Forbes Magazine, which has its predominant space among the leading journals across the globe and known for its rankings and standards of the leaders and celebrities, has, on Thursday, released the list of top hundred celebrities in India for 2019. The list has seemingly alloyed with the combination of the Film actors, sports stars and the businessmen that might sound impressive, surprise, and shocking to many across the country.

Similar to the preceding year 2018, the list had presented with fluctuations of rankings and had inducted some of the new and never seen faces into the top hundred and the current list had echoed the certainty that the top ten spots would be boxed by the cricket players and the Bollywood stars. The Khans who have been spotted at the top ranks before have been trailed by the Indian cricketers. Salman Khan, who was ranked first last year had roped down to third place and the first rank in the current list has gone to the most popular and influential cricketer of the current era Virat Kohli. 

The list revealed that Virat Kohli, by elevating to the first place, has banked Rs 252.72 crore from October 1st, 2018 to September 30th, 2019 and the match fees, BCCI contract and the brand endorsements are the reasons behind the Indian skipper to encash such a huge figure in the period of one year. Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar ranked second with the total income of Rs 293.25 crore in the same period through which he pushed Salman Khan, who topped the list from 2016 to the third spot as the Dabangg actor earned Rs 229.25 crore.

Following the top three are Amitabh Bachchan who stood at fourth spot with Rs 239.25 crore, M S Dhoni grabbed the fifth place with Rs 135.93 crore, Shah Rukh Khan awarded with the sixth rank with Rs 124.38 crore, Ranveer Singh, Alia Bhatt, and Sachin Tendulkar ranked seventh, eighth, and ninth with the total earnings of Rs 118.2 crore, Rs 59.21 crore, and Rs 76.96 crore respectively while Deepika Padukone stood at tenth spot with the total earnings of Rs 48 crore. This is the first time that two women have been inducted in the top ten list.

Indian Superstar Rajinikanth ranked in 13th spot (first in South India) with the income of Rs 100 crore and Oscar-winning music composer A R Rahman reserved his place at 16th (second in South India) with the earnings of Rs 94.8 crore in a year. Other notable faces of Tamil Film industries are Actor Vijay, who stood at 47th rank with the income of Rs 30 crore and Actor Ajith Kumar ranked in 52nd spot with the earnings of Rs 40.5 crore. 

Tamil directors like Shankar, Siruthai Siva, and Karthik Subburaj have been spotted in 55th,80th, and 84th ranks with the income of Rs 31.5 crore, Rs 12.17 crore, and 13.5 crore respectively whereas Actor turned politician Kamal Haasan stood at 56th rank with the earnings of Rs 34 crore while actor Dhanush has been awarded 64th rank with the total income of 31.75 crore.

To know more: http://www.forbesindia.com/lists/2019-celebrity-100/1819/all