‘Salman is richest Indian celebrity’
Bollywood superstar Salman Khan is the richest Indian celebrity, according to the 2018 Forbes India Celebrity 100 list, which he has topped for the third consecutive year. Shah Rukh Khan has fallen out of the top 10 list
NEW DELHI: Bollywood superstar Salman Khan is the richest Indian celebrity, according to the 2018 Forbes India Celebrity 100 list, which he has topped for the third consecutive year. Shah Rukh Khan has fallen out of the top 10 list.
The 2018 Forbes India Celebrity 100 List rankings are based on estimates of entertainment-related earnings of celebrities. The period under consideration is Oct.1, 2017 to Sept.30, 2018.
NEW DELHI: Bollywood superstar Salman Khan is the richest Indian celebrity, according to the 2018 Forbes India Celebrity 100 list, which he has topped for the third consecutive year. Shah Rukh Khan has fallen out of the top 10 list.
The 2018 Forbes India Celebrity 100 List rankings are based on estimates of entertainment-related earnings of celebrities. The period under consideration is Oct.1, 2017 to Sept.30, 2018.
The actor’s earnings are pegged at Rs 253.25 crore. Salman, 52, cemented his place in the top spot thanks to the commercial success of his movies Tiger Zinda Hai and Race 3. His earnings were backed by endorsements of several consumer-facing brands, and constitute 8.06 per cent of the total earnings − Rs 3,140.25 crore − of the top 100 celebrities for the year, read a statement from Forbes.
Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli jumped one spot to the second rank, with total earnings of Rs 228.09 crore, a sharp increase of 116.53 per cent from the previous year. Actor Akshay Kumar completed the top three, with Rs 185 crore in earnings in the period under consideration for the list.
With no movie releases in 2017, Shah Rukh Khan, who was at the second spot on the 2017 Forbes India Celebrity list, fell out of the top 10. His earnings were down 33 per cent this year, at Rs56 crore from endorsements, placing him at rank 13 on the list.
Newly-wed actor Deepika Padukone broke into the top ive on the Forbes India Celebrity 100 list − the irst woman celebrity to ind place in the top ive − with earnings of Rs112.8 crore, placing her irmly at rank 4, thanks to the commercial success of Padmaavat, and her brand endorsements.
Cricket star Mahendra Singh Dhoni rounded up the top ive with Rs101.77 crore, followed by Aamir Khan (Rs97.50 crore), Amitabh Bachchan (Rs96.17 crore), Ranveer Singh (Rs84.7 crore), Sachin Tendulkar (Rs80.00 crore) and Ajay Devgn (Rs74.50 crore) making it to the top 10.
There is mixed representation from the proliic South Indian ilm industry. There are 17 celebrities from the South this year against 13 on the 2017 list. The number of Bollywood actors is down from 33 to 31, despite their cumulative earnings increasing by 12.89 per cent from the previous year.