2018 Forbes India Celebrity 100: Meet the 25 highest-earning icons this year

Salman Khan cements his place at the top of the list for third straight year, Virat Kohli and Akshay Kumar follow

By Forbes India Photo Team
Dec 05, 2018, 08:12 IST6 min
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<strong>Overall Rank:</strong> 2<strong><br />Virat Kohli<br />Category: </strong>Sports Personality<strong><br />Age: </strong>30<strong><br />Earnings 2018: </strong>Rs 228.09 crore<stron...
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<strong>Overall Rank:</strong> 3<br /><strong>Akshay Kumar<br />Category:</strong> Actor<br /><strong>Age:</strong> 51<br /><strong>Earnings 2018:</strong> Rs 185 crore<br /><strong>Earning...
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<strong>Overall Rank: </strong>4<br /><strong>Deepika Padukone</strong><br /><strong>Category: </strong>Actor<br /><strong>Age:</strong> 32<br /><strong>Earnings 2018:</strong> Rs 112.80 cr...
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<strong>Overall Rank</strong>: 5<br /><strong>Mahendra Singh Dhoni</strong><br /><strong>Category:</strong> Sports Personality<br /><strong>Age:</strong> 37<br /><strong>Earnings 2018:</str...
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<strong>Overall Rank:</strong> 6<br /><strong>Aamir Khan</strong><br /><strong>Category: </strong>Actor<br /><strong>Age:</strong> 53<br /><strong>Earnings 2018</strong>: Rs 97.50 crore<br ...
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<strong>Overall Rank:</strong> 7<strong><br />Amitabh Bachchan<br />Category: </strong>Actor<strong><br />Age: </strong>76<strong><br />Earnings 2018: </strong>Rs 96.17 crore<strong><br />E...
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<strong>Overall Rank:</strong> 8<br /><strong>Ranveer Singh<br />Category:</strong> Actor<br /><strong>Age:</strong> 33<br /><strong>Earnings 2018:</strong> Rs 84.67 crore<br /><strong>Earn...
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<strong>Overall Rank:</strong> 9<br /><strong>Sachin Tendulkar<br />Category:</strong> Sports Personality<br /><strong>Age:</strong> 45<br /><strong>Earnings 2018:</strong> Rs 80.00 crore<b...
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<strong>Overall Rank: </strong>10<br /><strong>Ajay Devgn<br />Category: </strong>Actor<br /><strong>Age:</strong> 49<br /><strong>Earnings 2018:</strong> Rs 74.50 crore<br /><strong>Earnin...
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<strong>Overall Rank:</strong> 11<br /><strong>AR Rahman<br />Category:</strong> Singer and Musician<br /><strong>Age:</strong> 51<br /><strong>Earnings 2018:</strong> Rs 66.75 crore<br /><...
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<strong>Overall Rank: </strong>12<br /><strong>Alia Bhatt<br />Category:</strong> Actor<br /><strong>Age:</strong> 25<br /><strong>Earnings 2018:</strong> Rs 58.83 crore<br /><strong>Earnin...
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<strong>Overall Rank:</strong> 13<br /><strong>Shah Rukh Khan<br />Category:</strong> Actor<br /><strong>Age:</strong> 53<br /><strong>Earnings 2018:</strong> Rs 56 crore<br /><strong>Earni...
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<strong>Overall Rank:</strong> 14<br /><strong>Rajinikanth<br />Category:</strong> Actor<br /><strong>Age:</strong> 67<br /><strong>Earnings 2018:</strong> Rs 50 crore<br /><br />
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<strong>Overall Rank:</strong> 15<br /><strong>Varun Dhawan<br />Category:</strong> Actor<br /><strong>Age:</strong> 31<br /><strong>Earnings 2018:</strong> Rs 49.58 crore<br /><strong>Earn...
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<strong>Overall Rank:</strong> 16<br /><strong>Anushka Sharma<br />Category:</strong> Actor<br /><strong>Age: </strong>30<br /><strong>Earnings 2018:</strong> Rs 45.83 crore<br /><strong>Ea...
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<strong>Overall Rank:</strong> 17<br /><strong>Ranbir Kapoor<br />Category:</strong> Actor<br /><strong>Age:</strong> 36<br /><strong>Earnings 2018:</strong> Rs 44.50 crore<br /><strong>Ear...
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<strong>Overall Rank:</strong> 18<br /><strong>Arijit Singh<br />Category:</strong> Singer and Musician<br /><strong>Age:</strong> 31<br /><strong>Earnings 2018: </strong>Rs 43.32 crore<br ...
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<strong>Overall Rank:</strong> 19<br /><strong>Sanjay Dutt<br />Category:</strong> Actor<br /><strong>Age:</strong> 59<br /><strong>Earnings 2018:</strong> Rs 37.85 crore<br /><br />
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<strong>Overall Rank: </strong>20<br /><strong>PV Sindhu<br />Category: </strong>Sports Personality<br /><strong>Age: </strong>23<br /><strong>Earnings 2018:</strong> Rs 36.50 crore<br /><s...
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<strong>Overall Rank:</strong> 21<br /><strong>Katrina Kaif<br />Category:</strong> Actor<br /><strong>Age:</strong> 35<br /><strong>Earnings 2018:</strong> Rs 33.67 crore<br /><strong>Earn...
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<strong>Overall Rank: </strong>22<br /><strong>Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy<br />Category:</strong> Singer &amp Musician<br /><strong>Age: </strong>51, 55, NA<br /><strong>Earnings 2018: </strong>Rs ...
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<strong>Overall Rank:</strong> 23<br /><strong>Rohit Sharma<br />Category:</strong> Sports Personality<br /><strong>Age:</strong> 31<br /><strong>Earnings 2018:</strong> Rs 31.49 crore<br /...
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<strong>Overall Rank: </strong>24<br /><strong>Pawan Kalyan<br />Category:</strong> Actor<br /><strong>Age:</strong> 47<br /><strong>Earnings 2018:</strong> Rs 31.33 crore<br /><strong>Earn...
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<strong>Overall Rank:</strong> 25<br /><strong>Kareena Kapoor Khan<br />Category:</strong> Actor<br /><strong>Age:</strong> 38<br /><strong>Earnings 2018:</strong> Rs 31.00 crore<br /><stro...
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