Shah Rukh Khan has regained his point as Indias top-earning celebrity behind estimated earnings of Rs 257.5 crore this year, pushing Salman Khan to the second perspective in the latest Forbes list.
Shah Rukh had at a loose end his extremity rank to friend and archrival Salman last year and had slipped to the third viewpoint, Forbes said in its annual India Celebrity List for 2015 today.
Incidentally, the list comes a hours of daylight after Salman Khan was acquitted by Bombay High Court in a as soon as suggestion to speaking 13-year-antique hit and manage achievement.
Salmans estimated earnings, as per the latest list, stand at Rs 202.75 crore on summit of Rs 50 crore less than that of Shah Rukh Khan. Amitabh Bachchan is at third point of view, all along from his second slope last year. Forbes said the quantity loads of the extremity 100 celebrities stood at Rs 2,819 crore, even if cinema and cricket dominate the peak-ten positions.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been ranked fourth and is followed by Aamir Khan, Akshay Kumar, Virat Kohli, Sachin Tendulkar, Deepika Padukone and Hrithik Roshan in the peak ten.
Besides the earnings estimates, the overall Celebrity 100 list moreover takes into account the fame. Their mordant pre-tax earnings are united behind their fame scores to arrive at the Forbes India Celebrity 100 List, the magazine said. In terms of earnings alone moreover, 50-year-olden Shah Rukh topped the list though Salman is at the second turn.
However, Akshay Kumar ranks in the push away along at the third viewpoint in terms of earnings and is followed by Dhoni and Bachchan at the fourth and fifth places, respectively. Forbes said Shah Rukhs estimated earnings at Rs 257.5 crore are the highest that any celebrity has ever made in the four-year records of the Forbes India Celebrity 100 list.
In fact, his earnings make occurring as much as 9 percent of the unconditional deafening quantity of the zenith 100 celebrities this year Rs 2,819 crore, it said, although he still lags back at number four in terms of the fame ranking where 73-year-antique Bachchan reigns at the zenith slant of view.
Aamir Khan has made it to the top five for the first period. He is at number 5 in version to the list this year and his superhit movie PK and revenues from brand endorsements helped him rake in an estimated Rs 104.25 crore, his highest in the last four years.
On the other hand, Alia Bhatt and Madhuri Dixit have moved occurring the list despite any movie exoneration in the era era knocked out consideration (October 1, 2014 to September 30, 2015). Their rise concerning the list is enormously due to earnings from brand endorsements and their fame quotient.
Among the Kollywood actors Dhanush tops the table as he holds 37th face beating Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan, who are at 46 and 69th positions respectively.
There were more dropouts this year, though 19 celebs drifting their ranks concerning the Celebrity 100 list for 2015 including Sanjay Leela Bhansali, AR Murugadoss and Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy.
Source: Forbes
