Shah Rukh Khan and Kareena Kapoor are still hot and happening, they have been declared the most popular stars in Bollywood. The leading online portal eBay has announced the results in their latest edition of the eBay Bollywood Barometer. For the uninitiated, the eBay Bollywood Barometer evaluates celebrity popularity on the basis of the number of celeb related merchandise available on sale on the popular auction site.
Shah Rukh Khan tops the eBay Bollywood Barometer amongst male actors followed closely by Akshay Kumar and John Abraham. On the other hand, among the actresses, Kareena Kapoor is on the top of the list of the eBay Bollywood Barometer followed by Rani Mukherjee and Aishwarya Rai. The eBay Bollywood Barometer chooses the Top 10 actors & actresses from the celebrity related goods sold of around 50 Bollywood stars.
Deepa Thomas, Senior Manager -Pop Culture, eBay India, says, “The eBay Bollywood Barometer provides a fun way to track celebrity popularity & saleability. eBay India’s entrepreneurial sellers have listed celebrity related products in response to buyer demand and hence all the popular stars feature here.”
The movie memorabilia includes film magazine covers, posters, LPs, dolls and toys, press booklets, lobby cards, books and movie DVDs.