Salman Khan has beaten Shah Rukh Khan in the India’s Forbes Celebrity 100 list for 2016. Shah Rukh Khan was the top contender in the earlier year and ‘Sultan Star’ Salman made it this year. Not just SRK alone, the ‘Sultan Star’ has also beaten the likes of Virat Kohli, Priyanka Chopra, Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Deepika Padukone. His recent film Sultan made huge collections at the box office with an impressive amount Rs 300.45 crore. The film also bagged viewers raving apart from box office collections.
Forbes India magazine rank celebrities based on two parameters - entertainment related estimates of fame and earnings. The list was made considering the period from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2016. Surprisingly, Aamir Khan failed to manage to be in the top 10. As ‘Mr. Perfectionist’ did not have any release in the period, Forbes couldn’t put forward his name. Amir neither has been seen hosting small screen nor judging shows as well.
On the other hand, Salman has two blockbusters during the period ‘Sultan’ and Prem Ratan Dhan Payo’ namely. Besides, Sallu bhai is also hosting the tenth season of the famous reality show ‘Bigg Boss.’ Salman’s earning marks 9.84 per cent of the Rs 2,745 crore, which the top 10 personalities alltogether make.
While King Khan has also got featured in Dilwale’ and ‘Fan’ films in the said period, both the movies aren’t successful. India’s star cricketer Virat Kohli surpassed Salman and SRK with his Rs 134.44 crore earning listed to the third spot.
‘Rustom’ Akshay Kumar on number 4, with earnings of Rs 203.03 crore, ranked 11 in terms of fame. Captain cool Mahendra Singh Dhoni located on number 5 with earnings of Rs 122.48 crore, ranked 4 on the fame scale. Deepika Padukone made sixth position and ‘Desi girl’ Priyanka Chopra ranked eighth with Rs 76 crore earnings.
The countdown thus begins!!!!! Loads of buzzing all around about this and now the date is confirmed by the team of the controversial show with a new promo on Twitter- Bigg Boss 10 begins on October 16. The very first time the reality show would run neck-and-neck with the celebrity contestants and the common people who have been hand-picked after rigorous auditions.
One of the most controversial reality shows, for which the entire nation eagerly awaits Bigg Boss hosted by Salman Khan, who is currently shooting for his upcoming him “Tube Light,” is all set on fire and is ready to strike the TV Screens from this forthcoming Sunday i.e.; 16th October 2016.
New location planned at Lonavala where it would be shot. So get ready for the new season of BB, where Salman Khan will be greeting you all soon in your living rooms with his magic.This time too, it is Salman Khan all the way, as the season of Bigg Boss is entirely incomplete without the presence of a superstar in the show.
Deepika Padukone will join Salman as co-host of the first episode. It also features the commoners with the celebrities for the first and foremost time. He plans up to do something different for his fans which he has never done before.
In the first trailer of this year, he is dressed in a space suit as an astronaut walking on the moon. Through the auditions and scrutiny held for months together, a total of 13 commoners are chosen, from where only a few will get selected to enter the Bigg Boss Season 10 who will well be engaged in a battle of wits and entertainment with celebrities.
Bigg Boss 10 show is a stunning combination of both the celebrity contestants as well as the common which is presented in the spotlight.
The Bigg Boss 10 shortlisted candidates list, who belong to various fields. The reality show hosts a spectrum of personalities like from bankers to businessmen, from entrepreneurs to corporate professionals, and from teachers to students. In fact, the audience is responsible for the final selection which will be conducted by the show makers through a poll. They are lucky enough, to spend the next three months in a glass-walled house with the celebrity contestants.
Contestants are selected from every nook and corner of the country and they have all the qualities, elements, and zeal to entirely broadcast the show Bigg Boss into a bonanza of entertainment, bringing in their quality of uniqueness and the twist to the reality show. They also promise to add loads of masti and tadka to the reality show.
Manoj is 34 yrs old. He is from Pink city Jaipur and is a businessman. He always enjoys playing cricket, trying mimicry, flirting, partying and watching cartoons in his leisure.
Kajol Tyagi
A 23 yrs old girl is from Mumbai and has roots in Kashmir. By profession, she is a YouTube enthusiast girl and also an actress. Kajol is a passionate dancer, loves relaxing or sleeping, also enjoys talking.
Feroz Khan
Feroz is a Scorpio and 27 yrs from Mumbai. By profession, he is an actor, singer by and loves river rafting, bungee jumps, cycling. He is quite adventurous & loves making fun around.
Ruchika Singh
Ruchika is 39 yrs old and is from Delhi. Her hobbies are travelling, watching movies, reading spiritual books and partying.
Naveen Prakash
Naveen is 26 yrs old Leo and from Jhajha in Bihar. He is a teacher by profession. He enjoys reading, writing and listening to songs.
Nitibha Kaul
23 yr old Nitibha is an account strategist who hails from Delhi. She enjoys singing, swimming, dancing, listening to music and reading.
Priyanka Jagga
Priyanka is 32 yrs old and belongs to Delhi. By profession, she is a marketing recruiter. She enjoys dancing, trekking, passionate in playing badminton, travelling and attending barbeque parties with friends.
Nikhil Mehta
A Sagittarian, 24 yr old actor cum singer, belongs to Mumbai. He enjoys listening to music and playing cricket. Nikhil is sure to be a good entertainer.
Manveer Gurjjar
Manveer is 29 yrs olds & belongs to Noida. By profession, he is a dairy owner. He is an enthusiast towards the gym and enjoys wrestling and hanging out with friends.
Dev Devgan
Dev is 30yrs old and belongs to Ludhiana, he is a businessman and enjoys doing the Bhangra and singing. Energetic as well as boisterous.
Pramod Dahiya
He is an Aquarian of 37 yrs old hailing from Haryana. He is an actor cum writer who lives in Mumbai. He loves and relishes home-made food. He enjoys reading, listening to old songs, playing sports and time in his gym. He is very simple in his personality.
Lokesh Kumari Sharma
Lokesh is a student of 25 yrs old who hails from Delhi. He enjoys singing, dancing, eating and believes in having lots of fun in life.
Mandira Chauhan
She hails from Pune who is a professional in radio programming. She enjoys road trips and house parties, sharp limitations over food. She is also fondly known as Mandy.
This ultimate, controversial reality show will telecast on the channel Colors TV at 10:30 pm from Monday to Friday, and at 9 pm on weekends i.e. Saturday and Sunday.
This could be an added twist to the lives of the selected contestants who needs to fight the battle before stepping into the Big Boss house and take the whole nation by storm!!!!!
Audience are more eager and full on excited for the show to see how the common people like us, manages and be the best entertainer creating a spot for themselves among other contestants. Will they be able to survive all the series of the silly issues for almost three months? Who will survive and whose dreams will come to reality in one tiny step??
Audience are still witnessing the magic of ‘Sultan’ happening all around the world. The latest figures show the movie crossed Rs.550 crore milestone. The film is setting new benchmarks which cannot be touched by an ordinary flick. After a successful run on the third weekend after its release, Salman Khan’s Sultan made a 290 crore mark in domestic Box Office.
The mass entertainer by the director Ali Abba Zafar is based on the theme of wrestling. Starring with Anushka Sharma the movie has a good love track too. It’s not the artificial hype keeping the movie alive, the huge fans base of Salman Khan is one among the main factor of demand of the movie.
Considering the action and dialogues, eagerness is always created to the audience to check out Salman on-screen. Fans always don’t mind to have a second watch or third at times, when it comes to the matter of Sallu Bhai. Sultan did not have a lag in South Indian market even after Rajini’s ‘Kabali’ release.
Release made on account of EID as Salman does every year, 5-day festive weekend made a gigantic movie business in the first week and recorded a collection of Rs.229.16 crores. The film faced a drop in collections on its third Friday, but took over in no time and found a good collection on Saturday and Sunday.
The Box office collection on Third-weekend were about Rs.11.5 crores approximately. Overtaking the earlier dhoom-3 records, ‘Sultan’ lags a way behind Amir Khan’s record of PK with 340 crores. This mass entertainer of Salman stood in third place after PK and Bajrangi Bhaijaan. The film proved extraordinary box office stamina of Salman in northern India when compared to rest of the India.
The Bollywood star Salman Khan is acquitted by the Rajasthan High Court in the 1998 Blackbuck and Chinkara poaching cases. Justice Nirmaljeet Kaur of Jodhpur principal seat of High Court pronounced the verdict on Monday. The court held that the bullets recovered from animals in the 18-year old cases were not fired out of the Khan’s licensed gun.
The driver of the jeep used by the actor and seven others who were allegedly involved in the hunting cases has been missing. Mr. Khan was accused of killing Chinkara at Bhawad on the outskirts of Jodhpur on September 26, 1998, and the other at Ghoda Farms on September 28, 1998.
Khan was convicted under the Wild Life Act for poaching the Chinkara and Blackbuck, was sentenced to one-five year imprisonment in 2006 and 2007 respectively and was charged Rs. 5000 as fine. The two incidents allegedly happened when Salman Khan was shooting for, “Hum Saath Saath Hain,” a film directed by Sooraj Barjatya. Besides Salman his co-stars, Saif Ali Khan, Sonali Bendre, Tabu and Neelam were also charged in the poaching case.
The actor aged 50, was not present at the court when the HC pronounced the verdict. His sister Alvira and their lawyer Hasthimal Saraswat attended the court. “When the court asked for the bullets recovered it was proved that they were not fired from that gun,” said Hasthimal.
A local Bishnoi community has been fighting the case against the actor. So, they might appeal against the pronounced verdict. “We can go to the SC against this judgment,” said community leader Mahipal Bishnoi.
