'Bigger Than Bachchan' was the cover page article published in the esteemed national monthly magazine 'The Week' in 1992. The reason the article published was authentic. Post the industry hit result of Gharana Mogudu, which minted Rs.10 crore share those days, producer Yedidha Nageswara Rao offered Rs.1.25 crore remuneration to Chiranjeevi for 'Aapadbhandhavudu' film. And it was the highest pay package for any hero of India then.
Until then, Big B Amitabh Bachchan got close to Rs.1 crore while Tamil Superstar Rajinikanth would get around Rs.60 lakhs remuneration.
What's the current status of these three all time biggest legends of India? Undoubtedly, Chiranjeevi is bigger than Big B and Rajini.
However, Amitabh is close to 80 now and has been transformed from hero to character actor two decades ago. He always stands as the biggest legend and is not compared to this battle at this moment.
However, the Megastar has got a clear lead over Rajini who is just 5 years elder to Chiranjeevi.
Rajini appears to have not held all that glory and charisma as a superstar at this moment. His previous two films Darbar and Annaththe minted just Rs.80+ crore and Rs.70+ crore worldwide share.
On the contrary, Chiranjeevi's Khaidi Number 150 collected Rs.105+ crore worldwide share and stood as the non Baahubali industry hit then. His historical magnum opus Sye Raa Narasimhareddy accumulated Rs.145 crore worldwide share which was quite huge.
Currently, all the upcoming projects of Chiranjeevi are carrying a huge hype while no one knows what Rajini's next project is.
Having gone through the career spans of all the three legends, it's clearly made out that Chiranjeevi has a prolonged potential to get his stardom is maintained at the ultimate level.