Salman Khan and Priyanka Chopra have made it to Variety’s list of ‘influential business leaders shaping the global $2 trillion entertainment industry.’
Karan Johar, Aditya Chopra, Ekta Kapoor, Mukesh Ambani, Anil Ambani, Punit Goenka, Kishore Lulla, Uday Shankar and Subhash Chandra and Sidharth Roy Kapur have also been named in the list.
Variety also tweeted about Salman’s achievements, “Salman Khan is one of the unrelated Khan triumvirate comprising Aamir and Shah Rukh that has been ruling the Bollywood box-office for decades”.
Check out Salman Khan’s bio provided by Variety along with his accomplishments.
Karan Johar
From KJo’s Koffee With Karan to the controversy surrounding Ae Dil Hai Mushkil, Variety has covered it all.
“Karan Johar found himself the victim of political tensions between India and Pakistan in 2016 because a political party made capital of him casting Pakistani actor Fawad Khan in “Ae Dil Hai Mushkil” and threatened to block the film’s release”.
Priyanka Chopra
The Quantico star’s illustrious career in Bollywood and various philanthropic initiatives have been mentioned by Variety.
“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”.
Variety’s list leads with 362 people from United States, followed by 28 from UK, 20 from China, 16 from France, 15 from Germany, 12 from India, 8 from Italy and 6 from Spain.
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