Bollywood

Stars who mint money other than from just acting!

Most Bollywood stars believe in having plan a Band playing safe in life. Apart from their respective careers in the entertainment industry, these actors are involved in various other sectors for the sake of making money. 



Here is the list of top Bollywood actors who have invested in different businesses or ventures for a steady source of income.

Shilpa Shetty

In addition to films, the actress actively takes part in profit generation ventures, most of them being bankrolled by her husband Raj Kundra. Shilpa and Raj sold out their stakes in the IPL team of Rajasthan Royals after Supreme Court held Raj guilty of placing bets on IPL games. After that, Shilpa engaged herself in other business ventures led by her husband. She also laid the foundation for her own film production company and produced a film titled Dishkiyaoon (2014), which unfortunately did not work at the box office. Shilpa Shetty also co-owns the Indian chain of spas and salons called Louis. She launched her fitness Yoga DVD in 2015 that received an overwhelming response. Besides managing all her business ventures, Shilpa is now also more active on television. She has been judging a number of shows on television. So, apart from being an actress, she is a businesswoman, a producer, model and a TV celeb too.

Twinkle Khanna

The gorgeous Twinkle Khanna, who recently confessed that she 'failed spectacularly as an actor', runs a candle business along with her mother Dimple Kapadia. She is also into interior designing and owns a firm called ‘The White Window’ in Mumbai. Within a very short span of time, both her business ventures flourished leaps and bounds and the actress was back in the reckoning once again. In addition to all this, Twinkle has a unique flair for writing and is a noted newspaper columnist for DNA and The Times of India. She is an author too. Her debut novel ‘Mrs. Funnybones’ came out in August 2015 and more than 1 Lakh copies were sold across the world, making Twinkle India’s highest-selling female writer of 2015. Twinkle wrote her second book titled ‘The Legend Of Lakshmi Prasad’ which debuted at No 2 on Amazon. Twinkle Khanna is also a film producer and has produced almost six films under her 'Grazing Goat Pictures'. She has recently set up her separate production house. ‘Padman’ starring her husband Akshay Kumar, will be her first film as an independent film producer.

Sushmita Sen

Beauty queen Sushmita Sen is an efficient businesswoman. Along with being a great actor and single mom to two daughters, she has set up a production company which goes by the name of Tantra Entertainment. Sushmita also owns a jewelry retail store in Dubai, which is managed by her mother. The actress also has plans to open a chain of hotels and spas under her company Sensazione. 

Sushmita was also heading the Miss Universe franchise ‘I Am She’ which was recently taken over by Femina.

Karisma Kapoor

After a successful Bollywood innings, Karisma Kapoor aka Lolo started her own venture. The actress runs a well-known e-commerce portal that sells baby and mother care products. 

Malaika Arora

Malaika, along with being an actor, a TV presenter, a judge and a dancer, is a smart business woman too. She collaborated with actress Bipasha Basu and entrepreneur Sussanne Khan to create an online fashion website called The Label Life, where she is the style editor for clothing.

Sunny Leone

Sizzling Sunny Leone is the face of the online store IMBesharam.com. It was launched on September 1, 2012. The store sells a variety of products like lingerie, swimwear, footwear, party wear, lifestyle accessories and much more. Leone, whose line of investments include fragrances, a franchise for a box league cricket, a web-based firm and an online game among others, is also said to be keenly looking to enter categories such as shoes and apparels with her own line of products. Leone’s venture called ‘Lust’ – a perfume range was launched in Dubai. The actor and model are said to be now gearing to launch her line of cosmetics, starting with a lip kit of sticks, liners, and glosses.

Shah Rukh Khan

SRK is co-chairman of the motion picture production company Red Chillies Entertainment and its subsidiaries. His production company produces films and its VFX division offers VFX and animation services to other production houses and filmmakers. He is also the co-owner of the Indian Premier League cricket team Kolkata Knight Riders. Khan acquired ownership rights for the franchise in 2008 in partnership with Juhi Chawla, who has been her co-star in many successful films. KKR is one of the richest teams in the IPL, with a brand value of several million. Shah Rukh Khan is also an award show host and television presenter. He endorses a number of brands from where he makes a lot of money.

Ajay Devgn

The actor is a part investor in the Charanaka solar project in Gujarat. Ajay, along with the Roha Group, invested multi-crores in the 25 MW plant. Set up in a record period of just eight months, the plant is functional from December 31, 2011. In addition to that, Ajay also owns a production house called Ajay Devgn Films. Established in the year of 2000, its maiden venture was Raju Chacha (2000) featuring Mr. Devgn and his wife Kajol. Ajay also owns a VFX Studio.

John Abraham

After working in a number of commercially successful films, John Abraham decided to turn producer and laid the foundation for his production house JA Entertainment. The first film made under the banner was the groundbreaking film Vicky Donor (2012), starring Ayushman Khurrana and Yami Gautam. The movie walked away with a National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment. John also received the Creative Entrepreneur of the Year title at the seventh edition of NDTV Profit’s Business Leadership Awards. His other films as a producer also received rave reviews and success at the ticket window. Apart from films and bikes, John is also a fitness freak. If the buzz is to be believed, the actor is now all set to join forces with British boxing legend David Haye to set up a fitness franchise that will focus on the art of boxing.

Salman Khan

Salman Khan is also branching into businesses other than film production, harnessing their popularity to establish revenue streams in industries as diverse as entertainment, competitive sport, endorsements and branded clothing. The Being Human brand is licensed to Mandhana Retail Ventures, which operates dozens of outlets in various cities selling fashion accessories and apparel. As per the buzz, the Bollywood superstar, who owns the Being Human clothing brand, has registered the being smart trademark for smartphones targeted at the entry to the middle market segment. He has also selected the Chinese plant and initial phone models that will run on Android and cost below Rs 20,000. Salman has a 5% stake in Yatra.com, which is an ad-for-equity deal. 

Hrithik Roshan

Hrithik Roshan, who started his acting career in 2000 with his father Rakesh Roshan’s Kaho Naa… Pyaar Hai, a blockbuster hit, recently sold the majority stake in his fashion brand HRX to Flipkart-owned Myntra, an online shopping portal. His brand of fitness wear called HRX was launched in 2013 exclusively on online fashion portal Myntra and is now being rolled out in physical retail stores. Recently, the actor picked up an 
equity stake in Bengaluru-based fitness startup CureFit and designed a signature workout HRX workout -for its gym center Cult.

Mithun Chakraborty

Mithun Da owns the Monarch group of hotels, across the country. He was also the co-owner of Royal Bengal Tigers, a cricket team. A sensible and astute business guy, Mithun has been quite successful.

Preity Zinta

This pretty lady is a columnist, an activist and also co-founder of the IPL team Kings of Punjab! She’s also a successful one and a perfect example of beauty with brains.

Suniel Shetty



Suniel Shetty has ventured into the business of fitness and has opened many gyms across India. Franchises of his gyms can be spotted in almost every part of the country. Suniel Shetty also owns a film production house called Popcorn Entertainment, which has produced a string of films like Khel (2003), Rakht (2004), Bhagam Bhag (2006), Mission Istanbul (2008), EMI (2008) and Loot (2011). If you thought that the list of his business endeavors ends just there, then think again. Suniel is also the owner of Mischief, a chain of boutiques spread across the entire length and breadth of Mumbai. The actor also runs several restaurants specializing in Udupi cuisine in the city. He has even ventured into designing and development of luxury real estate projects through his company S2 Reality. Suniel is a television presenter also. He is also said to have a 50 percent stake in Hakim Aalim’s salons.