Salman Khan Tops Forbes` `India Celebrity 100` List |
Bollywood`s super duper star Salman Khan has maintained the top spot on Forbes` `India Celebrity 100` list for the second consecutive year. The “Badshah” of Bollywood Shah Rukh Khan and India`s cricket captain Virat Kohli took the second and the third spots, respectively, with actress Priyanka Chopra named as the only female celebrity on the Top 10 list. The 2017 Forbes` `India Celebrity 100` list rankings are based on estimates of the entertainment-related earnings of the celebrities. The period under consideration is Oct. 1, 2016 to Sept. 30, 2017. The methodology for calculating the ranking may have changed this year (to exclude the “fame” quotient), but the list`s top three names have remained constant. Salman grabbed the top spot for the second successive year despite the subdued box office performance of his film, Tubelight. The actor earned Rs. 232.83 crore, backed by endorsements of several consumer-facing brands. In fact, his earnings constitute 8.67 percent of the total earnings — Rs. R 2,683 crore — of the top 100 celebrities for the year. Shah Rukh, with Rs. 170.5 crore, also retained his position at number two as did India`s cricket captain Virat Kohli, with Rs. 100.72 crore at third spot.
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