Updated ranking of Top 15 Actors in the industry after the release of films like Housefull 3, Sultan, Dishoom, Rustom and Mohenjo Daro.
Some points:
- The list would be based on the net box office collections of an actor’s last five movies. For younger actors, the minimum number of films is 3.
- Only lead roles would be considered. Cameos, special appearances and guest appearances won’t be taken under consideration.
- Dated movies that released before 2007 have not been considered.
- Only domestic box office collections is being taken into account. Collections from all regional versions have been taken into considering as this list is for the top actors in India and regional language releases affect Hindi business in their respective states. For example, Tamil version will affect business of Hindi version in Tamilnadu / Kerala circuit.
Top Actors In Bollywood 2016
Rank 1 Salman Khan: The Sultan of Bollywood is on top of the world, once again regaining the position that he truly deservers. It’s difficult to describe the hysteria around Salman Khan at the moment. The kind of craze that Salman’s presence is generating has probably never been witnessed, even if it has, we’d have to go back as far as Amitabh Bachchan’s era in the 70s and 80s. With younger actors catering more to the multiplex audience, we might never have a megastar like him ever again.
Salman has also become the first ever actor to average Rs 225 crore or more per film and his current average is 30 crore higher than even Aamir Khan, who does very few films. With 8 blockbusters, Salman has successfully sustained his stardom at a very high level in the last 6 years. There is a good chance he could go even higher, because his choice of films has significantly improved in the last couple of years.
When Tubelight enters the list, Jai Ho will be out. So Salman’s average could go even higher.
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- Sultan – 302 crore
- Prem Ratan Dhan Payo – 213 crore (including regional versions)
- Bajrangi Bhaijaan – 321 crore
- Kick - 233 crore
- Jai Ho - 112 crore
- Next film – Tubelight (Eid 2017)
- Total – 1181 crore (Average per film: 236.2 cr)
Rank 2 Aamir Khan: The domestic box office for Bollywood has now become a two-man industry with Aamir and Salman dominating it. They are the only two actors to deliver 300 crore plus grossers and the contribution of their last 5 films is more than Rs 1000 crore – which also means, they average more than 200 crore per film! The rest have a lot of catching up to do, both in terms of major grossers and the hold over the major festive weekends – Eid, Diwali and Christmas – which is going to be crucial to sustain their stardom and aura in the next few years.
After the release of Sultan, Aamir has dropped down to No 2 in the list. His next film ‘Dangal’ would have to collect 261 crore or more, for Aamir to beat Salman and take the top spot in the ranking.
- PK – 341 cr
- Dhoom 3 - 285 cr
- Talaash - 93 cr
- 3 Idiots - 202 cr
- Ghajini - 116 cr
- Next film - Dangal (Christmas 2016)
- Total - 1037 crore (Average per film: 207.4 cr)
Rank 3 Shah Rukh Khan: FAN has been a major disappointment at the box office, because of which an outstandingly consistent career is showing signs of slowing down. His fan-following is still one of the biggest, because the opening day of a film like ‘FAN’ was still close to Rs 20 crore net on Day 1. Happy New Year was record-breaking and Dilwale was huge too. But it’s the neutral audience that aren’t coming out in big numbers to watch his films. His choice of films has disappointed a lot of people, which is obvious from the fact that his last few films have all carried mixed to negative word-of-mouth.
‘Dear Zindagi’ may not be included in the list if it doesn’t feature Shah Rukh in the lead. ‘Raees’ is his next big film. For SRK to beat Salman, ‘Raees’ would have to collect 519 crore or more at the domestic box office. Going past Aamir would depend on how Dangal fares.
- FAN – 84 crore
- Dilwale – 148 crore
- Happy New Year – 204 crore
- Chennai Express - 227 crore
- Jab Tak Hai Jaan - 121 crore
- Next film – Dear Zindagi (may not be included if it doesn’t feature SRK in the lead)
- Total – 784 crore (Average per film: 156.8 cr)
Rank 4 Hrithik Roshan: Mohenjo Daro had to collect just 145 crore for Hrithik to go past SRK, but the film has shockingly fallen 85 crore short! The debacle will hurt Hrithik much more than ‘Guzaarish’ or ‘Kites’, but he’ll be hoping to come back strongly with ‘Kaabil’. His choice of films has been a major disappointment for fans and his last two films were also involved in a box office clash.
Hrithik’s average remains good and he’ll retain his standing until Akshay Kumar starts delivering bigger grossers.
- Mohenjo Daro – 60 crore*
- Bang Bang – 181 crore
- Krrish 3 - 244 crore
- Agneepath - 122 crore
- Zindagi Naa Milegi Dobara - 93 crore
- Next film – Kaabil (Republic Day 2017)
- Total - 700 cr (Average per film: 140 cr)
Rank 5 Akshay Kumar: It has been a great year for Akshay Kumar. He was below younger actors at the beginning of the year, but with Airlift, Housefull 3 and Rustom crossing the 100 crore mark, the superstar is back in the Top 5. He has also comprehensively won the clash against Hrithik’s Mohenjo Daro.
However, the big challenge remains the 134 crore total of Rowdy Rathore, which Akshay hasn’t been able to surpass in the last 4 years. The number of films he does every year could well be the reason, but Salman too has had three releases in the last 12 months and all of them have crossed the 200 crore mark.
With multiplex audience returning to watch his films and a mega-budget film like ‘Robot 2.0’ lined up for release, it’ll be interesting to see if Akshay can take it to the next level in 2017. Even a Top 3 position will not be out of reach if his films start collecting more than 140-150 crore.
- Rustom – 125 crore*
- Housefull 3 – 109 crore
- Airlift – 129 crore
- Singh Is Bling – 88 crore
- Brothers – 83 crore
- Next film – Jolly LLB 2 (February 6 2017)
- Total Collections: 534 cr (Average per film: 106.8 cr)
Rank 6 Ranveer Singh: Ranveer is down one position in the list, but that wouldn’t make any difference to him. He is arguably the most promising young star in the industry. From a career that appeared to be faltering after the release of Kill Dil, Bajirao Mastani has changed Ranveer’s life.
His next film is a biggie too, Aditya Chopra’s Befikre. It would have to collect 161 crore or more for Ranveer to go past Akshay. An average of 100 crore over 5 films is also something to look forward to, as that would make him the youngest star to average a century per film.
- Bajirao Mastani – 187 cr
- Dil Dhadakne Do – 77 cr
- Kill Dil – 32 cr
- Gunday – 78 cr
- Ram Leela - 115 cr
- Next film - Befikre (December 9)
- Total Collections – 489 cr (Average per film: 97.8 cr)
Rank 7 Varun Dhawan: The most consistent actor among the younger generation of actors, Varun has never disappointed at the box office. All his films have opened well and every film has gone on to be a decent grosser. No other actor in recent memory has had such a strong and consistent beginning to his career.
His line up of upcoming films – Badrinath Ki Dulhania and Judwa 2 – is solid too. Will he continue his winning streak? If Badrinath collects 124 crore or more, Varun will average 100 crore per film.
- Dishoom – 70 cr
- Dilwale – 148 cr
- ABCD 2 – 105 cr
- Badlapur – 52 cr
- Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania – 77 cr
- Next film – Badrinath Ki Dulhania (March 10 2017)
- Total Collections – 452 cr (Average per film: 90.4 cr)
Rank 8 Ranbir Kapoor: His career was at an all-time high after the success of films like ‘Rockstar’, ‘Barfi’ and ‘Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani’, but the last couple of years have been disastrous for Ranbir Kapoor as ‘Besharam’ tanked after a good opening day and ‘Bombay Velvet’ couldn’t even manage a face-saving opening at the box office. Tamasha looked like a winner because it was an Imtiaz Ali film starring Deepika Padukone as the female lead, even that failed. Nothing seems to be working for Ranbir, but the acting talent that he possesses will get him the big films. His line up is strong with films under directors like Karan Johar and Rajkumar Hirani!
His next release is Ae Dil Hai Mushkil. If the film collects 118 crore or more, Ranbir will go past Varun. To beat Ranveer, ADHM will have to collect 155 crore or more.
- Tamasha – 66 crore
- Bombay Velvet – 24 crore
- Besharam - 57 crore
- Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani - 188 crore
- Barfi! - 106 cr
- Next film – Ae Dil Hai Mushkil (Diwali)
- Total - 441 cr (Average per film: 88.2 cr)
Rank 9 Ajay Devgn: Ajay hasn’t had a release for over a year now. But the actor is making a shift from medium budget to big budget films and ‘SHIVAAY’ will be his next big film. He is producing, acting and directing it.. but has a challenger in the form of Karan Johar’s Ae Dil Hai Mushkil.
Shivaay would have to collect 125 crore for Ajay to surpass Varun, 162 crore to beat Ranveer and 207 crore to replace Akshay in the Top 5.
- Drishyam – 73 cr
- Action Jackson – 57 cr
- Singham Returns - 140 cr
- Satyagraha – 58 cr
- Himmatwala - 46 cr
- Next film – Shivaay (Diwali 2016)
- Total: 374 cr (Average per film: 74.8 cr)
Rank 10 Sidharth Malhotra: Kapoor & Sons has done well at the box office, but hasn’t helped Sidharth edge out of Ajay. The actor’s next release ‘Baar Baar Dekho’ has to collect 81 crore or more for Sidharth to go one up in the ranking. However, for an actor who has only done 5 films, Rs 73 crore per film is a fantastic average to have. His only failure is a big budget film like ‘Brothers’, which also had a big star like Akshay Kumar.
- Kapoor & Sons – 73 crore
- Brothers – 83 cr
- Ek Villain - 103 cr
- Hasee Toh Phasee - 35 cr
- Student Of The Year - 70 cr
- Next film – Baar Baar Dekho (September 9)
- Total Collections – 364 cr (Average per film: 72.8 cr)
Rank 11 Arjun Kapoor: Tevar tanked, but Arjun Kapoor has comeback strongly with Ki and Ka, which was a niche film that was well-promoted and opened very well too. It has helped him go up from Rank 12 to 11. Arjun’s average of 62 crore per film (last 5 films) is fantastic too, considering the fact that it includes an off-beat film like Finding Fanny. Half Girlfriend, based on Chetan Bhagat’s novel with the same title, is a biggie. If it does as well as 2 States or better, it’ll take him higher up in the ranking.
- Ki and Ka – 54 cr
- Tevar – 40 cr
- Finding Fanny – 36 cr
- 2 States - 102 cr
- Gunday - 78 cr
- Next film - Half Girlfriend (May 19 2017)
- Total Collections – 310 cr (Average per film: 62 cr)
Rank 12 Farhan Akhtar: His popularity with the multiplex audience in cities is under-rated. His solo film ‘Bhaag Milkha Bhaag’ not only took a good opening at the box office, but went on to collect more than Rs 100 crore. Farhan has Rock On 2 lined up for release later this year. It would have to collect just 36 crore or more, for Farhan to reclaim his position that he lost to Arjun.
- Wazir – 40 cr
- Shaadi Ke Side Effects – 38 cr
- Bhaag Milkha Bhaag – 104 cr
- Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara – 93 cr
- Karthik Calling Karthik - 27 cr
- Next Film - Rock On 2 (November 11)
- Total Collections – 302 cr (Average per film: 60.4 cr)
Rank 13 Saif Ali Khan: Phantom didn’t work even though it was directed by Kabir Khan and Happy Ending was one of the biggest disasters of 2014. Saif is currently going through the worst phase of his career.
- Phantom – 53 cr
- Happy Ending – 22 cr
- Humshakals - 63 cr
- Bullet Raja- 36 cr
- Race 2 - 102 cr
- Next film – Rangoon (February 24 2017)
- Total - 276 cr (Average per film: 55.2 cr)
Rank 14 Shahid Kapoor: Udta Punjab has done well at the box office, but it hasn’t helped Shahid better his ranking. It’s hard to believe that an actor of the calibre of Shahid is lagging at the bottom of the list – just ahead of Emraan Hashmi and behind Saif Ali Khan. His choice of films will never allow him to do justice to his true potential. While Rangoon looks good on paper, Vishal Bhardwaj films are usually restricted to audience in 5-10 cities.
- Udta Punjab – 60 cr
- Shaandaar – 43 cr
- Haider – 58 cr
- R.. Rajkumar - 65 cr
- Phata Poster Nikhla Hero - 39 cr
- Next film - Rangoon (February 24 2017)
- Total Collections – 265 cr (Average per film: 53 cr)
Rank 15 Emraan Hashmi: Raaz Reboot will be make or break for Emraan Hashmi as its his biggest franchise and it’s also the kind of film that appeals to his core fanbase. If Raaz Reboot is rejecting, it’ll be curtains for Emraan.
- Azhar – 33 cr
- Hamari Adhuri Kahani – 38 cr
- Mr X – 25 cr
- Ungli – 21 cr
- Raja Natwarlal – 27 cr
- Next film - Raaz Reboot (September 16 2016)
- Total collections – 144 cr (Average per film: 28.8 cr)
| Actor | Last 5 Total | Average |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Salman Khan | 1181 crore | 236.2 crore |
| 2. Aamir Khan | 1037 crore | 207.4 crore |
| 3. Shah Rukh Khan | 784 crore | 156.8 crore |
| 4. Hrithik Roshan | 700 crore | 140.0 crore |
| 5. Akshay Kumar | 534 crore | 106.8 crore |
| 6. Ranveer Singh | 489 crore | 97.8 crore |
| 7. Varun Dhawan | 452 crore | 90.4 crore |
| 8. Ranbir Kapoor | 441 crore | 88.2 crore |
| 9. Ajay Devgn | 374 crore | 74.8 crore |
| 10. Sidharth Malhotra | 364 crore | 72.8 crore |
| 11. Arjun Kapoor | 310 crore | 62.0 crore |
| 12. Farhan Akhtar | 302 crore | 60.4 crore |
| 13. Saif Ali Khan | 276 crore | 55.2 crore |
| 14. Shahid Kapoor | 265 crore | 53.0 crore |
| 15. Emraan Hashmi | 144 crore | 28.8 crore |
who created eid weekend? Be very honest to this. Myself an SRK fan but cannot run away from the truth. Its Salman who made eid a lucrative period. Be a fan and not fanatics..
@sunny : Kyon Thak raha hai ??? Let Akki get a solo release on EDX n prove himself first.
@fan pk : Your own idol could not face Salman on Eid and you are crying for Salman movies not clash. Abbey pagley, if no one wants to clash with Salman then what can he do ? No matter how many repeated comments you post Indicine is not going pay any heed to it. And first learn Niche spelling not neeche before calling Salman fans as illiterates or rickshawallas. Khud ki kuch auqaat nahi air chaley dosron ki aukaat dekhaane !!!!!!!!!!
SRK can stay forever in romance.
Akki, may you keep doing movie life airlift.
Aamir and his content with Dangal will be no. 1 again and create a new record. Just wait LOL
Party time for every atbb machine salmania fan
Not a single atbb not a single hgoth not a single 150 cr movie and joker boy fan jumping in air
@hrithik fan Maaf krde. Ajay is legend. We also know know it :P
Name of actor in bollywood who never given atbb and hgoth in 25 year = joker kumar
And just wait I will tell you some other amazing facts of ajay soon.
You are the reason that an actor like ajay gets bashed. A true ajay fan will never say ajay is a big star,he will easily admit he isn’t big star ,but he is terrific actor.
2009 diwali blue disaster 2010 diwali action replay disaster 2010 xmas tmk flop 2015 brother flop ab kya pura saal holiday chahiye joker kumar ko
@jokerDEVIL
lol
What nonsense- so you think joker boy collecting 60cr per crapfest is a bigger achievement than for example Aamir who returns after 2 yrs in exile n delivers a mammoth 300cr hit…? If taking a hiatus like aamir does results in your next movie collecting 300cr then why didnt Jadoo Boys Maanvar Ka Darr collect 300cr as an example…? He was away from the public eye for nearly 2 yrs so what went wrong…?
My answer to your stupidity is that not the quantity of films ensures big collections but its the quality- if Aamir stars in crap after craps like your Joker Boy does then over a 6 yr cycle he would have no more than 3 60cr hits but he doesnt coz hes a smart boy n not a greedy gobbar…!
Proud of Salman Khans standing.
Even prouder of Aamir Khan coz we all know if he did more movies then he would be in a league of his own- fact
Food for thought- Aamirs next movie will replace his 2008 recordbreaking Ghajini….
Man being an Aamir fan n only an Aamir fan must be painful especially waiting around for rumours let alone news about him signing another movie…!
Only downside to Aamirs total is that Talaash will still be in his tally even after Dangal n his subsequent next film- gonna hurt his average over the next 5 yrs or so its Salman on top for the foreseeable future…!
@The Unbeatable JOKER
lol more nonsense from a joker fan….
You clown noone forces your greedy gobbar to haphazardly shoot like for like scenes on 4 different sets resulting in 4 back to back crapfests releasing inside 1 year…!
Neutral audiences see right through that bakwaas hence they dont watch his mahacraps more than once…!
@Tiger :
This morons now only have one excuse which is Bhai is not facing any clash and his success is solely due to advantage of EID, This loongitards will never understand the fact that Bhai made EID and that is his Monopoly, it’s really funny reading some comments filled with baseless words like He is nothing without EID….Lol take an example, If a man has a lavish Bungalow then why he will take a house on rent similarly EID is like Permanent residence of Bhai, he own it ; then why he will enganged in a Clash or release his films on Non-holiday, If anybody have guts then he will challenged him or else keep spamming !
Why Imran Khan isn’t there?? His average film collection is more than Emraan Hashmi..
@DAREDEVIL,
Salman released two movies last year, first one 330 cr, second one 215 crores.
I guess you got the reply.
Each actor is doing as per his strategy. Aamir works on his film from script level and finally ends with promotions and release. Do you have any idea how much time does all that take. Hence, he does one movie in two years.
Have you ever wondered by Hirani makes movie in 2 years, because the scripting and finalising itself takes about 6 months, then casting, then shooting, the post productions works etc etc., All takes 2 or more years.
Aamir is involved in all these when he is in a film. That’s his dedication. That’s his strategy.
Salman does one or two movies per year. He is now running his own production company, then he also does TV programmes like Big Boss. All this consumes huge amount of time.
Srk does worldwide promotions, that itself takes 3-4 months time after the movie is ready. Hence, he does one movie per year.
These guys are not like new comers, Varun or Sid, who signs movie and does the shooting and some promotions and hop on to next movie……
Akshay is only involved in shooting of the movie. The shooting ends, he works for another production company. Hence he manages his time and not bothered about promotion or scripting, marketing etc.,
Ajay is now running his own production company and so even he is completely busy to do 3-4 films.
So, each have their own style. No one is damn scared of movie releases. After 25 to 30 years in industry do you think these guys are scared? All these new comers there is no guarantee they will be there after 3-4 years, so don’t compare them to established actors.
hr fans ……
2000 to 2016
No of hits hr -8 akki – 16
No of succes hr – 12 akki – 33
total No of movies hr 21 akki – 61 ….
success ratio hr – 57 % akki-54 %
hit ration ratio hr 38% akki – 26 %
2000 to 2009
No of hits hr – 5 akki – 9
no of succes hr – 8 akki -20
T no of movies hr – 14 akki – 38
S… ratio hr – 36 akki – 24
2010 to 2016
No of hits hr – 3 akki -7
No of succes hr 4 akki – 13
Tno of release hr -7 akki -23
S ratio hr – 42.85 %akki -30.43%
h ratio hr -57 .14% akki 56 .52 %
despite doing triple times movie what hr has done akki has almost equal success ratio ….. and also maitains a good hit ratio..
I did not included films like Khakee ,HMBPKH ,Omg ,shukeen,family etc they are extended cameo appearence..and supporting roles
2000 to 2009
In this period akki got his first clean hit in 2003 ..he gained the momentum and delivered hit almost every year in b/w 2007 – 2009 he was at his peak .
2010-2016 is regarded as akki worst period but still in success ratio he is almost equal to the hr’s good phase ….Note : Hr also tried multiple release in starts but he failed becoz releasing 3-4 movies every yr is not a joke …..he follow amir and srk releasing 1-2 movies per year but there is a big differnce
b/w two khans and hr ……
{1 akki = 3 hr }
I request every indicine users to genuinely decide who is bigger star hr or akki …..
Like ====akki
dislikes ====hr
Please vote
Note:
Indicine I ll compare Opening day too becoz A .T.U opening decides who is bigger star…..na
HR will bounce with bb movie. Sher kabhi thakte nahin.
hr fans ……
2000 to 2016
No of hits hr -8 akki – 16
No of succes hr – 12 akki – 33
total No of movies hr 21 akki – 61 ….
success ratio hr – 57 % akki-54 %
hit ration ratio hr 38% akki – 26 %
2000 to 2009
No of hits hr – 5 akki – 9
no of succes hr – 8 akki -20
T no of movies hr – 14 akki – 38
H… ratio hr – 36 akki – 24
s..ratio hr-57.14 akki-52.63
2010 to 2016
No of hits hr – 3 akki -7
No of succes hr 4 akki – 13
Tno of release hr -7 akki -23
S ratio hr – 42.85 %akki -30.43%
h ratio hr -57 .14% akki 56 .52 %
despite doing triple times movie what hr has done akki has almost equal success ratio ….. and also maitains a good hit ratio..
I did not included films like Khakee ,HMBPKH ,Omg ,shukeen,family etc they are extended cameo appearence..and supporting roles
2000 to 2009
In this period akki got his first clean hit in 2003 ..he gained the momentum and delivered hit almost every year in b/w 2007 – 2009 he was at his peak .
2010-2016 is regarded as akki worst period but still in success ratio he is almost equal to the hr’s good phase ….Note : Hr also tried multiple release in starts but he failed becoz releasing 3-4 movies every yr is not a joke …..he follow amir and srk releasing 1-2 movies per year but there is a big differnce
b/w two khans and hr ……
{1 akki = 3 hr }
I request every indicine users to genuinely decide who is bigger star hr or akki …..
Like ====akki
dislikes ====hr
Please vote
Note:
Indicine I ll compare Opening day too becoz A .T.U opening decides who is bigger star…..na
@navin i know you cant do better other than keeping than keeping names but still Jokerdevil ?
lets accept your logic for a moment ok then why did Aamirs last non holiday film(4 yrs ago) multiple time reshooted content rich Talaash just collected 80 cr even after he came after atbb Three idiots ?
since then the batlu perfectionist hasnt come on any date other than christmas
why? coz v all know the reason.
Since three idiots aamirs movies havent been anything short of crap.
And about Salman bhai well he himself said in an interview tht Akki is the real sultan of bollywood full stop.( kind hearted man respect him)
@The unmatchable Akki
We Akkians always rock.
We were with khiladi even during his worst phase not like Some fake hyped stars fan who were born after 2010.
@indicine
Whenever you make a ranking of actors.. plz consider only last 3 movies of the actors because it gives correct ranking but if u have taken 5 movies then it baised.. It is going to favour with salman..
Gajini and 3 idiots both were released in way back 2008-9.. Then how can u compare that movies with 2014-2016 releases.. This is not a fair analysis.. So next time only count last 3 movies..
Love 3 Khans
Ranking should be made at th end of the year…n pls only consider last 3 movies..
Bollywood 2016 top actor bol ke akshay kumar ko 5th position deke sab ka purana hit movie add karke kya batna chahte ho
@ akiholic
I asked question about akki and you saying that will share ajay details. Hahahahahaha, What is the link? Who asked you def of true ajay fan? If I say true akki fan is that who accepts that he is lesser star than hrithik/khan u will agree with that def? Keep your def with yourself. Discussion was on akki movies not good enough to release on edx and not ajay. I not ajay fan and dint care about your sharing useless ajay details.
Bolly wood last 3 bhi to add karo tab pta chalega kaun top hai
@Scared Devil 1:15 you clown comparing your small floppy KUmar with megastar? Don’t you even feel ashamed to compare your tiny flop king joker with megastar Aamir khan? Don’t even dare to. Aamir is in his own league and your floppy is nowhere close to him. Floppy Kumar compared to Aamir is same as Raj pal Yadav compared to your floppy kumar. And yeah, Aamir doesn’t need to do more than 1 film a year because his one film is enough to fuck your joker’s 3-4 craps in a year. So think before you say anything crap about Megastar Aamir Khan.
@Navin I agree with you overall. But dude if Aamir will do 3 movies in a year then all will cross 200 cr easily. Because he is megastar just like salman.
@hrithik beta idol bhojpuri remake South remake copy karta h aur tumne hrithik ka name copy kar liya…. good and you know what when other star doing niche movie than it will be called a niche movie but when your idol do it than it became “neeche” bcoz we know that how neeche you are lol…. and ha knowing English means a person is literate well qualified ~?? English is nothing just a language like benali, tamil , French, etc… u know in America and London sweepers and scavengers all are speak in english means they are literate~??? Just like u and in my india mr. Prime minister doing signature in hindi and even he gives his lots of speech in hindi at international event so i m happy to don’t know English bro angrez chale gaye aur tujhe chhod gye ;) ab toh yakeen ho gya tu English bolne wala auto driver h jo foreigners tourists ko english se impress karta h