PV Sindhu, Pawan Kalyan, Jr NTR and Mahesh Babu
PV Sindhu, Pawan Kalyan, Jr NTR and Mahesh BabuCollage of photos taken from Twitter and Facebook

Badminton player PV Sindhu and Tollywood superstars Pawan Kalyan, Jr NTR and Mahesh Babu have emerged as the highest earning Telugu celebrities featured in the 2018 Forbes India Celebrity 100 list.

Forbes India has released its list of 100 rich Indian celebrities from the fields like sports, films, television, music and literature. Bollywood superstar Salman Khan has landed in the top spot with his earnings of Rs 253.25 crore in this year. The Forbes list also features more than 20 celebs from down South and 11 of them from the Telugu states.

Popular badminton player PV Sindhu was ranked 20th in 2018 Forbes India Celeb 100 list. She has become the highest earning celeb from the Telugu states, beating Pawan Kalyan, Jr NTR, Mahesh Babu, who has graced 33rd rank with his earnings of Rs 24.33 crore in this year.

Saina Nehwal and Srikanth Kidambi are two other sports personalities from the Telugu states, who have made it to the list. While Nagarjuna was placed at 36th rank, Kortala Siva has landed in the 39th position, beating popular Telugu actors like stylish star Allu Arjun and mega power star Ram Charan. Young sensation Vijay Deverakonda has debuted in the Forbes India Celebrity 100 list.

Here are the list of Telugu celebs, who have made to the 2018 Forbes India Celebrity 100 list. 

No Rank Celeb Earnings
1 20 PV Sindhu 36.50
2 24 Pawan Kalyan 31.33
3 28 Junior NTR 28.00
4 33 Mahesh Babu 24.33
5 36 Nagarjuna 22.25
6 39 Kortala Siva 20.00
7 58 Saina Nehwal 16.54
8 64 Allu Arjun 15.67
9 67 Taapsee Pannu 15.48
10 69 Nayanthara 15.17
11 72 Ram Charan 14.00
12 72 Vijay Deverakonda 14.00
13 87 Srikanth Kidambi 10.50
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