Salman Khan’s Dum has gained him the 5th position in the Bollywood’s top actor’s countdown, of last 5 years. With 13 releases, 3 hits and 10 flops in the last 5 year Salman Khan movies have managed to earn up to 350 crores at the box office! Sallu charges more than 20 crores, which highlights his stardom and producers, even today, are more than happy to pay him.
Next in the list and at n the 4th position is the ‘Kambhakkt Hit’ Akshay Kumar who has given many successful hits to the industry such as ‘Singh is King’, ‘Welcome’, ‘Namastey London’ and many more. He has worked across 17 films in the last 5 years and has also increased his fees with every hit movie and now charges a whopping 31 crores for one flick. Akshay Kumar too has 3 projects on hand namely ‘De Dhana Dhan’ paired with Katrina followed by ‘Hello India’ and ‘Action Replay’.
At no 3 is the ‘Shahanshah of Bollywood’ Hrithik Roshan who seems to be following ‘Mr.Perfectionist’ Aamir Khan’s footsteps by doing less movies a year and giving his best shot ensuring a 100% hit. He has given hits like ‘Krish,’ ‘Dhoom 2’ and ‘Jodha Akbar’ in the last 5 years which have earned a huge number of 215 crores. Sources say that Hrithik Roshan charges 15 crores for one movie; however no one knows what the exact charges are. Currently, he has an International film titled ‘Kites’ in which he is paired opposite the voluptuous Barbara Morrie. Plus he will also be seen pairing with the ‘Bachchan Bahu’ Aishwarya Rai for Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s ‘Ghuzaarish’.
To the audiences disappointment ‘The King Khan’ is no more ruling the number one position, instead is at number 2. He has acted in 9 films in the last 5 years out of which 5 were block buster hits and the rest of them were a flop. However, these flops have earned the producers approximately 400 crores. Currently, Shah Rukh Khan has 3 projects on hand namely ‘My name is Khan’ followed by ‘Dulha Mil Gaya’, and his home production ‘Happy New Year’.
Last, but not the least is the number one position, which is ruled by none other than ‘Mr.Perfectionist’ Aamir Khan, who has got the audiences desperately waiting for his upcoming flicks. The list of hits given by him in the last 5 years include movies like ‘Rang De Basanti’, ‘Fanaa’,‘Tare zameen Par’,’Ghajini’ which has helped his producers earn 365 crores and made him earn the No.1 position too. He is now working on his home production ‘Three Idiots’ followed by a movie with wife Kiran Khan ‘Dhobhi Ghaat’!