India's most valued celebrities 2022: Ranveer pips Kohli; Allu Arjun, Rashmika among top 25

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Bollywood actor Ranveer Singh has emerged as India's most valued celebrity of 2022 with a brand value of $181.7 million, according to a report by Kroll. The 'Padmaavat' actor surpassed Indian cricketer Virat Kohli to attain the top spot

India's most valued
celebrity of 2022

Virat Kohli, who held the top spot for five years, fell to the second spot with a brand value of $176.9 million. His brand value has seen a decline for two consecutive years after he left the captaincy of the men’s cricket team

Ranveer Singh surpasses
Virat Kohli to grab the
first spot

Akshay Kumar, Alia Bhatt and Deepika Padukone are the other celebrities among top 5. While Akshay Kumar's brand value stood at $153.6 million, Alia Bhatt and Deepika Padukone's brand value stood at $102.9 million and $82.9 million, respectively

Akshay Kumar, Alia Bhatt,
Deepika Padukone in top 5

Former cricketer MS Dhoni grabbed the sixth spot on the list with a brand value of over $80 million, while Sachin Tendulkar entered the top 10 for the first time, ranking eighth with a brand value of $73.6 million, as per the report titled “Celebrity Brand Valuation Report 2022: Beyond the Mainstream”

Celebrity Brand Valuation
Report 2022: Beyond the
Mainstream

Surprisingly Shah Rukh Khan stands at the tenth spot in the list, owing to lack of releases for 4 years before Pathaan. Amitabh Bachchan and Hrithik Roshan are the other big names from the film industry that made it to the top 10 list

Top 10 most valued
celebrities in India

Notably, the aggregate brand value of the top 25 celebrities is estimated to be $1.6 billion in 2022, marking an increase of roughly 29.1 per cent from 2021

India's most valued celebrities list

With South Indian movies garnering a pan-India viewership, for the first time South Indian stars, Allu Arjun and Rashmika Mandanna, made it to the list of India’s top 25 most valued celebrities

South stars shine in most
valued celebrities list

Allu Arjun ranked 20th with a brand value of $31.4 million, while Rashmika Mandanna ranked 25th with a brand value of $25.3 million, according to the report

Allu Arjun, Rashmika
Mandanna rankings

Meanwhile, Olympic gold medalist Neeraj Chopra also made it to the top 25, along with Commonwealth gold medalist PV Sindhu. They were both valued at $26.5 million

Neeraj Chopra, PV
Sindhu among top 25