Salman Khan beats SRK and Akshay, becomes the highest taxpayer

Mumbai: 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 eight crore for the September quarter.

Salman, 46, trumped all his peers and rivals in the tinsel town by paying Rs 8 crore in advance tax in July-September this year as compared to Rs 5 crore in the same period a year ago, an income tax official told PTI here today. Salman's romantic-action-thriller 'Ek Tha Tiger' has clocked approximately Rs 198 crore at the box office. He has also starred in other Rs 100 crore films like 'Dabangg', 'Ready' and 'Bodyguard'.

The film's female lead and Salman's rumoured former lady love in real life, Katrina Kaif, paid Rs 2.60 crore compared to the year ago period's Rs 1.70 crore.

Salman had a live macaw with him on stage as he launched the sixth season of Bigg Boss with his signature dance moves.
Actor Salman Khan returns as a host for the sixth season of reality show 'Bigg Boss', that has come to be known for its controversies.
The show will now be aired at family time, the prime time at 9 PM everyday. Until last year, the show used to start at 10:30 PM.
Salman, who is riding high on the success of his fourth consecutive blockbuster 'Ek Tha Tiger', this time wants common man to join him on 'Big Boss'.
People are being asked to send an SMS or log on to the website of the Colors channel, which airs the show. They will have to participate in a contest to appear on 'Bigg Boss 6'.
Salman will be seen sporting a french beard and a new wardrobe on the show and has even shot promos in this look.
Also a parrot and fish will be the new elements in the 'Big Boss' house this time.
The superstar, who had co-hosted the last season with actor friend Sanjay Dutt, will now be hosting the show alone. The show will go on air from October 7 everyday at 9 PM on Colors channel.
Salman Khan will be hosting Color's show 'Bigg Boss' for the third time now and says that he doesn't have any hand in selecting the contestants for the show.
Salman said that as a host of the show, he doesn't like to intervene but could not help it last season due to the circumstances.
Salman also added that even though some of the contestants may try to come into the limelight through controversies, but the winners have always been different.
The show comes with a promise of being more family oriented this season.
Preparations have begun for the new season of 'Bigg Boss' and this year apart from the selected contestants of the channel, there will be one common man on the reality show.
The promos that have aired has anchor Salman Khan asking the general public to send in their applications and one lucky person will be in the house with the celebrity contestants.
Its a great news for all the 'Bigg Boss' fans as they now stand a chance to rub shoulders with some popular people from the showbiz.

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Salman's bete noire Shah Rukh Khan, who has not had any big release this year as yet, had his tax outgo flat at Rs 5 crore, the official said. Akshay Kumar, another big name in Bollywood, paid Rs 7.5 crore advance tax in comparison to Rs 5 crore he had paid last year during the same period, he said.

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 three crore compared to Rs 1.7 crore in the year ago period, the official said.

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. Actor Amitabh Bachchan, who will soon be celebrating his 70th birthday, paid Rs 5 crore against the Rs 1.4 crore he paid last year while his daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai Bachchan's outgo jumped to Rs three crore from Rs 1.1 crore, the official said.

Among personalities in the non-film category, master blaster Sachin Tendulkar paid an advance tax of Rs two crore in comparison to Rs 1.75 crore in the same period last year, the official added.