Kangana Ranaut's sister Rangoli Chandel calls Forbes India 'fraud'
Rangoli Chandel called Forbes India a ‘fraud’, and stated that her sister Kangana Ranaut pays more tax than the amount mentioned in its list as her earnings for 2019
FollowKangana Ranaut's sister Rangoli Chandel has once again managed to grab headlines, this time for slamming Forbes India after they released their list of top 100 Indian Celebrities.
She wrote a series of tweets that claim the figures shared by Forbes India for Indian celebs’ income is false. Also, she demands proof of the income mentioned in Forbes’ Top 100 Celebrity list that the publication shared recently.
In the list, Kangana Ranaut is ranked at the 70th spot with earnings of Rs 17.5 crore in the year 2019.
In a series of angry tweets, Rangoli Chandel slammed Forbes India. She wrote, "Yeh @forbes_india ek number ka fraud hai, I openly challenge them to prove even one celebrity income they have printed in their magazine, sab PR hai, Kangana pays more tax than her entire income mentioned in the poll...," and continued, ".... show us who paid how much tax. You can't just assume people's income on what basis? Please reply," (sic).
"Even Kangana doenst know how much she made in this year, only her accounts department and I know, we tell her all the details, and all that info is super confidential....," she wrote and added, "as this financial year not even closed yet only advance tax is filed and already these lucca jurnos pretending jaise they have access to whole industry's account," (sic), Rangoli said.
She concluded, "Dear @forbes_india if you tell me your reliable sources I will openly say sorry, but you can't write anything that too after smoking hash..." (sic).
According to the Forbes India List, Indian Cricket Captain Virat Kohli earned Rs 252.72 crore in 2019. Akshay Kumar earned Rs 293.25 crore, and Salman Khan earned Rs 229.25 crore in the year.
Megastar Amitabh Bachchan and Indian cricketer MS Dhoni are listed at 4th and 5th spots, with earnings of Rs 239.25 crore and Rs 135.93 crore, respectively.
They are followed closely by Shah Rukh Khan, who makes a comeback to the list, and Ranveer Singh, with the respective hauls of Rs 124.38 crore and Rs. 118.2 crore.
Despite all the talk about pay parity and inclusivity, the top-10 list has only two female stars and their earnings are significantly lower than their male counterparts.
Alia Bhatt features at 8th with Rs 59.21 crore and Deepika Padukone at 10th with Rs 48 crore.
(Inputs from PTI)
