Meet actor who earned Rs 2200 crore in 5 years, beat Prabhas, Salman Khan, his name is…, not Allu Arjun, Ranbir Kapoor, Ram Charan, Jr NTR, Vijay, Rajinikanth
GH News April 19, 2025 01:06 PM

Over the past two years superstars like Shah Rukh Khan Rajnikanth Kamal Hassan have ruled the box office and earned huge collections. However theres one actor not yet a leading star but still his films have grossed more than the above mentioned stars. And the interesting part is he holds the title of Indias shortest mainstream actor with height that stands at just 4 feet 8 inches.
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27-year-old Jaffer Sadiq has been working in the industry for five years and emerged as many directors first choice in Tamil industry. The dancer-turned-actor made his film debut in a small role in Kamal Hassan-starrer Vikram. The film was a box office success garnering Jaffer a decent amount of recognition for his performance. Following that he appeared in Rajinikanth-starrer Jailer that was even a bigger hit. In 2023 he made his Bollywood debut with Atlees Jawan alongside Shah Rukh Khan. His last on-screen appearance was in Varun Dhawan-starrer Baby John that was directed by Atlee too.
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In a brief career so far Jaffer is known for portraying villainous roles and gangsters. Although he has played small roles but his choice of films have been spectacular. His debut film Vikram earned Rs 414 crore worldwide becoming Kamal Hassans biggest hit. Following that the Rajinikanth-starrer earned Rs 650 crore and became the highest grossing film of the year. Well his Bollywood debut Jawan broke all records and grossed Rs 1150 crore. Overall his five films have earned over Rs 2200 crore at the box office so far.
During this period not even superstars like Prabhas Rajinikanth Sunny Deol or Ranbir Kapoor have achieved such high box office numbers. The only actor ahead of him is Shah Rukh Khan whose collective earnings from three big releases in 2023 were Rs 2600 crore.