views.
Her smartest move was Kay Beauty, a makeup line she launched in 2019 with beauty retailer Nykaa. It became one of the fastest-growing celebrity cosmetics brands in India and gives her an asset that keeps growing between film releases.
Her film fees, her slice of Kay Beauty and property in Mumbai add up to around ₹240 crore, or about $25 million.
8. Madhuri Dixit: $28 million
In the late 1980s and 1990s Madhuri Dixit was the biggest female star in India, and at her peak she was reported to earn as much per film as the leading men. Hits like Tezaab, Hum Aapke Hain Koun and Devdas made her a household name, and her dancing still sets the standard.
After a break in the US, she came back to Mumbai and found new income streams. She has judged dance shows on television for years, runs an online dance academy, produces films and appears in ads.
We estimate about ₹260 crore, or $28 million, drawing mostly on her TV judging fees, her endorsements and her property in Mumbai.
7. Anushka Sharma: $30 million
Anushka Sharma debuted opposite Shah Rukh Khan in 2008 and soon proved she wanted more control than most stars. At 25 she co-founded Clean Slate Filmz with her brother, Karnesh, and the company produced edgy hits such as NH10, Pari and the streaming series Paatal Lok.
A clothing label, Nush, followed, along with stakes in food and beauty startups. Since the early 2020s she has stepped back from acting to focus on her family and her investments.
Her husband, cricket star Virat Kohli, has a separate and larger fortune, which we leave out. Her own production company, film earnings and stakes come to roughly ₹280 crore, about $30 million.
6. Shraddha Kapoor: $40 million
Shraddha Kapoor had a famous father, the villain actor Shakti Kapoor, and a rough start: her first two films flopped. The third, Aashiqui 2 in 2013, turned her into a star overnight, and she has picked commercial hits with unusual consistency since.
Her biggest moment came in 2024, when the horror comedy Stree 2 became one of the highest-grossing Hindi films ever. Her Instagram following is one of the largest of any Indian actress, which keeps brands lining up, and her fee has passed ₹15 crore a film.
Her biggest asset is not a film. She is a co-founder of Palmonas, a demi-fine jewellery brand that was valued at ₹126 crore on Shark Tank India in February 2025. A year later it filed a funding round at ₹1,950 crore. A March 2026 share register caps her stake at about 17%, and we assume 14% after a larger round closed in April, which is about ₹273 crore. Add about ₹100 crore of savings from films and ads and she reaches about ₹373 crore, or $40 million. Older estimates near ₹130 crore came before the Palmonas rounds.
5. Kareena Kapoor Khan: $46 million
Kareena Kapoor Khan comes from Bollywood’s oldest acting dynasty and has been a lead actress since 2000. Jab We Met, 3 Idiots and Bajrangi Bhaijaan put her among the most bankable women in the business, and she has kept working steadily into the 2020s, including a well-reviewed streaming thriller in 2023.
Her endorsement list is one of the longest in India, and she has put money into skincare and food startups. For years she has hosted a popular radio talk show as well.
Her husband, Saif Ali Khan, has his own fortune, including inherited family property, so we count only Kareena’s side. Our estimate of about ₹430 crore, or $46 million, rests on what she has kept from film fees and brand deals since 2000, growth on those savings and small startup stakes. A reported ₹20 crore tax bill in 2024 points to income of about ₹50 crore that year.
4. Deepika Padukone: $48 million
Deepika Padukone is the daughter of badminton champion Prakash Padukone and played the sport at national level before turning to modelling. Since her 2007 debut in Om Shanti Om she has headlined some of the biggest films in Indian history, including Padmaavat, Pathaan and Kalki 2898 AD.
She was among the first Indian stars to invest seriously in startups, through her family office, KA Enterprises, with stakes in consumer brands such as yogurt maker Epigamia and furniture rental company Furlenco. In 2022 she launched her own skincare line, 82°E, and she produced Chhapaak and ’83.
We put her at about ₹450 crore, or $48 million, built mainly from what she has kept from film fees and brand deals since 2007, growth on those savings, her startup portfolio and her skincare brand, which is still loss-making. Her husband Ranveer Singh’s fortune is not counted.
3. Alia Bhatt: $55 million
Alia Bhatt is the youngest star in the top five and the fastest riser. The daughter of director Mahesh Bhatt debuted in 2012 and within a decade had led Raazi, Gully Boy, Gangubai Kathiawadi and Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani, along with a role in the global hit RRR.
She is also a business owner. In 2020 she launched Ed-a-Mamma, a children’s clothing brand, and in 2023 Reliance Retail’s brands arm bought a majority stake in the company. Her production house, Eternal Sunshine Productions, made Darlings for Netflix, and she is now one of the highest-paid actresses in India per film.
Published estimates for her run from about ₹230 crore to ₹600 crore. We take ₹520 crore, or about $55 million, because the Ed-a-Mamma sale put real money in her pocket.
2. Priyanka Chopra Jonas: $60 million
Priyanka Chopra Jonas won Miss World in 2000 and spent the next 15 years as one of Bollywood’s top stars, with hits like Fashion, Don and Bajirao Mastani. Then she did what no Indian actress had done before: she moved to the US and led a network TV drama, Quantico, in 2015.
Hollywood has paid her well since. She headlined the Amazon spy series Citadel and the 2025 action comedy Heads of State, and she has signed on to a large Telugu film directed by S.S. Rajamouli. Off screen she owns haircare brand Anomaly, runs production company Purple Pebble Pictures and holds stakes in several startups.
She shares a Los Angeles home with her husband, Nick Jonas, and we count only her half of jointly held assets. Her film and TV fees, endorsements and businesses add up to about ₹560 crore, or roughly $60 million. Published estimates run from about $40 million, when her share of the couple’s wealth is split out, to more than $90 million, so we sit between them.
1. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan: $86 million
Aishwarya Rai was crowned Miss World in 1994 and has been one of the most recognisable Indian faces on the planet ever since. In Hindi films she starred in Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, Devdas and Jodhaa Akbar, and her more recent work in Mani Ratnam’s two-part epic Ponniyin Selvan was a box office hit in 2022 and 2023.
Much of her income comes from outside cinema. She has been a global ambassador for L’Oréal Paris since 2003 and walks its Cannes red carpet almost every year. Jewellery and watch brands pay her too, and she owns property in Mumbai and Dubai.
She married actor Abhishek Bachchan in 2007, and the Bachchan family fortune is far larger than hers. Leaving that out, we estimate about ₹808 crore, or $86 million, from three decades of film fees and one of the longest-running beauty contracts in the world, with the savings invested over the years. Her homes and startup stakes were bought out of those savings, so we do not count them twice. That is enough to make her the richest actress in Bollywood on her own account.
Special mentions
- Juhi Chawla: India’s 2025 rich list put her and her family at about ₹7,790 crore, far ahead of every actress here. Most of that comes from the Kolkata Knight Riders cricket team she co-owns with Shah Rukh Khan and from her husband Jay Mehta’s businesses, so we keep her outside the ten.
- Sonam Kapoor: Her own film and endorsement earnings are modest next to the fortune of her husband Anand Ahuja’s family, which owns one of India’s largest garment exporters.
What the richest Bollywood actresses have in common
Fees alone rarely get an actress to the top of this list. Bollywood still pays its leading women a fraction of what the men earn per film, so the richest ones have found other ways to build wealth. Most of the ten own or co-own a business, whether a production company, a beauty line or a children’s clothing brand, and the two at the top earn heavily from international work and global beauty contracts.
The other pattern is staying power. Every name in the top five has been a lead actress for at least 13 years, and the richest of them has been famous for more than three decades. In an industry that has historically sidelined actresses after their thirties, the ones who lasted are the ones who got rich.
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FAQ
Who is the richest Bollywood actress in 2026?
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is the richest Bollywood actress on her own account, with an estimated $86 million, or about ₹808 crore. Juhi Chawla’s family fortune is larger, but most of it comes from her cricket team stake and her husband’s businesses.
What is Priyanka Chopra’s net worth?
We estimate Priyanka Chopra Jonas is worth about $60 million (around ₹560 crore), from Bollywood and Hollywood work, endorsements and her haircare brand Anomaly.
Who is the youngest actress on the list?
Alia Bhatt, born in 1993, is the youngest, and at third place she is also the fastest riser.
How much does number 10 on the list have?
Kajol is tenth with an estimated $24 million, counting only her own earnings and not those of her husband, Ajay Devgn.
Do Bollywood actresses earn as much as actors?
No. The richest Bollywood actors are worth several times more than the richest actresses, and leading men are still paid far more per film. Actresses who build businesses close much of that gap.
Why is Juhi Chawla not in the top 10?
Her reported family fortune comes mostly from the Kolkata Knight Riders and her husband’s companies, so it reflects business ownership rather than her acting career. We list her as a special mention.
How we estimate net worth
Our estimates are based on public reporting, company valuations, and deal and earnings figures all compiled in an internal valuation model. They are approximate, and figures change over time as new information emerges.
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Last updated: November 2026.
