SRK Forbes Celebrity 100
The inaugural list of Forbes India’s ‘Celebrity 100’ is out and it’s Bollywood superstar Shahrukh Khan who takes the top spot.
The list ranks India’s biggest celebrities based on their income and popularity. SRK is followed by Salman Khan and cricketer Mahendra Singha Dhoni.
The Forbes Celebrity 100 list is an attempt to rank the most powerful and the most popular celebrities in India. The list ranks celebrities across eight categories – Actors, Directors, Musicians, Models, Sportspersons, Television personalities and standup comedians.
The magazine priced Rs 125 will hit newsstands January 28th 2013.
Forbes India income estimates: SRK – Rs 202.8 crore, Salman Khan – Rs 144.2 crore and MS Dhoni – Rs 135.16 crore between September 2011 and October 2012. Akshay Kumar and Amitabh Bachchan also made it to the Top 5.
Forbes India Celebrity 100 – Top 10
- 1. Shahrukh Khan
- 2. Salman Khan
- 3. Mahendra Singh Dhoni
- 4. Akshay Kumar
- 5. Amitabh Bachchan
- 6. Sachin Tendulkar
- 7. Kareena Kapoor
- 8. Virender Sehwag
- 9. Virat Kohli
- 10. Katrina Kaif
Credit: Forbes India
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Well there is the truth after all!!!No matter how much people talk about some other people topping SRK in terms of popularity and power afterall SRK thrashes all and shows who is the real baap!!!
Salute to the greatest actor and entertainer of our era. Continues to be King of hearts and King of Kings..
Congrats darling SRK.
Love u SRK my Jaan, Jab tak hai Jaan,Jab tak hai Jaan.
An another proof, why SRK deserves the KING OF BOLLYWOOD tag.
Now i will wonder when someone points his fingure on SRK and shout that SRK has bought entire forbes magazine.
I agree, that he is behind salman in terms of boxoffice collections(now-a-days).
But when we talk about popularity , then he is the most well known face from bollywood for entire world.
This list clearly shows that he is more famous than the legends like amit ji and sachin.
so it will be not an exaggaration to consider him as an another legend…!!!!
And for the kind information SRK is actually now the first Indian star to grace the cover of forbes!!!!!!!!
But I have one question. If Akshay Kumar is the highest tax payer amongst all celebrities, then how can SRK’s income be more than him?
Strange list.
@king, can you answer my question please? :) I respect your views, even though am not a Shahrukh Khan fan.
@indicine therichest website shows $540 srk’s net worth.
But here is 202.
Why ????
@akram he does a lot of charity work for which srk has got award too ,recently,and as a charity maker he is benifited with tax
Now SRK’s haters will say, he bought Forbes! lolll
@Bipul, what a comment yaar.. Spot on.. that unfortunately is their lowly lives.. they think SRK buys everything that he wins haha :)
@Shahrukh khan, SRK income for 2012 is 202 crores, his net worth is his total assets which obviously will be much higher.
great love u srk.
SRK earned 202cr in a year during his ‘worst’ phase and Salman earned 140cr in a year during his ‘best’ phase. Wow.
Salman Fans Trolled
Article from Forbes!
Shah Rukh Khan has topped the inaugural Forbes India Celebrity 100 list, a ranking of India’s biggest entertainers based on their income and popularity. Salman Khan and MS Dhoni closely followed SRK in the ranking.
Forbes India’s special edition decodes what lies behind the success of India’s biggest creative entrepreneurs across eight categories: Film actors, directors, sport stars, TV personalities, singers/musicians, authors, models and comedians.
Both Salman Khan and Dhoni are ahead of SRK in terms of popularity and fame, but King Khan came out tops courtesy his earning power, mainly riding on massive income from brand endorsements.
By Forbes India estimates, SRK earned Rs 202.8 crore, compared to Salman’s Rs 144.2 crore and Dhoni’s Rs 135.16 crore in the period between October 2011 and September 2012.
Akshay Kumar, Amitabh Bachchan, Sachin Tendulkar, Kareena Kapoor, Virender Sehwag, Virat Kohli and Katrina Kaif are the others in the top 10.
The list is an attempt to rank the most powerful people at the core of the country’s burgeoning media and entertainment sector. It was arrived at after a rigorous data collection process that considered celebrities’ income (from the business of entertainment) and fame (as measured by media mentions, online presence and social media followers) in a definite time period (October 1, 2011 to September 30, 2012).
MS Dhoni, captain of the Indian national cricket team, is the top sportsperson. AR Rahman leads the pack of singer/musicians and is the only representative of the category in the top 20. Malaika Arora Khan is the leading TV personality while Karan Johar is the most powerful director. Author Chetan Bhagat, comedian Vir Das and model Esha Gupta topped their respective categories.
A majority of celebrities who made it to the list fall in the age bracket of 30 to 50. However, 12 youngsters, including Saina Nehwal, Virat Kohli, Anusukha Sharma and Sania Mirza have broken into the top 50. At age 23, Saina Nehwal is the youngest celebrity on the list.
The Forbes India Celebrity 100 special edition has features, essays, interviews and interesting data on the various facets of India’s most powerful entertainment icons. It contains extensive and insightful reports on the lives, thought processes and businesses of some these stars. The cover story brings to you the business vision and entrepreneurial side of the Badshah of Bollywood—something that you won’t read about often.
The edition hits stands on January 26. Go grab your copy!
this list is between Sep 2011 to Oct 2012, so it includes profits from Ra.one, Don 2 and KKR.
@star Thanks
Right point put forward by a fellow friend, why isnt Akshay number one when he is the highest tax payer?
SRK’s highly awaited films are finding it tough to get past the 100 mark and that’s what he should be worried of.
Omg!!
Now i realize that who is the king!!
Srk Rokz..
FANTASTIC! 3 cheers 4 icon called srk.
@Akram.Dude.It doesn’t mean that if a person pays highest numbers as tax , then he has greatest net worth.These stars and businessmen use a lot of tricks to evade the taxes.So, it’s not a big deal.
Further, you pay for what you earned in a particular year. You can easily see, that Akshay is doing 4-5 films in a year.So, it’s obvious that he has to pay more as he earns more. But if we come to net worth, then SRK has the highest.You can check it on GOOGLE.
So, tax should not be the parameter for income or net worth of a particular person. For example, you can compare MSD and sachin. We all know that sachin has higher net worth than MSD,but last year MSD paid more tax than Sachin. Now, it doesn’t mean that Sachin is lesser in terms of net worth.
Because he has been playing since 1989 and did a number of endorsements as well as paid by BCCI as well. MSD made his debut in 2004 and he is way behind than sachin as of now.
Srk is popular and in the news because of his controversies otherwise akshay would have topped. He has been the highest tax paying actor from a very long time
Hahaha…indicine, it’s ur fault.U r giving back to back shocks to SRK haters.Now, i m waiting for their excuses, what they will give this time.I think, now they will say, that SRK has given some bribe to forbes to publish his name.
But seriously, this shows his power.If he is no. 1 in his BAD PHASE, then imagine his good phase. What is going to be happen.
fake
where is Hrithik? Priyanka? and many other big stars are missing.
So SRK using his sources and trying hard to catch up Salman Hmmm ;-) and we all know SRK even dances in marriages to earn money, so…
Mansoor, hahahaha. So it looks like he earned about 150 crores of those 200 from his mujra’s at weddings and other places.
Srk, BIGB, SRT are the iconic figures of India.
oh really….. SRK earned 200 crs.. then why he is not the top income tax payer…. either it’s false or SRK is a chor like all politicians….since 8 yrs Akshay is the highest tax payer….
Time & Again Srk has shown Why Shah Rukh Khan is far far ahead of,others. Love you man…. Keep the winning spirit alive! FAN FOR LIFE
congrats to srk that by giving most worst movies in the past he got no. 1 by forbes, but it is the ranking based on business prospects, in the list you all see MSD at no. 3 and SRT at no. 6 does it mean that Dhoni is more popular than Sachin, no way similarly by earning more doesn’t mean you are no. one, i was saw today at IBN7 where some one insider of forbes magazine Mr. Vijay he sd they had two categories for rank the popularity one is earning and other is popularity in which srk top as earning wise as he endorse max ads from bollywood and he has two movies in the period of oct,2011 to sep,2012 and this year KKR also won IPL that’s y he earned more while Salman has only one release ETT no other business like Srk although he has being human foundation and the money he recd by this brand not count in his kitty, and the parameter of popularity he is far ahead than srk but as average srk earned more than he got ranked 1 but its doesnot mean srk is no. 1 because his main work which is acting he laggs behing now from ranbir forget abt Salman ……
and in the list Aamir is not there coz in that time no movie of his released and due to Satyamev jayate he cancelled all his endorsement that’s y he is not in list, does it mean he is not popular , remeber jitna srk ek saal me ads se kamata hai as per share around 150 cr from his total earning kamata hai utni ki to Aamir ne ek deal thukra di remeber 150 cr deal refused by Aamir some time ago. so remeber their isno need to jumping because these will not with srk if he doing continuous poor performance at box office which only u srkian think he did well but truth is always truth that srk underperformed and you all saying that Salman’s 4 movie which is worldwide highest earner was craps yaa they are but srk has most worst crap in his Kitty in his 4 worldwide top 4, Indians ne kewal salman ki movies hi nahi srk ki craps ko bhi hit banaya h, take a life dude…..
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