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June 2026

India’s Most Valuable Celebrities

The first-ever Fortune India-Interbrand study of India’s Most Valuable Celebrities identifies the country’s Top 25 movie and sporting icons. The methodology goes deep into the various aspects that determine brand strength—distinctiveness, coherence, engagement, trust, affinity, and responsibility. The final list is as much evidence of the brand power these celebrities have as it is of the growing personal brand ecosystem in India.

All Magazine Stories - June 2026 Issue

Deepfakes, brands and the AI frontier

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Citykart: Fashioning growth ac
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Diljit Dosanjh: From local leg
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Bridge to the South: Allu Arju
Alia Bhatt, the shape-shifter
Micro-dramas and the infinite
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Ranveer Singh, the entertainme
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Regional brands turn to celebr
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The new architecture of influe
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How SVF went from a single fil
Why Bollywood mogul Shah Rukh
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T-Hub: Telangana’s startup cru
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Companies that have put all th
Why Virat Kohli is India’s mos
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PM’s austerity signal calls fo
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DIIs take charge as FIIs exit