Forbes India is a well-established magazine that has now curated a prestigious list titled - Forbes Celebrity 100 which includes the most popular celebrities in India across Bollywood, sports, South cinema, TV, and a brand-new category: Celebrity Chefs!
While Virat Kohli bagged the top place of the list which is followed by Akshay Kumar, Salman Khan, Amitabh Bachchan ad MS Dhoni bagged the second, third, fourth and fifth places respectively.
Prominent South-Indian stars, Superstar Rajinikanth bagged the 13th position, Isaipuyal AR Rahman bagged the 16th position, Mohanlal bagged 27th position, Prabhas gets the 44th position, while Vijay and Ajith bagged the 47th and 52nd places, Mahesh Babu is in the 54th rank followed by filmmaker Shankar in the 55th and Kamal Haasan in the 56th position. While Dhanush, Director Siva and Director Karthik Subbaraj are on the 64th, 80th and 84th places respectively.
For the unversed, according to the Forbes, the rankings are based on two parameters - Estimates of entertainment-related earnings of celebrities and estimates of the extent of their fame. This is further calculated based on the media-visibility of the celebrities.