KHAN AND ABLE
SALMAN KHAN 52 Actor
Because, despite the setback in the blackbuck poaching case, he remains a bankable star. Producers have already announced three projects featuring the actor— Bharat, Kick 2 and Dabangg3
Because the audience is easily forgiving of Khan’s tainted past. Especially if Bhai, as he is fondly known, can be a rogue secret agent who comes to the rescue of his motherland in Tiger Zinda Hai (2017), which collected Rs 339 crore to become the third biggest release of all time, behind only Baahubali2 and Dangal respectively
Because he out-earns his peers. He made over Rs 230 crore last year from endorsements, Bigg Boss, DaBangg Tours and films. His income constitutes 8.6 per cent of the total earnings of the top 100 Indian celebrities for the year, according to Forbes magazine
Because his brand ‘Being Human’ is now global, expanding from clothing to jewellery, flipflops to electric bikes. It had 45 stores in India and a presence in 15 countries as of 2017. In 2016-17, Mandhana Retail Ventures, which manufactures and distributes the merchandise, posted a net profit of Rs 20.02 crore
BOLLYWOOD BUDDIES Khan has a lot of industry friends, as evident from the outpouring of sympathetic tweets after he was held guilty by the court in the blackbuck case
CARBON FOOTPRINT Khan being an ardent cyclist himself, Being Human launched electric cycles in June last year
CARING FOR THE WORLD Each Being Human store employs at least one differently-abled person. In collaboration with Fortis Hospitals since 2013, the Being Human Foundation has provided free treatment to over 1,300 children with congenital heart defects