Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar’s reign at the box office continues with news that he has topped the celebrity brand ranking for Bollywood once again. Akshay Kumar’s star value rose to an unprecedented $104.5 million (Rs 740 crore), according to Duff and Phelps’ celebrity brand valuation report for 2019. Akshay Kumar pipped Deepika Padukone to top the Bollywood list and is second only to Virat Kohli in the Indian celebrities list overall. The top 20 celebrity brand list released are collectively worth over $1.1 billion and is based on the celebrity’s endorsement value, brand analysis and brand value.
Akshay Kumar had a fabulous 2019 with four film releases and all four films crossing the Rs 100 crore mark which include Kesari, Mission Mangal, Housefull 4 and Good Newwz.
Akshay Kumar has three exciting films lined up for 2020, The actor will be seen next in Rohit Shetty’s cop universe saga Sooryavanshi, followed by horror-comedy Laxmmi Bomb and he will be ending the year with historical drama Prithviraj based on the heroic Prithviraj Chauhan.