Salman Khan tops Forbes India Celebrity 100 list for 2nd year

Superstar Salman Khan has once again topped the Forbes' annual list of the highest-earning entertainers in the country.

The 2017 Forbes India Celebrity 100 list rankings are based on estimates of entertainment-related earnings of celebrities.

The 51-year-old actor pipped Shah Rukh Khan to the top after raking in Rs 232.83 crore in the period of October 1, 2016 to September 30, 2017, backed by endorsements of several brands.

Shah Rukh with Rs 170.5 crore, retained his last year's position at number two, and was followed by newly-married Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli with Rs 100.72 crore.

The list also features 13 actors from the south this year as against 11 last year.

The only woman in the top 10 is actor Priyanka Chopra (at number 7 with Rs 68 crore), as she continued to make her mark internationally.

Shuttler PV Sindhu with earning of Rs 57.25 crore was the highest money gainer as her total earnings soared nearly 17 times, propelled by several brand endorsements following her 2016 Rio Olympics silver medal.

Valmiki community protests screening of Salman’s Tiger Zinda Hai’ in Rajasthan

In yet another protest against a Bollywood film, the morning shows of "Tiger Zinda Hai", a Salman Khan-Katrina Kaif starred film, had to be stopped in many cinema halls across Rajasthan after members of the Valmiki community raised slogans, tore and burnt posters of the film over the alleged use of a pejorative word by Salman during a promotional event.

The protests started from Ajmer and soon reached Jaipur and Kota, leading to cancellation of the morning shows in several cinema halls of the film that released nationwide on Friday.

According to information, the Valmiki community is aggrieved due to the alleged use of pejorative language by Salman Khan, and by Shilpa Shetty earlier.

The police remanded several people in custody.

The protesters alleged that Salman had insulted the Valmiki community by using "cheap language".

The video of Salman, uttering the pejorative words has gone viral, and triggered tension in Ajmer.

The aggrieved protesters in large numbers reached Mridang Theatre late on Thursday night and tore up the film posters and many also set ablaze the actor's posters.

They also warned cinema hall owners to stop screening the movie or else they will have to pay a big price, sources confirmed.

The movie has been directed by Ali Abbas Zafar and comes as a sequel to Kabir Khan's blockbuster "Ek Tha Tiger".

Nawazuddin honoured, proud to portray Bal Thackeray

Nawazuddin Siddiqui has released the teaser of "Thackeray" -- an upcoming biopic on the life of Bal Thackeray. The National Award-winning actor says it is an honour for him to portray the late Shiv Sena founder-president.

The less than two-minute teaser starts with dramatically showing a small child crying in a poverty-stricken area. Later on, a bunch of people rush past it and torch the place. Later, scenes of Thackeray conducting his meetings are shown.

The video ends with the introduction of Nawazuddin taking up the stage as Bal Thackeray to address a rally.

"It's an honour and pride to portray the real king of the country on screen. Here comes the teaser of ‘Thackeray'. Hearty thanks to shri Uddhav Thackeray, Sanjay Raut, AmitabhBachchan and Abhijit Panse," Nawazuddin wrote alongside the teaser.

Bal Thackeray was one of the iconic politicians who started his career as a cartoonist and social worker. Later he formed a regional political party in Maharashtra named Shiv Sena that ruled the political scenario of the state for around 50 years. He passed way in 2012.

Directed by Abhijit Panse, written by Sanjay Raut, "Thackeray" will release on January 23, 2019 in Hindi and Marathi language.