There's some good news for Salman Khan and it is not about his latest offering Tiger Zinda Hai that is hitting the theatres on Friday. This one is about the Forbes India list, ranking celebrities on estimates of their entertainment-related earnings. The actor has topped the 2017 charts with Rs 232.83 crore in earnings.
Salman Khan has topped Forbes India Celebrity 100 list for second consecutive year with estimated earnings of Rs 232.83 crore.
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BHAI BEATS BADSHAH | Shah Rukh Khan takes the second spot in the list with the income of Rs 170.5 crore. King Khan is now a distant second to Salman Khan.
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Among the top 10 in the Forbes list, there are only three cricketers along with seven actors. Team India skipper Virat Kohli ranks third on the list.
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After Salman Khan, Akshay Kumar retained spot No. 4 minting Rs 98.25 crore in 2017.
The third Khan in the Bollywood trinity, Aamir Khan ranks sixth this year with Rs 68.75 crore.
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While the list is dominated by men, women celebrities like Priyanka Chopra shone bright on the Forbes list with the income of Rs 68 crore.
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MS Dhoni fell from rank five in 2016 to the eighth spot this year, earning Rs 63.77 crore.
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Actor Hrithik Roshan jumped one rank this year to take the ninth spot.
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'Bajirao Mastani' actor Ranveer Singh took the 10th spot on the list bagging Rs 62.63 crore.
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Eleven of the top 20 celebrities have seen their earnings dip compared with last year.
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Women celebrities have a 17% share in overall earnings.
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While the Khan trinity retained rankings, their cumulative earnings declined by almost 20%, down to Rs 504.05 crore compared to last year’s total of Rs 626.52 crore.
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For shuttler PV Sindhu, 2017 has been an remarkable year as her Rio Olympics silver medal opened the floodgates to a bevy of prize money and endorsements.
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Average opening-day box office collections of India’s top stars, over the past six years.
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How the Khans have dominated the list of the top ten Bollywood movies of all time, in terms of box office collections.
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The presence of these non-Bollywood celebrities on the List makes the star cast more eclectic. 14 celebrities from the South Indian film industry made it to the list.
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Team ‘Baahubali’ has contributed over 4 percent of the total earnings of the Celebrity 100 list.
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Among the category toppers were Salman Khan, Virat Kohli, AR Rahman, SS Rajamouli, Kapil Sharma, All India Bakchod and Chetan Bhagat.
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The Instagram queen this year is Deepika Padukone, on Facebook Virat Kohli topped the chart and Amitabh Bachchan ruled Twitter.
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The 2017 Forbes India Celebrity 100 List rankings are based on estimates of entertainment-related earnings of celebrities.
