The Forbes India has released its top 100 celebrities list for the year 2014. For the first time in past three years Mr. Salman Khan aka Sallu bhai has topped the list preceding Amitabh Bachchan and Shahrukh Khan.

Following the list with many Bollywood actors along with cricketers and singers, southern actors namely Mahesh Babu, Rajinikanth, Ajith, Pawan Kalyan, Vijay, Allu Arjun, Dhanush also had their entries among top 100 Indian celebrities of the year, 2014.

Actresses like Deepika Padukone and Sonakshi Sinha who shared screen space with Superstar Rajinikanth in Kochadaiiyaan and Lingaa, respectively are ranked 8th and 17th according to popularity.

Leaving no stone behind director AR Murugadoss, choreographer-actor-director Prabhu Deva and Music composers Shankar-Ehasaan-Loy are also in the list.

2014 Forbes South Indian Celebrity Ranks 

Rank	Celebrity	Earnings in Crores	Money Rank	Fame Rank
8	Deepika Padukone	67.2	9	5
13	AR Rahman	50	15	15
17	Sonakshi Sinha	20.1	31	16
30	Mahesh Babu	51	14	88
39	AR Murugadoss	44.33	17	97
41	Vijay	33	23	80
45	Rajinikanth	37	21	89
51	Ajith Kumar	40.33	19	98
74	Pawan Kalyan	16	38	86
78	Dhanush	11.67	53	77
80	Allu Arjun	11.5	54	79
82	Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy	12	51	83
88	Prabhu Deva	9.83	59	87

Complete List

Rank	Name	Earnings (In Rs. crore)	Money Rank	Fame Rank
1	Salman Khan	244.5	1	1
2	Amitabh Bachchan	196.75	3	4
3	Shah Rukh Khan	202.4	2	7
4	MS Dhoni	141.8	5	3
5	Akshay Kumar	172	4	13
6	Virat Kohli	58.43	12	2
7	Aamir Khan	80.47	8	8
8	Deepika Padukone	67.2	9	5
9	Hrithik Roshan	85	7	11
10	Sachin Tendulkar	59.54	11	9
11	Ranbir Kapoor	93.25	6	26
12	Priyanka Chopra	54.4	13	10
13	AR Rahman	50	15	15
14	Priety Zinta	1.05	100	6
15	Saif Ali Khan	62.88	10	44
16	Yo Yo Honey Singh	25	27	18
17	Sonakshi Sinha	20.1	31	16
18	Virender Sehwag	5.9	79	12
19	Shikhar Dhawan	20.69	29	17
20	Gautam Gambhir	15.49	40	14
21	Katrina Kaif	39.55	20	39
22	Kareena Kapoor Khan	49.5	16	65
23	Karan Johar	21	28	22
24	Madhuri Dixit	18.63	34	20
25	Ajay Devgn	44.25	18	56
26	Ravindra Jadeja	12.65	46	19
27	Sonu Nigam	25	26	32
28	Shreya Ghoshal	15.25	41	21
29	Suresh Raina	17.54	35	24
30	Mahesh Babu	51	14	88
31	Sonam Kapoor	11.2	56	25
32	Shahid Kapoor	8.58	63	23
33	Kapil Sharma	12.5	47	27
34	Arijit Singh	35	22	69
35	Yuvraj Singh	17.43	36	37
36	Farhan Akhtar	26.05	25	49
37	Ranveer Singh	15.58	39	36
38	Ajinkya Rahane	9.44	61	29
39	A. R. Murugadoss	44.33	17	97
40	Mika Singh	31.2	24	74
41	Vijay	33	23	80
42	Anushka Sharma	19.25	33	47
43	John Abraham	6.6	75	31
44	Sunny Leone	3.85	87	28
45	Rajinikanth	37	21	89
46	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	6.76	72	35
47	Harbhajan Singh	6.05	78	33
48	Ishant Sharma	4.49	86	30
49	Saina Nehwal	5.79	80	34
50	Rohit Sharma	19.63	32	55
51	Ajith Kumar	40.33	19	98
52	Abhishek Bachchan	10.38	58	40
53	Alia Bhatt	12.18	50	42
54	Parineeti Chopra	14.31	43	51
55	Sania Mirza	6.58	77	38
56	Sunidhi Chauhan	13.25	44	48
57	MC Mary Kom	6.92	71	41
58	Chetan Bhagat	8.2	65	45
59	Sanjay Leela Bhansali	12.5	48	59
60	Aishwarya Rai Bachchan	20.25	30	81
61	Vidya Balan	12.5	49	63
62	Jacqueline Fernandez	4.79	85	43
63	Arjun Kapoor	7.5	68	53
64	Kangana Ranaut	11.98	52	67
65	Varun Dhawan	13.25	45	68
66	Shraddha Kapoor	8.13	66	58
67	Bipasha Basu	3.41	90	46
68	Riteish Deshmukh	4.8	84	52
69	Anupam Kher	9.81	60	64
70	Rohit Shetty	16.67	37	82
71	Navjot Singh Sidhu	8	67	60
72	Nargis Fakhri	8.26	64	61
73	Anurag Kashyap	2.33	94	50
74	Pawan Kalyan	16	38	86
75	Shilpa Shetty	10.38	57	71
76	Imtiaz Ali	11.25	55	75
77	Anil Kapoor	2	96	54
78	Dhanush	11.67	53	77
79	Kirron Kher	2.35	93	57
80	Allu Arjun	11.5	54	79
81	Sukhwinder Singh	9.25	62	73
82	Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy	12	51	83
83	Hema Malini	3.6	89	62
84	Viswanathan Anand	6.76	73	72
85	Vishal-Shekhar	15	42	90
86	Shaan	6.6	76	76
87	Leander Paes	1.92	97	66
88	Prabhudheva	9.83	59	87
89	Rohan Bopanna	1.92	98	70
90	Sajid Nadiadwala	7	70	84
91	Anirban Lahiri	5.13	82	78
92	Mithun Chakraborty	6.75	74	85
93	Vir Das	7.05	69	96
94	Manish Paul	3.25	91	91
95	Malaika Arora Khan	5	83	95
96	Amish Tripathi	5.6	81	99
97	Ram Kapoor	3.75	88	94
98	Remo D'Souza	2.65	92	93
99	Terence Lewis	1.3	99	92
100	Papa CJ	2	95	100