This is a question that gets asked quite frequently in the weekly ‘Ask Indicine’ Question and Answer session. So to end the debate once and for all, we analyse the Top 6 most successful actors in the last decade.
Most number of films:
- Akshay Kumar – 42 films
- Ajay Devgn – 39 films
- Salman Khan – 32 films
- Shah Rukh Khan – 21 films
- Hrithik Roshan – 14 films
- Aamir Khan – 9 films
Total Net Collections for each actor between 2000 – 2009:
- Akshay Kumar - 983 crore
- Shah Rukh Khan - 678 crore
- Aamir Khan - 585 crore
- Salman Khan - 581 crore
- Ajay Devgn - 557 crore
- Hrithik Roshan - 481 crore
Average net box office collections per film between 2000 – 2009
- Aamir Khan – 65 crore
- Hrithik Roshan - 34.35 crore
- Shah Rukh Khan - 32.29 crore
- Akshay Kumar - 23.40 crore
- Salman Khan - 18.15 crore
- Ajay Devgn – 14.28 crore
Success Ratio i.e Above Average or better (probably the most important, because it’s the percentage of films that recovered investment)
- Aamir Khan – 78%
- Shah Rukh Khan - 67%
- Hrithik Roshan - 43%
- Akshay Kumar - 36%
- Salman Khan – 31%
- Ajay Devgn - 13%
Hit Ratio i.e Hit or Better
- Aamir Khan – 67%
- Shah Rukh Khan – 57%
- Hrithik Roshan - 43%
- Akshay Kumar - 26%
- Salman Khan – 19%
- Ajay Devgn - 10%
In conclusion, when it comes to Top 3 actors of the previous decade, it’s between Aamir, SRK, Hrithik and Akshay.
Shah Rukh maintained a very high success and hit ratio throughout the decade, even though he has featured in more than twice the number of films as Aamir.
Aamir’s stature and box office total grew quite significantly towards the end of the decade because of films like Ghajini and 3 Idiots. He didn’t have a release for four years between Dil Chahta Hai (August 2001) and Mangal Pandey (August 2005).
Salman was inconsistent, many of his films were huge disasters. As a solo star, he didn’t have much to show apart from a few films like No Entry, Partner, Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya and Wanted.
Akshay enjoyed the best phase of his career in 2006 and 2007, when he delivered several back-to-back hit films. He tops the ‘total net collections’ for the decade. His average per film and success ratio isn’t too bad either.
Hrithik Roshan went through a career low after a stellar start to his career, but made a comeback and remained consistent after Koi Mil Gaya.
Ajay Devgn was poor throughout. Both his success and hit ratio were well below 15%. His hits were Bhoot, Masti, Golmaal and Golmaal Returns.
@tiger-the real chuha and @anand-the duplicate,very well said,let’s do doodh ka doodh,pani ka paani.
KING SRK ENTERED THE INDUSTRY OF HIS OWN.
sallu entered the industry with the help of his Papa.
Bhai(salman) whose debut—-biwi ho to Aisa is a big flop.
later he went near a well known banner known as Rajshri to save his disaster debut.
KING SRK>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>salamn
About hgoty
KING KHAN is awaiting 8-9 years to get HIS OWN STARRER HGOTY,admitted.
But salman awaited a long 16 years to get his own starrer hgoty(1994-2010) (hssh is a multistarrer,no entry is not a salman film).
KING SRK>>>>>>>>salman
KING SRK has HGOTY OF HIS OWN STARRING and all of them non south remake,multistarrer.
DDLJ—-OWN STARRER,CLASSIC—-BEST ACTOR
K2H2—-OWN STARRER,CLASSIC(sallu has special apperance)—-BEST ACTOR
DEVDAS—-OWN STARRER,CLASSIC—-BEST ACTOR
VZ—-OWN STARRER,CLASSIC—-BEST ACTOR
OSO—-OWN STARRER,masala genre
salman’s
mpk—-own starrer
hahk—-family starrer+Madhuri lead overshadowed him.
dabang—-own starrer,but south remake
bg—-own starrer but again south remake
ett—own starrer
bb—-Harshali overshadowed completely
rest (hssh Is a multistarrer from 1st to last,n o entry is not a salman film).
So he has one hgoty more than KING SRK but in reality hahk,bb is huge hit because of family member+Madhuri and Harshali Malhotra overshadowed salman,so logically he has one less hgoty compared to KING OF BOLLYWOOD.
SO KING SRK>>>>>>>>>>salman
About Blockbusters
salman has—-11(mpk,hahk,KA,partner,dabang,ready,bg,ett,dabang-!!,kick,bb)—-3 are south remake,8 are from masala genre—-most importantly in a long 27 years.
KING KHAN has—-10(DDLJ,DTPH,K2H2,MB,VZ,CDI,OSO,RNBDJ,CE)(EVEN DARR too blockbuster according to new boi,but I’ll not add)—-ONLY 1 IS MASALA GENRE,0 south remake—-most importantly only in 24 years.
so KING SRK IS THE TRUE CLASSIC BLOCKBUSTER KHAN having most CLASSIC blockbuster in 24 years ,unlike salman who only able to give 1 more blockbuster that also depending only on masla genre completely,rofl.
So KING SRK>>>>>>>>>>>salamn(considering genre+spending 3 years less time span)
though salman leads by 1,but genuinely KING SRK is the winner.
MOST HITS/SEMI HITS —-KING SRK NO.1—-33
salman—-only 22-23(many are supporting roles)
most flops—-salamn is 2ND —-35 flops following akshay at 1st position.
most disasters —-sallu is 3rd among all with 7 disasters following ajay,akshay.
KING KHAN—-19 flops,0 disasters
KING SRK>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>salman.
KING KHAN never struggled>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>decade struggler salman
KING SRK has 10 BLOCKBUSTERS+0 DISASTERS>>>>>>>>>>>>>>salman 11 blockbuster+7 disasters
KING KHAN’S HITS[30]>>>>>>>>>>>>HIS flops(18-19)+0 disasters
While bhai’s hits(21)>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>his 35 flops+7 disasters.
HIGHEST WORLDWIDE BBS—KING SRK(25)>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>salamn(13)
HIGHEST OVERSEAS BBS—-KING SRK(25)>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>salman(5-6),rofl.
HIGHEST BEST PERFORMANCE GIVING MEGALEGEND KING SRK>LEGENDARY DILLIPJI>>>>>>>>>>BIGB>>>>HR>AMIR>>>>>>>>>>>least best performance giving non actor salman,rofl.
INDIA’S NO.1 RICHEST MEGASTAR(WORLDS 2ND)—–KING SRK>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>salman(not even comes in top 50 in world’s richest actor list),rofl.
FROM 1992 TILL NOW,KING SRK IS THE BIGGEST MEGA CROWD PULLING MEGASTAR>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>struggling salman.
KING KHAN has HIS OWN SIGNATURE STEP like RAJESHJI,DILLIPJI,BIGB>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>sallu has no signature step means small star.
KING KHAN has BEST PERSONALITY AND BEST HUMAN BEING KNOWN FOR HIS INTELLIGENCE KNOWN AS KING “SRK” SHORT NAME ALL OVER THE WORLD LIKE BIGB>>>>>>>>>>>>>>salman is worst human being with no humour has a big classless fanbase with no short name means a small star.
And in which world may be in bhojpur/Pluto,a star like salman who has more than double flops compared to HITS is bigger star than THE KING OF BOLLYWOOD WHO gave HIGHEST HITS OF THE GENERATION AND RULED AND has half flops compared to HITS.
this is the difference between a southern remake 2010-debutant and AN ALL TIME MEGA RULER THE BADSHAH/KING OF BOLLYWOOD—-KING SRK.
And don’t forget till 2010,salman was nowhere near to KING KHAN’S FEET in a hgoty,ter department,but it’s south remake who make reborn and gave him his keenly awaited 2ND debut and before 2010 who is unknown in India and his fans were not having enough money to watch his movies at theatres according to his FAN’S logic.
I can understand that frustration that you’re trying to hide the epic constant failure of bhai 2000-2004—-9 back to back flops,2004-2007—-8 back to back flops,2007-2008—-4 back to back flops,2008-2009—-3 back to back flops.and I’m not going back before 1999,otherwise salman fans can’t bear it,rofl.
KING SRK IS THE BIGGEST MEGASTAR OF ALL TIME RULES BOLLYWOOD FROM 1992 TO FOREVER.
@indicine,kindly publish my most important and completely unabusive 11:48 pm comment which is given to clarify many one’s doubt,so it’s my kind request and show it to all for which I’LL be Ever grateful to you,thanks.
Akki is Truly a Megastar..
Akki Has Good Time 2000-2003……
But He Has The Best Golden Period 2004-2009…… Absolute Peak Of His Career…… Golden Period In The Industry……
Kings of 2000-2009 Decade………
1.Shah Rukh Khan….
2.Akshay Kumar…….
3.Aamir Khan…
4.Hrithik Roshan….
This is Absolutely True…..
ajay isnt a superstar
dont give me that crap.when his movies have actually opened??
besides some brands like singham or golmal.he acts well n thats why he is here
Akshay all the way
Aamir is on top of almost every list, how can you call SRK number one for that decade?
Salman Khan is still get films due to Aamir Khan. If Aamir didn’t do Ghajini, south remake wouldn’t become a trend and saved Salman. So, the savior of Sallu rap*d khan’s career is one and only Aamir Khan, The Legend of Indian Cinema.
Aamir khan is box office king and most versatile actor in bollywood followed by akshay.
DCH
LAGAAN
FANAA
RDB
TZP
GHAJINI
3IDIOTS
His movies speaks louder than collection. Mr. Perfectionist rocks.
@anand the original how duplicate r u ? bro
according to you david dhawan was a medium director only just bcoz he direct your sallu bhaijan which was earlier known as govinda’s godfather instead him you listed one year old farahan akhtar , remake and sequal specialist rohit and karan who never dare to direct anyone expect srk these director are big wow
raj kumar santoshi a big clasical director became flop director just bcoz he direct your bhaai wow
means bhaai jinke sath kaam kare wo flop director just for failure excuse
nikhil advani who deleverd classic like kal ho na ho became flop director bcoz he did work with your so called bhaai salu
abbas mastan who gave clasical like baazigar and other suddenly became small direcor just bcoz he direct Sallu in flop chori chori ?
for kind of your information lot’s of your so called biggies from whom your sallu wana get single chance to work debut in srk’s movie
adity chopra(biggie never work without srk)
karan johar( biggie just bcoz of srk)
nikhil advani( only one success in whole carrer just bcoz of srk)
farah khan (only woman dirrctor to achieve 200cr and highest single day just bcoz srk otherwise everybody knows srish condition who direct salu)
and many more long list…
now actress
deepika ( top in the Bollywood without doing even a single movie with other two khan and hrithik also biggies like oso, ce, hny)
raani mukherji( with salu – flop like chori chori, har dil jo, kahi pyar na ho,hello brother, and many more than came superstar for rescue
with srk – bb like kkhh, veer zara, chalte chalte, many more
preity zinta-(with salu- flop like chori chori, har dil jo, mai mrs khana , heros, many more than again came megastar for rescue
with srk – bb like khnh,kank,veer zara and many more
these are some actress just for example bcoz i have not enough time to write about other waise bhaai nae preity and raani ka carrer dubane ki koi kaaar nhi chori thi wo toh sukar hai srk ka jiske wajh se ye bade naam bani
some debutant actress – deepika , anuska, preity, shilpa all were dubut with srk
so aaj ye sab agar tumhe bade lagte ho means your so called biggies than say thanks to srk bcoz he has midas touch
now came to low phase movie’s count from 2009-2016 in srk you didn’t mention clash factor with three movies that was jthj v/s son of sardar , dilwale v/s bajirao and all time highest grosser chennai exp just 5 days before sequal of hit franchise outim2
you also didn’t mention same gern hit recipe of south masala copy paste trick to get success in your sallu’s so called golden phase
one more thing what about overseas collection where your so called supetstar salman made known face just before 5 year earlier??
now you said that about tv hosting so plzz do google and check trp of srk’s kbc you will be shocked, and also check panchavi paas trp was also way better than bigg boss
now how can you forgot awards???? areey don’t run away ruko toh
srk’s most number of Filmfare along with legendary dilip g against your so called superstar still waiting for his debut forgot about international
and finaly srk’s is a good human being against your bhaai who still try to being human
now this is complete comparison
plz indicine it’s my humble request plz post my comment plz….
Most loved indian movie Given By Aamir 3 Idiots.
3 Idiots has 202K+ Votes On IMBD Bollywood Films hardly Get 50K Votes There But 3 Idiots Is Beyond Greatness Bcoz of Aamir.
After 3I Bollywood get The 2nd biggest Market China. AND PK Collected Record 130cr There.
Its Class Of Aamir
The Emperor Of Bollywood
Aamir was the best, is the best , and will always be the best .??
too many classic and unforgettable movies like lagaan,dil chahta hai hai,rang de basanti,mangal pandey,fanaa,taare zameen par,ghajini and 3idiots by mr perfectionist aamir khan proves that he is best actor in 2000-2009. his 2 best movies were clashed with big budget movies i.e. lagaan vs gadar and tzp vs welcome otherwise his 9 movies total collection was more than srk 21.
@indicine this is not first site to degrade srk’s success there are many site before like satyam shot, bolybusiness, IBOS (late 2000) tried to pull srk down with misleading people with their manipulative information but could not succeed.
U are calling Amir is top actor along with srk in 2000-2009 when srk had 5 blockbuster, 1 super hit and 6 hits total 12 hits out of 21 and 14 successful out of 21 while Amir had 2 blockbuster/atbb 2 superhit and 2 hits.
Some how I agree with u about hit ratio then why srk is not there in 2010 decade when he had higher hit and success ratio than Amir. Isn’t it Biasness. Amir’s hit ratio in this decade is 50% and success ratio 75% while srk’s hit ratio is 75%and success ratio is 87%. Which is almost similar to salman. Don’t satisfy perticular fan base.
I never counted Aamir movies collection in last decade so these figure with average of 60cr+ per film is surprising. For me the last decade throughly belong to Aamir khan not because of collection or box office pull but the way he brought revolution in Hindi cinema.
First movie of 2000 was Mela released on 7th Jan 2000 (worst film of Aamir in last 16 years)
Last movie of the decade – 3Idiots (25th DEC 2009) best movie of last decade.
He launched his production banner and found success with widely rejected script of Lagaan. He able to stand against Gadar and ended with 3rd highest grosser of the year.
Same year DCH, probably the first urban movie by a superstar.
Some are here talking about advantage of post multiplex era of Aamir, assume what would be collection of Lagaan and DCH if it released post 2005.
Earth shattering opening with Mangal Pandey, despite being under performer it ended as 3rd highest grosser.
Than RDB- A revolutionary film which set the trend of candle light march for protest.
Fanaa- Again a record opener at that time and was 4th highest grosser of the year 2006. The top 3 films of that year were franchise films of highly loved prequels.
He than debuted as director and Given an masterpiece Taare Zameen Par which was best film of 2007.
He again started trend of hardcore action masala film with Ghajini. Which was trend setter for these generation, Smart marketing and of course 100cf club.
He then ended the decade with best of All. 3Idiots which alone able to Rank him higher than any actor. When superstars were eying on their first 100cr, he set the 200cr club.
Aamir’s contribution in last decade sums up with below points.
Hits – Lagaan,RDB,Fanaa,TZP,Ghajini,3Idiots
ATBB- Ghajini, 3idiots (back to back)
Classic- Lagaan,RDB,DCH,Tzp,3i
Box office Phenomenon- Ghajini, 3I
Top Banner – 100% success ration (Lagaan,TZP)
Debut Director- TZP
Marketing Trendsetter
Best Received film of Last decade-3I
Biggest Opening – MP,Fanaa,Ghajini,3Idiots
Due to these reasons he was always been Star-actor of the decade. He missed 3 years in that decade still he dethroned every one on those 7 years. A beginning of Perfection who ruled boxoffice.
Srk,Akshay,Hrithik were also great in that decade but Aamir influenced the audience the most. He was truly the risk taker. Giving his heart and sole to one movie at a time and success comes behind him.
He proved the dialogue of his movie.
“Chase the excellence, success will follow you”
Salute the Legend Ace Khan.
I agree with @Anand the original. Sorry if I said something about Salman earlier it was never my wish. He is the undisputed Hero of box office. Hrithik will take over when he leaves.
Back to Ajay Devgn yes he was less a commercial star but everyone who knows Ajay know it was Ajay who purposely decided to experiment when he was tired of action and action late 90s. He had offers, even Priyadarshan, Vipul Shah and some big producers testified him rejecting their movies. The results was clear 2 National awards and many critical acclaimed movies. He became more of a commercial star by 2010 and what a way his 1st 100 cr movie Golmaal 3 he never looked back. So no matter how indicine rubbish Ajay Devgn sir we know who Ajay Sir is. Thank you. Best of luck @Sultan @MD*** @ Shivaay @Dangal @Raees.
From Mohra to Welcome to Houseful 3 akki was always a multicasts hero. Small credit but he was easily pampered. That’s why their acting can never match even tomorrow. A good high budget film of Ajay with perfect connection with mass will have tendency of opening 30 cr which akki never. HRITHIK is someone indicine hate too but they will all prove them wrong
@fasal kelawala:
If Ajay is nothing without Rohit shetty then your bhagoda is also nothing without Rohit shetty. Because, his only ATHG & only blockbuster in last nine years CE is a Rohit shetty movie.
@indicine..
superb article..
hope to see 2010 to 2016 after the end of Dangal release…
3 legendary khans, akki, ajay and hrithik are legends I am extremely proud to say that I grew up watching their films since childhood hope they keep on entertaining us
Stop living in the past. We all about ryt now and Salman dust all man.
Liars indicine
@DevGun: Nice comment,I liked it.
I don’t hate Ajay but some ajay fans like Floppy aka Ajay Rocks keep bashing Akki,that’s why!
Cheers.
why only 2000-2009? why not an article on whole carriers of these 6 actors?
@Anand Original. Boss you are Salman fan I know but why say Ajay is best actor? if you are honest you should have say Shahrukh sir. Ofcourse I wil always regards Ajay a superstar and agree with his fans Ajay was doing non commercial movies like what Akshay is doing now which made him a more all rounder now but Srk leads in this aspect in terms of All rounder / Versatile genres. let’s be honest it’s Srk Ajay and Aamir. As for fan wars from Akshay camps always regarding Ajay I will say Akshay is a more commercial superstar while Ajay is more a cinematic superstar. One an Extrovert the other a introvert but very daring actor too.
Incomplete article by indicine
Why didn’t you mentioned hgoty
No of blockbuster
success ratio is always Shahrukh Khan salman and amir is just new comer after 2009
Hrithik is best
@indicine: Dear indicine when a fan asked give top performance of actors…u gave biased answer…every1 knows ajay sir has maximum number of top performances but u told its akshay sir…maximum indicine viewers were against ur answer on that day….in every Q and A… U will get 6-8questions related2 ajay sir but u always u opt for other stars..u will answer for same repeated question on other stars…specially srks questions r always similar r repeated u will answer for them…even if therz no buzz of srk…u will try2 create buzz by answering same questions
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VXGEvIaZZBs
@Sunny Makki if Ajay was insaan small role than look how Ajay maintained his status as still a big hero compared to akki and you know before you see an actor bashing akki akki must have agreed Ajay deserves bashing him if not no movie star beats ridicule akki ..except Ajay.
Once a big boy always a big boy