24 Asian LEADER
1 Jan - 14 Jan 2014
entertainment
Top 10 performers of 2013:
Deepika Padukone
tops the list
I
t is lonely at the top, especially
if you are a female actor.
Deepika Padukone gave four
spectacular back-to-back hits this
year to make to the numero uno
position, relegating the Khans and
Roshans to also rans.
Deepika has arrived as a number
one performer, beating not only her
arch rivals.
(Priyanka, Katrina and Kareena),
but also moving ahead of Khans in
terms of success of her movies.
As a performer also, she came
into her own this year and
portrayed diverse characters in
films such as Race 2, Yeh Jawaani
Hai Deewani, Chennai Express and
Goliyon Ki Rasleela: Ram-leela,
winning the hearts of both critics
and masses.
Following are the other A-listers
who impressed this year; Hrithik
Roshan, Shah Rukh Khan,
Ranveer Singh, Farhan Akhtar,
John Abraham, Sushant Singh
Rajput, Sonakshi Sinha, Dhanush,
Shraddha Kapoor.
Ranbir
charges
Rs. 25 crore
to endorse a
chips brand
R
anbir Kapoor
has reportedly
charged Rs. 25 crore to
endorse a wafers brand.
A Mumbai tabloid
quoted a source as saying that Ranbir will be
shooting the commercial soon. Apparently,
the 31-year-old was
approached after talks
with another popular
actor didn’t work out.
Ali Zafar to play a stretched
cameo in Tere Bin Laden
A
ctor-singer Ali Zafar, whoplayed the
lead in Tere Bin Laden, will be seen
in a stretched cameo in the sequel to the
2010 superhit comedy, says director Abhishek Sharma. Popular TV host, Manish
Paul, who made his big screen debut with
Mickey Virus, has been roped in to play
the lead.
“You will not miss Ali Zafar because
he is in the film, but he is playing a
stretched cameo. Only Ali could have
played the role,” Sharma said.
It seems, Manish came on board because the story dema