He earns over Rs 1.5 billion ($30 million) a year through endorsements, over Rs 10 million to grace an event, Rs 10 million per TV episode, Rs 15 crores per film and has now launched a Rs.109 billion real estate project in the UAE.
Actor Shah Rukh Khan, who turns 43 today, is much more than a Bollywood superstar!
With his dimpled cheeks, toned frame, impeccable dressing sense and unmatched wit and humor, the actor has enthralled audiences worldwide for almost two decades now with films like Baazigar, Darr, Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, Dil To Pagal Hai and Chalte Chalte.
King Khan, as he is fondly called, wears the diadem of the actor with the biggest pocket in tinsel town – rumoured to be around Rs 16 billion (Rs 1,600 crores) with his maximum earnings coming from commercial endorsements.
Shah Rukh, the actor-turned-businessman, who earns more than Rs.300 per minute as per experts, has successfully diversified into newer avenues with the same charismatic appeal with which he rules Bollywood, just as his fan following has spread over the rest of Asia-Pacific and into Europe, North America and Africa.
After a colourful 2007 with two hits – Chak De! India and Om Shanti Om, Shah Rukh has left the theaters devoid of his presence this year.
But the actor continues to be a phenomenon worldwide.
He made a quick profit of Rs 400 million/Rs 40 crores across the table by selling the world distribution rights of Om Shanti Om to Eros International for Rs.750 million as against the production cost of Rs.350 million. The profit that he earned from the deal was apart from the remuneration of Rs.50 million that he took as the lead in the movie.
His further business commitments to his Indian Premier League (IPL) team Kolkata Knight Riders and his stint on TV as the host of reality quiz show Kya Aap Paanchvi Pass Se Tez Hain this year have kept him off the big screen.
Shah Rukh has also been kept busy with his ongoing world tour – Temptations Reloaded.
“It’s very important for every actor to diversify and Shah Rukh is doing the same – exploring possibilities in other fields. He has all the qualities of an all-rounder. If he is cutting down on movies, it’s a good thing. This way, his fans would get to watch him do more quality cinema. This is a fantastic phase for him. After Amitabh Bachchan, he is the only actor who has an incredible career graph and I’m sure that he’ll be seen on the big screen for a long time ” said trade analyst Taran Adarsh.
The actor is one among the few to have a huge fan following in Bollywood. Even his colleagues can’t stop raving about him.
“I’m a huge Shah Rukh fan. I’ve always been one and even he knows that. I admire him since his earliest films and I’d like to see a lot more of him on the screen,” says Priyanka Chopra, who starred with him in Don.
Actress Eesha Koppikhar was all praise for the actor having achieved super-stardom without having any godfather. “Shah Rukh is a great performer, a lovely actor and a wonderful person. He comes from a non-film background and despite that, he has achieved the success and fame, that he enjoys today. He is a true achiever,” she said.
Filmmaker Aziz Mirza, who cast Shah Rukh in four out of five of his movies, said: “Shah Rukh has always believed in quality cinema. He is a workaholic and he does everything with dedication. He is an excellent actor.”
Although Shah Rukh was not seen on the big screen for most of 2008, he kept hogging the headlines, the latest for getting the Malaysian honor, Datuk.
His forthcoming releases are Billo Barber, Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi, My Name is Khan, Dulha Mil Gaya, a sequel to Don – The Chase Begins Again and a voiceover in animation film, Koochie Koochie Hota Hain.
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He was busy with his ongoing world tour? Very funny!!!
Two shows in 2 countries, you call that a world tour?
This was never a ongoing, but a fast ending tour!
Yeah, canceling four shows, has really taken a lot
of his precious time.
Happy Birthday Mr.Khan and thanks for loving your fans in Europe soooo much…
Make Shows in UAE, thats the write place for you!
Happy Belated birthday SRK….I am ecstatic that he is diversifying himself…Fame and Showbiz can be fleeting but this man is consolidating his future as well as the future of his children and love him or hate him, one cat deny the wisdom of this….
Hi
Happy Birth day SRK May GOD fulfill ur all dreamz and make you the most sucessfull man on earth and bless you with a position where one one can reach you and no one can beat you. May GOD bless you wid health whealth and along long happy life wid Gouri and you kids. May GOD bless you wid Eman also and always protect you from all kind of dangers, enemy,evils, and bad luck.
Always keep smiling coz there is some one in this world who is livivg and smiling coz you are happy and smiling
happy birthday dear shah rukh,alwayes be happy.healthy,with long life enshallah your big fan afee .
happy birthday shah rukh,
keep entertaining all of us.