Recently, a leading magazine released a list of top 100 highest paid celebrities of 2017. The list included actors by the likes of Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan and Akshay Kumar. Shah Rukh was listed the highest paid actor with an earning of $38 million, Salman was second on the list with an earning of $37 million followed by Akshay Kumar at $35.5 million.
However, when Salman was asked about the same in an interview, the actor said that he doesn't know where all the mentioned money is. Salman quipped, "You know Shah Rukh and I were speaking last night, and we said, 'Yeh kya (Forbes’ list) hai? Hamesha, we fall short of money to buy this or that…' I still haven’t been able to buy my house. I used to fall short by a few lakhs before, and then it became a crore, then few, and now I’m short by quite a few crores to buy my own place. And then this Forbes’ list! I don’t have that money. I seriously don’t have that money. I was going through it and going, 'Yeh paise kahan hai, bhai? Kidhar?' When a film makes Rs 500 crore, only a very nominal amount from that comes to you. It’s just that your business is worth Rs 500 crore."
When further questioned if the business fetches him enough money, Salman added, "With Being Human clothing, we have a partner who takes a certain amount. From what comes to us, we pay taxes, and then it goes back to Being Human. The same thing with cycles, jewellery… Our business interest is towards what we can put into the charitable trust. We were already putting in a lot."
This makes us wonder, where does all the money actually go then?!
CREDITS: MID-DAY 