After a string of Rs 100 crore-plus grossing films capped by his latest blockbuster ‘Ek Tha Tiger', actor Salman Khan has emerged as the highest taxpayer in Bollywood, forking out Rs 8 crore for the September quarter compared with Rs 5 crore in the year-ago period.
After a string of Rs 100 crore-plus grossing films capped by his latest blockbuster 'Ek Tha Tiger', actor Salman Khan has emerged as the highest taxpayer in Bollywood, forking out Rs 8 crore for the September quarter compared with Rs 5 crore in the year-ago period.
Akshay Kumar paid Rs 7.5 crore advance tax compared with Rs 5 crore he had paid last year.
Amitabh Bachchan, who will soon be celebrating his 70th birthday, paid Rs 5 crore against the Rs 1.4 crore he paid last year.
Shah Rukh Khan, who has not had any big release this year yet, had his tax outgo flat at Rs 5 crore.
Ranbir Kapoor, whose latest film 'Barfi!' has received good response at the box office, had his tax outgo at Rs 4 crore compared with Rs 2.50 crore in the year-ago period.
Among the other Khans, Aamir's fortunes may have taken a hit by his mega reality show 'Satyamev Jayate' as reflected by his payment of Rs 3.25 crore as against Rs 4.50 crore last year.
Saif Ali Khan, whose films 'Agent Vinod' and 'Cocktail' had varying responses at the box office, paid a tax of Rs 3 crore compared to Rs 1.7 crore in the year-ago period.
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan's outgo jumped to Rs 3 crore from Rs 1.1 crore.
Katrina Kaif, the female lead in 'Ek Tha Tiger', paid Rs 2.60 crore compared to the year-ago period's Rs 1.70 crore.
Kareena Kapoor, who is believed to be getting married to Saif soon and is looking forward to the release of the film 'Heroine', has paid an advance tax of Rs 2.20 crore compared to Rs 1.5 crore she did in the same period last year.