Salman Khan quite surprised to be in the Forbes top 100 highest paid celebs list

Last week, the Forbes List of Top 100 highest paid celebs worldwide for the year of 2016-17 was announced and Indian celebs like Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan and Akshay Kumar made it to the list. SRK earned the 65th spot, Salman was placed at the 71st spot and Akshay at the 80th spot. As per the list, Salman Khan’s earnings for the year is said to be approximately Rs 245 crore, but when the actor was quizzed on making it to the list, he sounded surprised.

In an interview with Mid-Day, Salman said, “You know Shah Rukh and I were speaking last night, and we said, ‘Yeh kya (Forbes’ list) hai? Hamesha, we fall short of money to buy this or that…’ I still haven’t been able to buy my house. I used to fall short by a few lakhs before, and then it became a crore, then few, and now I’m short by quite a few crores to buy my own place. And then this Forbes’ list! I don’t have that money. I seriously don’t have that money. I was going through it and going, ‘Yeh paise kahan hai, bhai? Kidhar?‘ When a film makes Rs 500 crore, only a very nominal amount from that comes to you. It’s just that your business is worth Rs 500 crore.” (Also Read: Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan and Akshay Kumar among Forbes top 100 Highest Paid Actors)

He further spoke about how he is a bad businessman by saying, “But with Being Human clothing, we have a partner who takes a certain amount. From what comes to us, we pay taxes, and then it goes back to Being Human. The same thing with cycles, jewellery… Our business interest is towards what we can put into the charitable trust. We were already putting in a lot.”

This sounds simply unbelievable that an actor of his stature speaks about not having enough money.

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