Mumbai, January 08: Salman Khan and Shah Rukh seem to be inseparable in friendship and in war.
The two most popular Bollywood heroes have been named the most profitable actors of the Hindi film industry in India and abroad by ETC Bollywood Business Awards.
Kareena Kapoor, who featured in ‘Bodyguard’ and ‘RA.One’ in 2011 opposite the two actors, has been titled the most profitable actor in the female category.
Expressing her emotions on being named most profitable actress, Kareena said she felt a sense of pride. She stated that commercial success of a film is as important as the critical success of a movie. A commercially successful movie pays evidence to the fact that viewers loved watching the movie.
Salman’s ‘Bodyguard’, the Hindi remake of the Malayalam film by the same name, was titled the top grosser of the year. The film’s director Siddique, walked away with the most profitable director’s trophy.
Whereas SRK’s mega-budget dream project ‘RA.One’ was recognised as the best marketed film of the year and also bagged an award under the highest single day collection category, as reported by Mid-Day.
Other films like ‘Pyaar Ka Panchnaama’, ‘The Dirty Picture’, ‘Don 2:The King Is Back’ and ‘Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol’ bagged awards for being the most successful small budget Film, ETC Box Office surprise of the year, most popular first look of a film and most successful foreign film respectively.
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