2017 Forbes India Celebrity 100: Meet the 30 highest-earning celebrities
While Salman Khan maintained his top spot, Shah Rukh Khan retained his second rank on our annual top celebrities list (Compiled by Naandika Tripathi)
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Overall Rank: 2
Shah Rukh Khan
Category: Actor
Age: 52
Earnings 2017: Rs 170.5 crore
Earnings 2016: Rs 221.75 crore
2017 Forbes India Celebrity 100: Shooting for the Stars
Salman Khan tops Forbes India Celebrity 100 list for second consecutive year
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Overall Rank: 3
Virat Kohli
Category: Sports
Age: 29
Earnings 2017: Rs 100.72 crore
Earnings 2016: Rs 134.44 crore
2017 Forbes India Celebrity 100: Shooting for the Stars
Salman Khan tops Forbes India Celebrity 100 list for second consecutive year
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Overall Rank: 4
Akshay Kumar
Category: Actor
Age: 50
Earnings 2017: Rs 98.25 crore
Earnings 2016: Rs 203.02 crore
2017 Forbes India Celebrity 100: Shooting for the Stars
Salman Khan tops Forbes India Celebrity 100 list for second consecutive year
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Overall Rank: 5
Sachin Tendulkar
Category: Sports
Age: 44
Earnings 2017: Rs 82.5 crore
Earnings 2016: Rs 58 crore
2017 Forbes India Celebrity 100: Shooting for the Stars
Salman Khan tops Forbes India Celebrity 100 list for second consecutive year
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Overall Rank: 6
Aamir Khan
Category: Actor
Age: 52
Earnings 2017: Rs 68.75 crore
Earnings 2016: This celebrity was not in the 2016 list in the absence of releases or endorsements
2017 Forbes India Celebrity 100: Shooting for the Stars
Salman Khan tops Forbes India Celebrity 100 list for second consecutive year
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Overall Rank: 7
Priyanka Chopra
Category: Actor
Age: 35
Earnings 2017: Rs 68 crore
Earnings 2016: Rs 76 crore
2017 Forbes India Celebrity 100: Shooting for the Stars
Salman Khan tops Forbes India Celebrity 100 list for second consecutive year
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Overall Rank: 8
MS Dhoni
Category: Sports
Age: 36
Earnings 2017: Rs 63.77 crore
Earnings 2016: Rs 122.48 crore
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Salman Khan tops Forbes India Celebrity 100 list for second consecutive year
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Overall Rank: 9
Hrithik Roshan
Category: Actor
Age: 43
Earnings 2017: Rs 63.12 crore
Earnings 2016: Rs 90.25 crore
2017 Forbes India Celebrity 100: Shooting for the Stars
Salman Khan tops Forbes India Celebrity 100 list for second consecutive year
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Overall Rank: 10
Ranveer Singh
Category: Actor
Age: 32
Earnings 2017: Rs 62.63 crore
Earnings 2016: Rs 67.41 crore
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Salman Khan tops Forbes India Celebrity 100 list for second consecutive year
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Overall Rank: 11
Deepika Padukone
Category: Actor
Age: 31
Earnings 2017: Rs 59.45 crore
Earnings 2016: Rs 69.75 crore
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Salman Khan tops Forbes India Celebrity 100 list for second consecutive year
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Overall Rank: 12
AR Rahman
Category: Singer/Musician
Age: 50
Earnings 2017: Rs 57.63 crore
Earnings 2016: Rs 37.5 crore
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Salman Khan tops Forbes India Celebrity 100 list for second consecutive year
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Overall Rank: 13
PV Sindhu
Category: Sports
Age: 22
Earnings 2017: Rs 57.25 crore
Earnings 2016: Rs 3.42 crore
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Salman Khan tops Forbes India Celebrity 100 list for second consecutive year
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Overall Rank: 14
Ranbir Kapoor
Category: Actor
Age: 35
Earnings 2017: Rs 55.33 crore
Earnings 2016: Rs 55.5 crore
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Salman Khan tops Forbes India Celebrity 100 list for second consecutive year
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Overall Rank: 15
S. S. Rajamouli
Category: Director
Age: 44
Earnings 2017: 55
Earnings 2016: This celebrity was not in the 2016 list in the absence of releases or endorsements
2017 Forbes India Celebrity 100: Shooting for the Stars
Salman Khan tops Forbes India Celebrity 100 list for second consecutive year
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Overall Rank: 16
Ajay Devgn
Category: Actor
Age: 48
Earnings 2017: Rs 48.83 crore
Earnings 2016: Rs 8.1 crore
2017 Forbes India Celebrity 100: Shooting for the Stars
Salman Khan tops Forbes India Celebrity 100 list for second consecutive year
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Overall Rank: 17
Arijit Singh
Category: Singer/Musician
Age: 30
Earnings 2017: Rs 48.67 crore
Earnings 2016: Rs 60.15 crore
2017 Forbes India Celebrity 100: Shooting for the Stars
Salman Khan tops Forbes India Celebrity 100 list for second consecutive year
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Overall Rank: 18
Kapil Sharma
Category: TV Personalities
Age: 36
Earnings 2017: Rs 48 crore
Earnings 2016: Rs 30.16 crore
2017 Forbes India Celebrity 100: Shooting for the Stars
Salman Khan tops Forbes India Celebrity 100 list for second consecutive year
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Overall Rank: 19
Varun Dhawan
Category: Actor
Age: 30
Earnings 2017: Rs 43.5 crore
Earnings 2016: Rs 25 crore
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Salman Khan tops Forbes India Celebrity 100 list for second consecutive year
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Overall Rank: 20
Amitabh Bachchan
Category: Actor
Age: 75
Earnings 2017: Rs 40 crore
Earnings 2016: Rs 32.62 crore
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Salman Khan tops Forbes India Celebrity 100 list for second consecutive year
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Overall Rank: 21
Alia Bhatt
Category: Actor
Age: 24
Earnings 2017: Rs 39.88 crore
Earnings 2016: Rs 17.83 crore
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Salman Khan tops Forbes India Celebrity 100 list for second consecutive year
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Overall Rank: 22
Prabhas
Category: Actor
Age: 38
Earnings 2017: Rs 36.25 crore
Earnings 2016: -
2017 Forbes India Celebrity 100: Shooting for the Stars
Salman Khan tops Forbes India Celebrity 100 list for second consecutive year
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Overall Rank: 23
Ravichandran Ashwin
Category: Sports
Age: 31
Earnings 2017: Rs 34.67 crore
Earnings 2016: Rs 15.55 crore
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Salman Khan tops Forbes India Celebrity 100 list for second consecutive year
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Overall Rank: 24
Ravindra Jadeja
Category: Sports
Age: 29
Earnings 2017: Rs 34.58 crore
Earnings 2016: Rs 7.53 crore
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Salman Khan tops Forbes India Celebrity 100 list for second consecutive year
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Overall Rank: 25
Suriya
Category: Actor
Age: 42
Earnings 2017: Rs 34 crore
Earnings 2016: Rs 38.5 crore
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Salman Khan tops Forbes India Celebrity 100 list for second consecutive year
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Overall Rank: 26
Kangana Ranaut
Category: Actor
Age: 30
Earnings 2017: Rs 32 crore
Earnings 2016: Rs 26.25 crore
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Salman Khan tops Forbes India Celebrity 100 list for second consecutive year
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Overall Rank: 27
Ajith Kumar
Category: Actor
Age: 46
Earnings 2017: Rs 31.75 crore
Earnings 2016: Rs 17.83 crore
2017 Forbes India Celebrity 100: Shooting for the Stars
Salman Khan tops Forbes India Celebrity 100 list for second consecutive year
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Overall Rank: 28
Salim-Sulaiman
Category: Singer/Musician
Age: Salim-42 Sulaiman-45
Earnings 2017: Rs 31.05 crore
Earnings 2016: -
2017 Forbes India Celebrity 100: Shooting for the Stars
Salman Khan tops Forbes India Celebrity 100 list for second consecutive year
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Overall Rank: 29
Saina Nehwal
Category: Sports
Age: 27
Earnings 2017: Rs 31 crore
Earnings 2016: Rs 20.18 crore
2017 Forbes India Celebrity 100: Shooting for the Stars
Salman Khan tops Forbes India Celebrity 100 list for second consecutive year
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Overall Rank: 30
Rohit Sharma
Category: Sports
Age: 30
Earnings 2017: Rs 30.82 crore
Earnings 2016: Rs 24.17 crore
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Salman Khan tops Forbes India Celebrity 100 list for second consecutive year
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