Hrithik Roshan who has been on an African adventure with his boys, Hridhaan and Hrehaan, is back in the Bay and on his way to making a huge killing. Mirror has learnt that the actor has signed a Rs 550-crore deal which takes off next year, for the satellite rights of his next six films.

The actor was last seen in Bang Bang, Siddharth Anand's official remake of the Tom Cruise-Cameron Diaz actioner, Knight and Day, alongside Katrina Kaif. Says a source close to the development, “Hrithik's last four films, over the last five years, from Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara in 2011 and Agneepath in 2012 to Krrish 3 the following year and Bang Bang in 2014, all did well commercially which is the reason that this deal was inked. In fact, 2017 will begin with a bang for him with his home production Kaabil, a Sanjay Gupta-directed action-drama, which along with Shah Rukh Khan's Raees will be one of the first big films of the year to unveil on the Republic Day weekend. Even before the film went on the floors, satellite rights were sold for Rs 45 crore. All the other films are expected to fetch a similar price or maybe more.“ The actor reportedly plays a blind man in the film.

Earlier, in 2013, Salman Khan had inked a first-of-its-kind contract with a leading television network, reported to be in the range of Rs 500 crore, giving it exclusive rights to premiere and broadcast all his films released between January 2013 and December 2017.

More recently, Varun Dhawan is said to have entered into a Rs 300 crore deal with a leading channel for his entire bouquet with the exception of the upcoming Judwaa 2.