Amitabh Bachchan and Akshay Kumar top the Forbes list of 2020

Forbes article on Bollywood celebrities, releases the list of 100 most influential celebs all over Asia

Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar, Alia Bhatt, Anushka Sharma and Shah Rukh Khan are some of the most influential celebrities on social media in the Asia-Pacific region. Other Indian stars featured on the list include Ranveer Singh, Katrina Kaif, Jacqueline Fernandez, Hrithik Roshan, Shahid Kapoor, Madhuri Dixit, as well as singers Shreya Ghoshal and Neha Kakkar. The list includes world stars such as Hugh Jackman, South Korean girls' band Blackpink, boy band BTS, actor and singer Jay Chou, Lee Min-ho and actors Mahira Khan, artists Atif Aslam, Troye Sivan and many more.

The opening list highlights 100 artists, bands and films and TV stars from the Asia-Pacific region who have taken the digital world by storm.

The list of most influential celebrities on social media from the Asia-Pacific region include many Indian stars. Amitabh Bachchan and Akshay Kumar are among those at the top of the list with more than 105 million and 131 million followers, respectively. Shah Rukh Khan and Madhuri Dixit are also on the list due to their involvement with their fans on various social media platforms.

The Indian celebrities on the list are Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar, Alia Bhatt, Shah Rukh Khan, Ranveer Singh, Jacqueline Fernandez, Hrithik Roshan, Neha Kakkar, Shahid Kapoor, Madhuri Dixit, Katrina Kaif, Anushka Sharma and Shreya Ghoshal.

According to Forbes Amitabh Bachchan is one of Bollywood's top actors today. The actor has many following fans and many enthusiastic fans who have supported him for years. Forbes' list of the most influential celebs in the Asia-Pacific region describes him as "A pioneer of more than 200 movies, Bachchan in May used his astronomical powers and 105 million social media followers to help raise $ 7 million for Covid's-19 relief fund." Over his decade long career he has been an elected official and has been accounting for at least 11 biographies. "While naming the celebrities who were on the list, Forbes also emphasized the reasons why these celebrities are popular. Akshay Kumar has been named Bollywood's highest paid actor and is rumored to have donated $ 4 million during the difficult time.

As for Shah Rukh Khan, it says that while his last movie was in 2018, Khan continues to do voice work for films and documentaries and has 106 million social media followers. The article also mentions the actor for being honored by The World Economic Forum in 2018 for fighting for the rights of women and children.Anushka Sharma is regarded as a film and television producer by Forbes. The recent marriage of Neha Kakkar was also mentioned in the article and how it became a sensation and increased her fan following. Alia Bhatt was introduced as ‘part of the Bollywood family empire' in the article.