Vijay's salary for GOAT was 200 crores; the film's budget was almost 400 crores, says Archana Kalpathi

Actor Vijay, whose latest film The Greatest of All Time (GOAT) will release on September 5, was reportedly paid a remuneration of Rs 200 crores for the film, revealed its creative producer Archana Kalpathi.

Archana also revealed that the film's budget was around Rs 380 to 400 crores, inclusive of taxes. This makes Vijay one of the highest paid actors in India, and GOAT, one of the most expensive Indian movies ever. 

Apart from Vijay, GOAT also stars Prashanth, Ajmal Ameer, Sneha, Laila, Meenakshi Chaudhary, Prabhudeva, Mohan, and Jayaram in prominent roles. Joining them are Venkat Prabhu's frequent collaborators Vaibhav, Premgi, Ajai Raj, and Aravind Akash. Late actor and politician Vijayakanth is rumoured to appear in the film with the help of AI technology.

GOAT, directed by Venkat Prabhu, has music by Yuvan Shankar Raja, cinematography by Siddhartha Nuni, editing by Venkat Raajen, art direction by Rajeevan, and action choreography by Dileep Subbarayan. Kalpathi S Aghoram has produced the film under the AGS Entertainment banner, with Archana Kalpathi serving as the creative producer. 

The film is slated in the normal and IMAX formats in Tamil, Hindi and Telugu, with Zee Studios distributing it across North Indian states in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu.