Salman Khan, Priyanka Chopra earn a spot in Variety's list of 500 infl

India is taking over the world one step at a
time and Bollywood has a reason to
celebrate. Variety magazine announced that
Salman Khan, Priyanka Chopra, Karan Johar,
Aditya Chopra and Ekta Kapoor are in their
list of 500 most influential business leaders.
12 Indians have been chosen under the list
which also includes Anil Ambani, Uday
Shankar, Punit Goenka, Siddharth Kapur,
Subhash Chandra, Mukesh Ambani and
Kishore Lulla.
An excerpt from Salman's profile reads as
"Salman Khan is one of the unrelated Khan
triumvirate comprising Aamir and Shah
Rukh that has been ruling the Bollywood
box office for decades. Of the top ten
grossing films of all time, Salman has three,
as does Shah Rukh, while Aamir has four.
Unlike his contemporary Khans whose fan
bases are staid by comparison, every Salman
release generates mass hysteria across
India, a frenzy surpassed only by the fans of
South Indian superstar Rajinikanth."
"Salman's latest releases are Tiger Zinda Hai,
the sequel to 2012 hit Ek Tha Tiger and
Tubelight, a box-office debacle that was one
of the first Indo-Chinese co-productions
under the treaty signed by the two
countries in 2014. He also signed a
worldwide streaming deal with Amazon
Prime for rights to his catalogue and
upcoming titles," the bio continued.
An excerpt from Priyanka's profile reads as,
"Although she had envisioned an
engineering career, Chopra changed
direction after winning the 2000 Miss World
Pageant, when she received offers to act in
Indian films. Variety's Derek Elley praised her
solid screen debut in Bollywood with 2003's
The Hero: Love Story of a Spy. But her career
took off after she played the love interest in
Hrithik Roshan's Krrish in 2006."
"Chopra moved to U.S. television. She stars in
ABC's Quantico, which will return for a third
season. The network is also developing a
comedy with her to executive produce
about a former Bollywood star. Chopra
voiced Kaa in 2016's live-action Jungle Book
and starred in the Baywatch film. She still
acts in Indian films including Bajirao
Mastani, which came out in 2015," the bio
continued.
Meanwhile, Salman and Priyanka will reunite
on screen for Ali Abbas Zafar's Bharat, which
is slated for an Eid 2019 release.
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