Forbes 2015 Celeb 100: Mahesh, Kamal, Rajini, Suriya, Rajamouli, Prabhas, Kajal, Shruti make it to list

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A total of 15 South Indian stars, including Mahesh Babu, Allu Arjun, Kamal Haasan, Kajal Aggarwal, Shruti Haasan, Rajinikanth, Suriya and SS Rajamouli, have made it to the Forbes 2015 Celeb 100 list.

Popular business and financial magazine Forbes India has published the list of the 100 rich and popular celebrities of the country in 2015. Superstar Mahesh Babu, who top South celebs with 30^th rank in 2014, has gone down to 37^th rank in 2015. Superstar Rajinikanth has also slipped from his 45^th rank in 2014 list to 69^th rank in 2015 list. Prabhudheva has retained his 88^th rank that he had in 2014.

      Dhanush and Allu Arjun have climbed up from their 78^th rank and 80^th rank in 2014 to the 37^th rank and 42^nd rank in this year. Superstar Kamal Haasan, N Santhanam, Kajal Aggarwal, Shruti Haasan, Suriya, SS Rajamouli, Ravi Teja, Prabhas and Arya are the new South Indian faces to enter the list of Forbes Celeb 100 this year.

Nine South Indian stars have featured in the Forbes 2014 Celeb 100 list, but this number has gone up to 15, including nine new entrants. Surprisingly, Southern superstars like Vijay, Ajith Kumar, Pawan Kalyan, AR Murugadoss, which were seen in the list of 2014, are missing in the Forbes 2015 Celeb 100 list.

The bosses of Forbes India claim that the rankings in the list are based on estimates of celebs' earnings and media visibility from 1 October, 2014, to 30 September, 2015. "We tracked the media visibility of celebrities across print and television and tabulated their social media reach," reads their statement.

Here is the list of Southern stars featured in the Forbes 2015 Celeb 100 list.

Rank	Name	Earnings (Rs cr)	Money Rank	Fame Rank
36	Mahesh Babu	51.5	13	78
37	Dhanush	42	20	64
42	Allu Arjun	37.5	22	67
46	Kamal Haasan	51	14	92
52	N Santhanam	45	17	91
58	Kajal Aggarwal	10.13	64	45
61	Shruti Haasan	8	74	47
69	Rajinikanth	25	32	80
71	Suriya	32	24	95
72	SS Rajamouli	26	30	84
74	Ravi Teja	12.5	57	65
77	Prabhas	24	33	88
80	Arya	29	26	100
88	Prabhu Dheva	11.5	59	83
89	Puri Jagannadh	15.67	48	94

Here is the list of Southern stars featured in the Forbes 2014 Celeb 100 list.

Rank	Name	Earnings (Rs cr)	Money Rank	Fame Rank
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
88	Prabhu Dheva	9.83	59	87

Click here to see full  2015 Forbes India Celebrity 100 list

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