The 2019 Forbes India Celebrity 100 List is out, and Akshay Kumar has surpassed other celebs to be on the second position in the list. Salman Khan, who had ruled at the top for last three years, slipped down to the third position in 2019. The rankings were based on estimates of earnings through estimates of professional commitments and endorsements of celebrities. The period under consideration was from October 1, 2018 to September 30, 2019.
Akshay Kumar, who starred in Kesari, Mission Mangal and Housefull 4 this year and is also looking forward to the release of Good Newwz later in December, had total earnings of Rs 293.25 crore, a jump of 58.51 per cent from the previous year. India Cricket captain Virat Kohli was the first on the list.
Salman completed the top three, with Rs 229.25 crore in earnings in the period under consideration for the list. Shah Rukh Khan climbed his way back into the Top 10 in 2019 list led by brand endorsements -- despite his last outing Zero failing to create an impact at the Box Office. SRK's estimated earnings at Rs 124.38 crore were 27 per cent lower than in the 2018's list.
Alia Bhatt broke into the Top 10 on the Forbes India Celebrity 100 list at the eighth spot followed by Deepika Padukone at number 10 -- the first time ever that two women are in the Top 10.
There are 13 celebrities from the South this year (down from 15 in 2018) but their contribution to the cumulative earnings of the top 100 has increased to 12.57 per cent from 11.26 per cent in the previous year.
"The inevitability of such lists being dominated by men, which itself tells a tale of the lack of pay parity across genders in every local film industry and in every sport. In cricket, a whopping Rs 6.5 crore separates top men players from the women when it comes to the central contract. But when it comes to performance, there is no gap," said Brian Carvalho, Editor, Forbes India.
There are 30 women on the list this year, up from 17 in 2018.
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