Rocking Star Yash: India’s Highest-Paid Villain at ₹200 Crore: The Unstoppable Rise

It’s been 6 years since the KGF: Chapter 1 release, and till now, no one has forgotten the Rocking Star Yash for his massive performance. No one had expected that Yash would deliver this kind of iconic acting with a monster look after that everyone became a fan of Yash, and audiences went crazy at the theatre after watching the movie,

After that, he continuously worked for sequels KGF: Chapter 2 and delivered the highest-grossing movies of the Kannada industry in 2022 with a big collection of ₹1250 crore at the box office. Currently, Rocking Star Yash has become the highest-paid villain in Indian cinema history for his Ravana role in the Ramayana Movie. In this post, we will explore the journey of Rocking Star Yash from a TV serial actor to the highest-paid villain.

Early Life and Struggles of Rocking Star Yash

Yash was born on 8 January 1986, in Karnataka. He has two names in childhood, Naveen Kumar Gowda and Yashwanth. Since his childhood, he wanted to be an actor and he wanted to quit his schooling after 10th and start his acting career, his father wanted him to become a government officer but he didn’t, and he moved to Banglore in 2003 to start his acting career and joined a theatre group where he used to work at ₹50 per day. Along with his acting career, he completed his graduation degree in arts. He was offered a Kannada TV serial in 2005, where he met Radhika Pandit and then he also worked in some other serials.

Breakthrough in Kannada Cinema

In 2008, Rocking star Yash began his acting career in a Kannada cinema named Moggina Manasu in a supporting role, and later, he won a Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor – Kannada, marking the start of his journey in cinema.

In 2010, he made his debut as a lead actor in the romantic drama film Modalasala.

In 2012, he appeared in Lucky, a romantic comedy movie with Ramya( actress), and played a double role as Lucky and Vicky. In the same year, in another movie, Jaanu played an action hero. In another movie again, he was featured with Radhika Pandit, and from this movie, this beautiful pair was praised for their chemistry and delivered one of the highest-grossing Kannada films of the year 2012.

In 2013, he played Sharath in a Googly movie opposite Kriti Kharbanda and again; his film became one of the highest-grossing Kannada films of this year. And then worked in Raja Huli– A comedy-drama and a remake of the Tamil film Sundarapandian. The movie was Commercially successful and praised for its entertainment and drama.

In 2014 he appeared in Gajakesari– A historical drama with a strong story and visuals. In this movie, Yash’s performance was highly appreciated.
In the same year, it again started opposite Radhika Pandit in Mr and Mrs Ramachari; this movie became one of the highest-grossing Kannada films, earning ₹50 crores.

In 2015, in the Masterpiece movie, he played Yuva with Shanti Srivastava; this movie was a commercial hit despite mixed reviews. And also criticized for contrived parallels with Bhagat Singh.

In 2016, he worked in Santhu Straight Forward, a Romantic action film. Performed well commercially, collecting ₹30 crores.

We can say that he emerged as a “mass hero” with films like Googly and Raja Huli
He Consistently delivered box office successes. He and Known for his on-screen presence, versatility, and ability to handle both romantic and action roles.

KGF: The Turning Point and Beyond

KGF: Chapter 1

After making a decent impact in the Kannada industry Rocking Star Yash was ready to make a breakthrough in the Kannada film industry with his talent in the game-changer movie of his life KGF: Chapter 1 that made him a pan India star with the massive success of 250 crores at the box office

This was the first Kannada movie to release in multiple languages and became the first Kannada movie to cross the mark of ₹250 crores, and the highest-grossing Kannada movie of all time until its sequel broke the record. People loved his Iconic performance and legendary dialogue like “Meri maa kehti thi, Duniya mein sabse bada yoddha maa hoti hai ” From its intense dialogue to its iconic background score, every aspect of KGF became a cultural phenomenon.

This film not only redefined Rocking Star Yash’s career but also set a benchmark for Indian cinema in terms of scale, production, and storytelling. From this movie, he not only became a legend but also earned an iconic name in the hearts of fans as “Rocky Bhai”.

KGF: Chapter 2

After the massive success of KGF: Chapter 1, Audiences were waiting for its sequel, KGF: Chapter 2; as it was released in theatre, it became a record-breaking blockbuster and fulfilled all expectations of fans with anticipated action scenes and unmatched screen presence of Yash, thriller climax and impactful dialogues.

Rocking Star Yash appeared as a fearless warrior in the film against Adheera( villain) and Ramika Sen ( PM of India in the movie). His Iconic dialogue,” Violence, violence, violence… I don’t like it. I avoid. But, violence likes me,” was legendary.

K.G.F: Chapter 2 broke several box office records, became the highest-grossing Kannada film, and Surpassed the lifetime gross of the first film in two days, the Highest-grossing Indian film of 2022, highest opening weekend gross for an Indian film: Earned ₹552 crores globally in its opening weekend, highest opening day gross for a film in Hindi, Earned ₹52 crores on its opening day.

KGF: Chapter 2 earned ₹1250 Crore at the box office and it is the 5th highest-grossing Indian movie.

Fans are now eagerly waiting for the 3rd part of the KGF saga especially after the sequel showed us in the last scene that Ramika Sen has sent the missile to Rocky’s ship and destroyed the ship with him, but we all know Rocky has said that he always avoids war, but when it will happen, he will win.

Rocking Star Yash’s Current and Future Films

Yash is currently working on two major films, Toxic and Ramayana.

Toxic is an intense thriller film directed by Geetu Mohandas. The film is expected to be released in April 2025, yet its cast, other than Yash, has not been revealed; the film story is about a drug cartel in Goa.

He is also going to appear in the Ramayana movie in the role of Ravana and he took ₹200 crore for this role and became the highest-paid villain actor in Indian cinema history. Yash is also a co-producer of this movie.

Ramayana, directed by Nitesh Tiwari, will be released in two parts. The first part will be released on Diwali 2026, and 2nd part on Diwali 2027. Ranbir Kapoor will play the role of lord Rama. Sai Pallavi, who will play the role of Mata Sita, Yash as Ravana, and Sunny Deol, who will be Hanuman. The expected budget of this movie is ₹800 crore, so if this much is the budget then moviemakers will expect it to book at the box office and earn at least ₹2500 crore and break all records of the Indian film industry.

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