In the annual list of the Forbes top 100 highest earning Indian Celebrities for the year 2014 three famous tollywood actors have earned a good position. Allu Arjun, Pawan Kumar, Mahesh Babu are the three lucky trio. The famous actor Mahesh Babu was moved at rank 30 this year. Last year he was placed at the 31st position. Pawan Kumar’s position was dropped drastically. He 21 places down. In the year 2013 he was placed at the 53rd position but now he is at the 74th! Allu Arjun entered Forbes list this year only. The topper of the Forbes 100 powerful celebs is none other than Salman Khan. Salman is indeed having a great time this year. His movie Kick was a blockbuster hit and his sister Arpita Khan got engaged. Salman Khan’s property is estimated to be of 244.5 crore as his annual earnings.
Tamil superstar Vijay is ranked at the 41st place, Dhanush and Ajith is at the 78th place jointly, Rajnikanth at the 45th place. Raviteja ranked 50th with a total earning of Rs 15.5 crore in 2012, his fame rank is 56 and money rank is 38.
In the year 2012 Salman Khan’s movie Ek Tha Tiger bagged Rs. 198 crore all over. It was the largest box office collection. Salman is the Brand Ambassador of his charity Being Human. So not only he have a huge pocket but also a big heart. His notable works won the heart of millions of people. The sworn enemy of Salman Khan SRK moved to the number 1 spot in the list. He earned Rs 150 crore from his 23 brand endorsements and Rs 202 crore the field of entertainment.
The top 100 celebrity list includes movie actors, authors, television stars, film directors, singers, musicians, comedians, sports persons, and models also. It is based both on money and fame also. Fame depends on many factors like the presence in print media, online activity, television and social media also. Social media includes ones presence in Twitter and Facebook. The gross pre tax earnings of the stars were mixed with their fame positions. This year the top ten positions are grabbed mostly by the Bollywood personas. The age of the celebrities are from 30 to 50 years. Under 30 list is also there. It includes sports personalities like Mary Kom, Saina Nehwal and Virat Kohli also. Anushka Sharma is also present in the under 30 list. Saina is the youngest earner in the list. her earning is Rs 13 crore. In the world of Music AR Rahman is placed at the 20th rank and the ace singer Shreya Ghosal is at the 50th position. Preity Zinta made an unpredictable surprise entry at rank 14 and Kapil Sharma moved up to the 33rd rank. The new comers in the list are Arjun Kapoor, Alia Bhatt and Sunny Leone. Deepika Padukone is at the eighth position. Next time we will wait to see new faces from Tollywood to enter the list of the Forbes India Celebrity List.