She is Half of Mahesh Babu

Mahesh Babu is currently the highest paid star hero in Tollywood with his numbers almost touching Rs.10 Crores and above. As he is passing through a golden phase, these numbers might have got some corrections yet Mahesh is the King of Tollywood for now. A new heroine entering into Telugu film arena for the first time happens to be Bollywood 'Dabangg' babe Sonakshi Sinha. She is acting besides Mahesh Babu for the film of 'Shivam' to be directed by intellectual personality Krish.

As per the media reports, Sonakshi has demanded approximately Rs.5 Crores of fee for the Telugu debut and producer Aswini Dutt has almost accepted the deal. It is a matter of rememberance that, top heroes Kajal Agarwal, Tamanna and Anushka lie some where in the zone of Rs.1 to 1.25 Crores while Aishwarya Rai for the first time took Rs.4 Crores for the multi lingual 'Robot.' After Aish, it is Sonakshi who is seeing the glory of Rs.5 Crores which is half of Mahesh's pay cheque.