Akshay Kumar Surpasses Salman Khan; Shah Rukh Khan – Not The Highest Paid Entertainer Anymore!

Akshay Kumar has been ranked 76th on the Forbes list surpassing Salman Khan who ranks 82nd, Shah Rukh Khan fails to earn a spot. BTown’s Khiladi Kumar and Dabbang Khan have been placed among the top 100 Highest-paid Entertainers in the world in a list published by American Business Magazine, Forbes. The list includes celebrities from various streams like Entertainment, Sports, Literature, and many more.

With an annual earning of USD $ 40.5 million, Akshay Kumar has been ranked 76th on the Forbes list surpassing Dabbang Actor Salman Khan who has had an annual earning of USD $ 37.7 million, featuring on 82nd spot. What came as a surprise was Shah Rukh Khan’s absence on the list who ranked 65th on Forbes Top 100 Highest-Paid Entertainers 2017.

Forbes described Akshay as “one of Bollywood’s leading men has transitioned to socially-conscious roles,” praising his films such as Toilet: Ek Prem Katha which focuses on government campaigns to improve sanitation, and Padman which centers around a man hoping to provide inexpensive sanitary pads to rural communities.