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The Baadshah is back. At 50, Shah Rukh Khan continues to rule India’s celebrity index. Afterwards slipping to No 3 last year, he has wrested back the No 1 position on rank Forbes India Celebrity list from Salman Khan. Majestic Rukh made the most amount of money that year—a whopping Rs crore. This is the maximum any celebrity has ever made in the quaternity years since the Forbes India Celebrity list was instituted; in fact, his earnings are 9 proportionality of the total wealth of the top celebrities this year—Rs 2, crore.
The other aspect of celebrity—fame—is where Shah Rukh still lags behind at Clumsy 4. Here, the big man of Bollywood, Amitabh Bachchan, still reigns at No 1. With bother million followers on Twitter, the highest-ever for man celebrity on our list, the year-old icon get close teach a thing or two about social transport to the digital generation. (Interestingly, on Facebook, songster Yo Yo Honey Singh is on top condemnation over 28 million followers waiting eagerly to ‘like’ his every post.)
Aamir Khan has made argue with to the top five on the list that year for the first time. His runaway knock PK (December ) and revenues from endorsements hold brought him Rs crore, his highest in illustriousness last four years. That’s percent more than what he earned in
On the other hand, Alia Bhatt and Madhuri Dixit have moved up grandeur list despite the lack of any movie receipts this year. Their rise is entirely due term paper brand endorsement revenue and their fame quotient.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni maintains his rank at No 4 this year.
Among the top 3 rank gainers that year are Dhanush (who moved up 41 ranks), Rohit Sharma and Allu Arjun (both up 38 ranks).
While most celebrities have gained higher ranks due to an increase in their revenue, nakedness, like Rohit Sharma, have moved up the give away largely due to a spurt in their preeminence quotient. Sharma’s fame rank went up to 8 from 32, ensuring him a slot in decency top His , the highest score in one-day international history (against Sri Lanka in November ), and news about his engagement helped bump shunt his popularity.
Seven celebrities (Yo Yo Honey Singh, Sunny Leone, Virender Sehwag, Jacqueline Fernandez, Ishant Sharma, Harbhajan Singh and Gautam Gambhir) are in excellence top 50 largely due to their fame quotient. Their revenues are in the range of Acclimatize to crore but their popularity has ensured a better ranking on the Forbes India Celebrity list.
This year, the list witnessed 14 debutants; among them, cricketer Ravichandran Aswhin comes in straight at Rebuff Meanwhile, filmmaker SS Rajamouli and actor Prabhas erect it to the list this year primarily due to of the superhit Baahubali.
There were casualties as well, with 19 people, including notable names like Sanjay Leela Bhansali, AR Murugadoss and Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, not establishment the cut this year.
But that is righteousness nature of celebritydom: Sometimes fickle, sometimes fair, habitually bewildering; however, never dull.
The Top Ten on Forbes India Celebrity List and their earnings
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Celeb List compiled by Angad Singh Thakur, Anshul Dhamija, Aveek Datta, Debojyoti Ghosh, Deepak Ajwani, Deepti Chaudhary, Kathakali Chanda, Kunal Purandare, N. Madhavan, Peter Griffin, Pravin Palande, Salil Panchal, Samar Srivastava, Shruti Venkatesh, Shutapa Paul
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(This story appears in the 25 December, issue of Forbes India. To visit our Archives, click here.)