Forbes India has released its 2015 list of the most powerful and highest earning celebrities in India. Shah Rukh Khan has toppled Salman Khan to take the top spot this year.
Salman’s yearly income has dropped from Rs 244.50 crore in 2014 to 202.75 crore in 2015. SRK, who was at Rs 202.40 crore last year, has earned Rs 257.5 crore this year.
Akshay Kumar is the third highest earner, but his income has dropped from Rs 172 crore in 2014 to Rs 127.83 crore in 2015.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Virat Kohli are the only cricketers in the Top 10, that is dominated by film stars. Deepika Padukone is the only female to make it to the Top 10.
Check out the full list of Forbes Celebrity 100 below. Do note that the list of for the Top 100 Most Powerful celebrities in India. We have also included their earnings for 2015.
Forbes India Top 100
1. Shah Rukh Khan – 257.5 cr
2. Salman Khan – 202.75 cr
3. Amitabh Bachchan – 112 cr
4. Mahendra Singh Dhoni – 119.33 cr
5. Aamir Khan – 104.25 cr
6. Akshay Kumar – 127.83 cr
7. Virat Kohli – 104.78 cr
8. Sachin Tendulkar – 40 cr
9. Deepika Padukone – 59 cr
10. Hrithik Roshan – 74.5 cr
11. Ranbir Kapoor – 85 cr
12. Rohit Sharma – 17.71 cr
13. Priyanka Chopra – 26.75 cr
14. AR Rahman – 43.97 cr
15. Shahid Kapoor – 14.88 cr
16. Shikhar Dhawan – 19.17 cr
17. Kareena Kapoor Khan – 52.75 cr
18. Katrina Kaif – 48.5 cr
19. Anushka Sharma – 26.83 cr
20. Suresh Raina – 13.4 cr
21. Yuvraj Singh – 20.5 cr
22. Sonakshi Sinha – 13.13 cr
23. Madhuri Dixit – 19.25 cr
24. Ajay Devgn – 61 cr
25. Ajinkya Rahane – 9.78 cr
26. Sonam Kapoor – 7.06 cr
27. Kapil Sharma – 15 cr
28. Saif Ali Khan – 43.55 cr
29. Yo Yo Honey Singh – 1.5 cr
30. Ranveer Singh – 29 cr
31. Ravichandran Ashwin – 8.83 cr
32. Sonu Nigam – 17.9 cr
33. Shreya Ghoshal – 9 cr
34. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan – 48 cr
35. Virender Sehwag – 5.6 cr
36. Mahesh Babu – 51.5 cr
37. Dhanush – 42 cr
38. Sania Mirza – 13.25 cr
39. Saina Nehwal – 16.99 cr
40. Alia Bhatt – 18 cr
41. Ravindra Jadeja – 8.88 cr
42. Allu Arjun – 37.5 cr
43. Parineeti Chopra – 15.25 cr
44. Karan Johar – 15.5 cr
45. Sunny Leone – 5.05 cr
46. Kamal Haasan – 51 cr
47. Jacqueline Fernandez – 7 cr
48. Ishant Sharma – 4.07 cr
49. Harbhajan Singh – 6.45 cr
50. Gautam Gambhir – 5.75 cr
51. Farhan Akhtar – 21.88 cr
52. N.Santhanam – 45 cr
53. John Abraham – 21.5 cr
54. Varun Dhawan – 25.75 cr
55. Arjun Kapoor – 13.88 cr
56. Kangana Ranaut – 18.63 cr
57. Shraddha Kapoor – 8.9 cr
58. Kajal Aggarwal – 10.13 cr
59. Abhishek Bachchan – 11 cr
60. Sunidhi Chauhan – 11.1 cr
61. Shruti Haasan – 8 cr
62. MC Mary Kom – 9.75 cr
63. Vishal-Shekhar – 33.27 cr
64. Mika Singh – 21.02 cr
65. Arijit Singh – 11.25 cr
66. Chetan Bhagat – 4.42 cr
67. Rajkumar Hirani – 23.33 cr
68. All India Bakchod – 5.5 cr
69. Rajinikanth – 25 cr
70. Kabir Khan – 19.33 cr
71. Suriya – 32 cr
72. SS Rajamouli – 26 cr
73. Anurag Kashyap – 8 cr
74. Ravi Teja – 12.5 cr
75. Anupam Kher – 7.93 cr
76. Riteish Deshmukh – 1.94 cr
77. Prabhas – 24 cr
78. Irrfan Khan – 12.38 cr
79. Bipasha Basu – 3.66 cr
80. Arya – 29 cr
81. Farah Khan – 9.83 cr
82. Ajay-Atul – 27.5 cr
83. Shilpa Shetty – 9.75 cr
84. Preity Zinta – 1 cr
85. Leander Paes – 1.76 cr
86. Salim-Sulaiman – 18.7 cr
87. Remo D’Souza – 6.5 cr
88. Prabhudheva – 11.5 cr
89. Puri Jagannadh – 15.67 cr
90. Anirban Lahiri – 11 cr
91. Shaan – 3.5 cr
92. Sunil Chhetri – 1.2 cr
93. Rohan Bopanna – 3.4 cr
94. Navjot Singh Sidhu – 3 cr
95. Kirron Kher – 3.5 cr
96. Rohit Shetty – 4.5 cr
97. Amish Tripathi – 6.5 cr
98. Mithun Chakroborty – 8.24 cr
99. Vir Das – 2 cr
100. Malaika Arora Khan – 5.5 cr
Ranbir 84.5>> hrithik 74
so how hrithik is at 10 and ranbir at 11 ???
Manipulation even in the forbes ranking. ..!!!
SRK topped Without a movie release in the year
ONCE KING…ALWAYS KING
Ok got it. Ranking is for most powerful and most earning. But then how srk ahead of salman???
Kick was a blockbuster and hny only superhit.
Bigg boss last season was success and sabse shaana kaun was disaster
In fan following salman way ahead of srk
So how srk ahead of salman in most powerful list…???
Hrithik & Aamir make it in Top 10, without any movie. That’s real fame
can u pls explain how Dr. srk earn 257.5cr in one year? this dilwale rules last two decades. he is the world 2nd richest actor by net worth of 6000cr.
@indicine how come emraan hashmi not in this list.Even if his movies are flops but still then he must be taking his acting fees?
@last prince, no idea. The list has been compiled by Forbes.
KING belongs to his position… the NO.1 spot.
no movie released this year still topped the list LIKE A BOSS
POWER OF HRITHIK ROSHAN
WITHOUT NOTHING , HE ROCKS THIS YEAR (2015) ….. Wow
15 filmfare award,
money,
wealth,
brand andorsement,
fan following
producer
maximum hit
Dr SRK is Number 01..
That’s why he is the 2nd richest actor of world…!!!
Proud to Be SRKian
@Nipun Returns
What? Salman is way ahead of SRK in terms of fan following? ?? Lolllzzzzz
Have u ever come outside the four walls of ur house? Grow up man
@indicine….on what basis this list is compiled? do u have any idea?…. bcoz how on earth akki with 127cr is on 6th position and so others too…
@indicine
totally crap list. There are about 20-30 ppl whom i don’t even know like Vir Das, amish , etc. And i m quite surprised too see no emraan hashmi in this list .
As his yearly income is more than arjun kapoor, varun, sidart malhotra and alia bhatt,parineeti…
Fake
LOL…Sunny leone 5.05cr income more than yo yo honey singh 1.5 …WTF!!
As usual …
SRK at No. 1 !
@nipun childish behaviour returns. Seriously I thought after taking a sabbatical and returning back Ur comments would be matured. But to my dismay u exhibit that childish behaviour with ease and to the core. Looks like salmaniac rather than the nipun we know who used to be hardcore hrithik fan.
And as far as fan following is concerned what forbes looks at is worldwide fan following and their influence not just galli fans
So vir das is big in power than siddharth malhotra what the hell yr…
There is no sidharth malhotra in list
Even ishant sharma is in the list
Than where is most followed young actor in twitter
Srk always remain at no1
King Always King
@INDICINE,
AAMIR doesnt Charge Fees
He actually charges a PROFIT PERCENTAGE from Movie.
Pk earned 340 CR. IN INDIA & Then 40% of 340=136 Cr.
136 Cr.+Share from OVERSEAS Collection+ BRAND ENDORSEMENT
Still only 105 CR. HOW???
Worst list
Even after he is going his worst phase of his career, Ranbir is still making a lot of money and thats a prove that he will bounce back with a bang next year.
By the way, didn’t surprised at all that greedy actor income has decreased. Rofl mark my words in two years Akshay will be earning same as KRK and Arman Kohli. Rofl
No matter whether he has any movie in a following year or not, he always tops the chart. 2nd richest star in the world for a reason.
@02:27 pm : Another chameleon detected. I have never heard of someone called “Nipun” itself, God knows how he is making a “Nipun Returns”. Which mask you are hiding behind you chameleon?
Have guts, then come and show your original ugly face.
First of all, an illiterate like you should understand that both Kick and HNY released in 2014, whereas this list was compiled keeping 2015 into mind.
Second, its not necessary that your earning will depend only upon the collections of your movies.
As far as SRK is concerned, he has many other sources of income (e.g. IPL, endorsements, VFX studio, his own production house) other than movies. So it hardly matters for him if he has a movie in a given year or not. So stop spouting filth you moron.
How the hell is akki at 6 when he earns more than amir , msd , big b how??? How???…
Akshay sir should be at no 6
SRK might have topped the list of the celebrities with highest income.
But it is Salman Khan who is most powerful star..
Amitji is at No. 3 at this age. Amazing……
@km
just because you don’t know them or general knowledge is less doesn’t mean Forbes rankings too will align with your tiny brain. Amish is the most celebrated author if india. he has more fan following than emraan hashmi.
@xzone @Noam He is not nipun’s ID he is chameleon sambuddha aka ved bajirao fan aka Arjun youngistaan fan.If you want proof I have that also :)
This ranking is made by combining both fame rankings and earning rankings.
For ex: Akki is 3rd in the earning ranking and 12th in the fame rankings.
On total he is at 6th position.
@INDICINE,
4 MONTHS AGO
FORBES LIST OF HIGHEST PAID ACTORS(WW) BETWEEN
(JUNE’14 TO MAY’15)
1. Robert Downey Jr-510 Cr.
7.AMITABH-214 CR.
7.SALMAN-214 CR.
9.AKKI-207 CR.
18-SRK-166 CR.
After June SALMAN RELEASED 2 MOVIES
(1 ATBB & 1 SUPERHIT)
AKKI released 2 movies
(HE charged Fees for both movies)
then
How SALMAN & AKKIs INCOME HAVE DROPPED???