India’s highest-earning celebrities | 2017 Forbes India Celebrity 100

Forbes has revealed its much awaited 2017 Forbes India Celebrity 100 in which the names and income of the highest-earning celebrities are given.

The list is of great importance and interest because we come to learn of the income and net worth of leading celebrities like Priyanka Chopra, Deepika Padukone, Salman Khan, Shah Rukh Khan etc.

In the latest list, Salman Khan rules the roost of the highest paying celebrities with an annual income of Rs. 232.83 crore.

His blockbuster movies like Tubelight and Tiger Zinda Hai in addition to lucrative endorsement deals of several leading consumer brands have contributed to the immense income and networth.

Shah Rukh Khan came second in the Forbes list with an annual income of Rs. 170.5 crore.

Virat Kohli, the captain of India’s cricket tem, came third with an income of Rs. 100.72 crore.

The cumulative earnings of the top three celebrities is Rs. 504.05 crore. Last year, the top three celebrities earned Rs. 626.52 crore.

PV Sindhu, the shuttler who has done the nation proud, earned income of Rs. 57.25 crore. Her income and earnings have risen nearly 17 times. Sindhu is the highest money gainer. Her income was propelled by several brand endorsements following her 2016 Rio Olympics silver medal.

Rank	Name	Earnings (In Rs. crore)	Age
1	Salman Khan	232.83	51
2	Shah Rukh Khan	170.50	52
3	Virat Kohli	100.72	29
4	Akshay Kumar	98.25	50
5	Sachin Tendulkar	82.50	44
6	Aamir Khan	68.75	52
7	Priyanka Chopra	68	35
8	MS Dhoni	63.77	36
9	Hrithik Roshan	63.12	43
10	Ranveer Singh	62.63	32
11	Deepika Padukone	59.45	31
12	A. R. Rahman	57.63	50
13	P. V. Sindhu	57.25	22
14	Ranbir Kapoor	55.33	35
15	S. S. Rajamouli	55	44
16	Ajay Devgn	48.83	48
17	Arijit Singh	48.67	30
18	Kapil Sharma	48	36
19	Varun Dhawan	43.50	30
20	Amitabh Bachchan	40	75
21	Alia Bhatt	39.88	24
22	Prabhas	36.25	38
23	Ravichandran Ashwin	34.67	31
24	Ravindra Jadeja	34.58	29
25	Suriya	34	42
26	Kangana Ranaut	32	30
27	Ajith Kumar	31.75	46
28	Salim-Sulaiman	31.05	42, 45
29	Saina Nehwal	31	27
30	Rohit Sharma	30.82	30
31	Vijay	29	43
32	Anushka Sharma	28.25	29
33	Pritam	25.69	46
34	Sanjeev Kapoor	24.85	53
35	Badshah	23.14	32
36	Rana Daggubati	22	33
37	Mahesh Babu	19.63	42
38	Mika Singh	18.59	40
39	Jayam Ravi	18	37
40	Sonu Nigam	17.35	44
41	Sunidhi Chauhan	16.17	34
42	Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy	16	50, 54, NA
43	Shikhar Dhawan	15.94	32
44	Shahid Kapoor	15.88	36
45	Sonakshi Sinha	15.13	30
46	Nawazuddin Siddiqui	15.10	43
47	Kabir Khan	15	46
47	Kareena Kapoor Khan	15	37
49	All India Bakchod	14.95	Tanmay Bhat- 30, Ashish Shakya -30, Gursimran Khamba- 27, Rohan Joshi- 29
50	David Dhawan	14.75	62
51	Irrfan Khan	14.38	50
52	Karan Johar	14.13	45
52	John Abraham	14.13	44
54	Vijay Sethupathi	14.08	39
55	Sonam Kapoor	14	32
56	Katrina Kaif	13.83	34
57	Jacqueline Fernandez	13.63	32
58	Kajol	13.38	43
59	Diljit Dosanjh	13.36	33
60	Milan Lutharia	12.67	49
61	Imtiaz Ali	12.50	46
61	Sushant Singh Rajput	12.50	31
63	Anirban Lahiri	12.44	30
64	Neha Kakkar	12.21	29
65	Saif Ali Khan	12.17	47
66	Tiger Shroff	11.94	27
67	Farhan Akhtar	11.92	43
68	Yuvraj Singh	11.60	36
69	Pawan Kalyan	11.33	46
70	Dhanush	11.25	34
70	Vishal Bhardwaj	11.25	52
72	Parineeti Chopra	11.19	29
73	Mohanlal	11.03	57
74	Arjun Kapoor	10.83	32
75	Vir Das	9.95	38
76	Shraddha Kapoor	9.88	30
77	Sunil Grover	9.83	40
78	Sidharth Malhotra	9.31	32
79	Dulquer Salman	9.28	31
80	Anurag Basu	8.35	43
81	Allu Arjun	7.74	34
82	Chetan Bhagat	7.15	43
83	Kidambi Srikanth	6.13	24
84	Amish Tripathi	5.88	43
85	Ajinkya Rahane	5.56	29
86	Cheteshwar Pujara	5.48	29
87	Murali Vijay	4.20	33
88	Ali Asgar	4.19	51
89	KL Rahul	4.04	25
90	Umesh Yadav	3.94	30
91	Shabir Alhuwalia	3.49	38
92	Sugandha Mishra	3.39	29
93	Bharti Singh	3.25	33
94	Hardik Pandya	3.04	24
95	Karan Patel	2.95	34
96	Divyanka Tripathi Dahiya	2.92	33
97	Krushna Abhishek	2.90	34
98	Sania Mirza	2.80	31
99	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	2.53	27
100	Sunil Chhetri	2.30	33