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Shah Rukh Khan: The Bollywood Megastar Who Outshines Hollywood with a £700M Fortune
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Shah Rukh Khan becomes world’s 4th richest actor with £700 million fortune
May 02, 2025
Shah Rukh Khan has once again proven he’s in a league of his own, not just in Bollywood but globally. According to Esquire’s newly released list of the world’s wealthiest actors, Khan holds the fourth position with a net worth of £700 million (₹7,400 crore). He’s the only Indian on the list, ranking ahead of Hollywood big names like Brad Pitt, George Clooney, and Tom Hanks.
While Khan’s cinematic appeal remains unmatched, his financial success isn’t solely tied to movie roles. In 2023, his films Pathaan and Jawan were box office juggernauts, collecting over £190 million (₹2,000 crore) worldwide. But beyond the silver screen, he’s built a business empire that includes Red Chillies Entertainment, a top-tier production house, ownership in cricket franchises, and a long list of endorsement deals with major global brands.
From Blockbusters to Business Empire: How Shah Rukh Khan Became the 4th Richest Actor in the WorldGetty Images
Khan's journey, spanning over three decades, is in fact a rare mix of charisma, resilience, and business savvy. He’s one of the few celebrities who has remained relevant and bankable across generations, in a rapidly evolving entertainment landscape. His rise in wealth isn’t just about acting but also about recognising where to invest, when to expand, and how to stay ahead.
The actors who made Esquire’s top 10 list have all built multi-stream income models. Jackie Chan, ranked 10th with £445 million (₹4,700 crore), is known for his film legacy and also for vowing to donate his fortune to charity. Tom Hanks (£457 million or ₹4,800 crore) and Jack Nicholson (£472 million or ₹4,950 crore) have both relied on smart real estate moves. Brad Pitt has a thriving production house, while Robert De Niro’s investments in hospitality have significantly boosted his net worth.
Bollywood’s King Khan Reigns Supreme, Surpassing Pitt & Clooney in Global Wealth RankingsGetty Images
The top three are no surprise: Tom Cruise (£712 million or ₹7,460 crore) remains a box office magnet, Dwayne Johnson (£950 million or ₹9,960 crore) has grown his brand beyond wrestling and film, and Arnold Schwarzenegger leads the pack with £1.18 billion (₹12,400 crore), thanks to decades of real estate investment and business ventures.
What sets Shah Rukh Khan apart is not just his global fan base, but how he has quietly and consistently turned that stardom into long-term wealth. For fans and industry watchers alike, his presence so high on a global list is a reminder that true success often goes far beyond the screen.
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Narendra Modi meets JD Vance at his official residence in New Delhi. (ANI Photo)
Vance says US hopes for Pakistan-India cooperation against militants
May 02, 2025
US VICE PRESIDENT JD Vance said that Washington hoped Pakistan would cooperate with India to hunt down Pakistan-based militants, and that India's response to the recent Islamist militant attack in India-administered Kashmir does not lead to a broader regional conflict.
"Our hope here is that India responds to this terrorist attack in a way that doesn't lead to a broader regional conflict," Vance said in an interview on Fox News' "Special Report with Bret Baier" show.
"And we hope, frankly, that Pakistan, to the extent that they're responsible, cooperates with India to make sure that the terrorists sometimes operating in their territory are hunted down and dealt with," Vance added.
Vance's comments are the closest the US government has come since the April 22 attack - in which 26 people were killed - to potentially linking Pakistan to extremism in India.
Top US leaders, includingpPresident Donald Trump, have condemned the attack, calling it "terror" and "unconscionable," while expressing support for India without directly blaming Pakistan.
India is an important US partner as Washington aims to counter China's rising influence. Pakistan remains Washington's ally even as its importance diminished after the 2021 US withdrawal from neighboring Afghanistan.
In recent days, Washington urged India and Pakistan to work with each other to de-escalate tensions and arrive at a "responsible solution."
India has blamed Pakistan for the attack. Islamabad denies responsibility and is calling for a neutral probe.
The US State Department has said it was in touch with the nuclear-armed Asian neighbors at multiple levels and secretary of state Marco Rubio held calls on Wednesday (30) with Indian foreign minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and Pakistani prime minister Shehbaz Sharif.
Indian prime minister Narendra Modi vowed to punish those responsible and Jaishankar has told Rubio that the perpetrators should be brought to justice. Pakistan says military action by India was imminent.
Muslim-majority Kashmir is claimed in full by both Hindu-majority India and Islamic Pakistan, with each controlling only part of it and having fought wars over it.
After the attack, India suspended a treaty regulating water-sharing, and both countries closed airspace to each other's airlines. They also exchanged fire across their border.
(Reuters)
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Osman Mir A Musical Fusion of East and West
Gujarat's Vibrant Spirit: Osman Mir at Southbank
May 02, 2025
London’s iconic Royal Festival Hall is set to come alive with the sounds of Gujarat on Saturday, 17 May, as celebrated folk singer Osman Mir joins forces with the Third Culture Collective in a unique musical experience. This unmissable performance, held at the Southbank Centre, will celebrate the rich tapestry of Gujarati folk traditions reimagined through the lens of a western classical orchestra.
Known for his powerful voice and deep-rooted connection to traditional Indian music, Osman Mir brings the soul of Gujarat to the global stage. From bhajans and garbas to poetic folk melodies, his artistry has won the hearts of audiences across the world. In this one-of-a-kind collaboration, he will perform with the Third Culture Collective – a group of boundary-pushing musicians who blend eastern and western musical influences to create something truly original.
Together, they will take audiences on a journey that bridges continents and generations, blending the rhythmic and melodic intricacies of Gujarati music with the grandeur and elegance of orchestral arrangements. This fusion performance promises not only to preserve cultural heritage but to reinvent it in a way that resonates with today’s diverse audiences.
Whether you're a fan of folk music, orchestral innovation, or cross-cultural collaborations, this event is sure to leave you inspired. Join in to witness tradition and modernity in perfect harmony.
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'The Archives' will be on display from 21 November 2025
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Wes Anderson exhibition to feature Grand Budapest Hotel model in London at Design Museum
May 02, 2025
A model of The Grand Budapest Hotel will be among more than 600 objects featured in a major new Wes Anderson exhibition opening at the Design Museum in London later this year.
Titled Wes Anderson: The Archives, the retrospective has been developed by the museum in collaboration with the acclaimed American filmmaker and La Cinémathèque française. It is set to open on 21 November 2025 and will explore Anderson’s distinctive visual style, detailed craftsmanship, and storytelling across his career.
Wes Anderson, who turns 56 this year, is known for films such as The Royal Tenenbaums, Fantastic Mr Fox, Moonrise Kingdom, The French Dispatch and the Oscar-winning The Grand Budapest Hotel. The latter, released in 2014, received Academy Awards for Best Production Design and Best Costume Design.
The exhibition will present a chronological journey through Anderson’s work, with each section dedicated to one of his films. Central to the display is a candy-pink model of The Grand Budapest Hotel, which served as a key element in the film’s production. The story follows M. Gustave, played by Ralph Fiennes, a concierge at a luxury hotel in a fictional European country during the early 20th century.
Among the other featured items are the vending machines seen in Asteroid City, the Fendi coat worn by Gwyneth Paltrow’s character in The Royal Tenenbaums, and the original stop-motion puppets used to depict underwater creatures in The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou.
Costumes worn by cast members across various Wes Anderson films will also be on display. These include Benicio del Toro’s outfit as Moses Rosenthaler in The French Dispatch, as well as costumes worn by Ralph Fiennes, Scarlett Johansson, Jason Schwartzman, Ben Stiller, Tilda Swinton and Owen Wilson.
A section of the retrospective will focus specifically on Anderson’s work in stop-motion animation, including Fantastic Mr Fox and Isle of Dogs. Visitors will also be able to see unfinished props, set pieces, and other materials that reveal Anderson’s methods and collaborative process.
In addition, a selection of Wes Anderson’s handwritten notebooks will be included. These documents offer insights into the inspirations, character development, and storyboarding behind his films.
Tim Marlow, director and chief executive of the Design Museum, said: “Wes Anderson has created some of the most visually distinctive and emotionally resonant films of the last two decades — from the melancholic charm of The Royal Tenenbaums to the youthful adventurism of Moonrise Kingdom. He’s an utterly compelling creator of cinematic worlds, whose singular vision and attention to detail are underpinned by an acute understanding of design and craftsmanship, which is why the Design Museum is the perfect location for this landmark retrospective.”
The museum previously hosted a successful exhibition on Tim Burton in 2024, which included notable costumes such as Jenna Ortega’s Wednesday dress and Michelle Pfeiffer’s Catwoman suit.
Wes Anderson: The Archives will be on display from 21 November 2025 at the Design Museum in Kensington, London.
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Shailesh Solanki, Hilary McGrady from the National Trust, which supported the Embrace award, Dr Aneela Bukhari and Kalpesh Solanki at the GG2 Leadership and Diversity Awards in March.
We help students gain skills to support them beyond school: Dr Aneela Bukhari
May 02, 2025
DEVELOPING leadership and communication skills among young people is key to their future success and also has a tangible impact among communities that they live in, a senior executive at a prominent charity has said.
Dr Aneela Bukhari is the head of education at Ormiston Trust, a charity which has supported 50,000 young people from socially and economically disadvantaged backgrounds across the UK.
In March, Bukhari was honoured with the GG2 Embrace award at the GG2 Leadership and Diversity Awards, a recognition that celebrates individuals who have made significant contributions to diversity and inclusion in Britain.
In an interview with Eastern Eye, she described the trust’s ‘youth social action programme’, which enables young people to tackle poverty, engage with issues such as climate change, inclusion and diversity, and develop critical skills like communication and leadership.
“What it does is give them the citizenship, the skills, leadership, communication, confidence and resilience to look at what they could do to make a difference through projects or raising funds and raising awareness,” Bukhari said.
The trust’s efforts went beyond academic results. “If they have behaviour issues, going into enrichment activities actually has an impact on addressing their behaviour or helping them to self-regulate,” she said.
“Academically, they may not be strong, they get into trouble, but enrichment activities have really given them the reason to come into school.”
The GG2 Leadership and Diversity Awards are hosted by the Asian Media Group (AMG), which publishes Garavi Gujarat and Eastern Eye news weeklies.
At the annual event in London in March, Bukhari was among 20 winners from ethnic communities recognised for their work and achievements.
In the past two years, more than 12,000 young people have taken part in initiatives run by the Ormiston Trust, gaining a greater sense of agency, confidence, and wellbeing as a result.
Bukhari explained the trust’s work focuses on schools in disadvantaged locations. “They have about 50 schools across England. Near enough all of their schools are in disadvantaged locations. Most of the schools have a minimum of 15-20 per cent of FSM (free school meals) for young people, and SEND (special educational needs and disabilities) is quite high in many of the schools.”
She also highlighted the role of Ormiston Families, a related charity working with young mothers.
“They specifically help young mothers who have pregnancies as teenagers and then help them to break that cycle of teenage pregnancies and children going into social care.”
Born in south London in the 1970s, Bukhari grew up in what she described as a traditional family environment.
“My father migrated to the UK in the 1960s, set up his own business. I was raised in a very traditional family, so my father didn’t really push higher education, but it was a passion of mine,” she said.
Pursuing further studies was not the norm for young girls in her community at the time. “It wasn’t very common in those days for young Pakistani girls to pursue further education… I had to fight to gain that education,” she said.
After completing her undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral degrees, Bukhari entered the education sector.
“I went into education just because it aligned with my children’s school, and I realised I did want to make a difference, because growing up I experienced – as most Asian kids in the 1970s did – the racism and having to work a lot harder to get where you wanted to do.”
She began by volunteering in schools and quickly saw the same challenges she had faced in her youth. That led her to pursue more senior roles in the field, including overseas.
Her career took her to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), where she worked with the Ministry of Education.
“I advised headteachers and principals and I would have a team of advisors. What I noticed was there wasn’t a lot of people of my background in those roles,” she said.
“Even in the UAE, they respected other representation like the western, you know, sort of typically white people being in those higher positions and roles.”
Bukhari was the only leadership advisor from a Pakistani background working with the ministry at that level. She later worked at a university in the UAE across 17 campuses, supporting the Bachelor of Education programme.
Looking to broaden her impact further, she then joined Pakistan’s largest privately owned school organisation as head of school improvement and professional development. “I had oversight for just under 200 schools across Pakistan and some of the international schools. I was in charge of the professional development of up to about 8,000 teachers,” she told Eastern Eye.
The school network served 320,000 students. Bukhari explained that she introduced systems and structures to ensure “teachers were trained and aligned to international standards, and schools were evaluated and benchmarked on international standards”.
After returning to the UK and completing her PhD, Bukhari was contacted by the Ormiston Trust to lead a new programme.
She said, “This trust was looking for somebody to lead a programme because they had just been awarded a grant of £1 million and they were match-funding that grant. So I had a £2m grant fund to implement youth social action across their network of schools but also external schools.
She added: “I had the oversight of different project managers across the different work streams, and I implemented the youth social action programme in 150 schools across England.”
The initiative has helped young people build skills to support them beyond school. Bukhari said: “Collaboration, teamwork, leadership skills, being able to communicate in a way that they get their voice heard – all of those skills are going to help them when they leave school as well.”
Inclusion and diversity must be genuine and embedded within an organisation, according to her.
“Tokenism is not something that’s going to empower an organisation. It’s got to be done on the merit of that person coming in and recognising that, rather than, ‘we’ve got to have our allocation of people from a specific minority’.”
Bukhari added, “Ormiston Trust do that really well recognising the talent, but also giving those people the opportunity to be representative of the trust itself.”
She pointed to the Ormiston Academies Trust’s network of 43 schools, particularly in diverse areas like Birmingham.
“When I go to their conferences, they are in very diverse communities… It’s represented in the type of people who come to these conferences and are part of the school network,” she said.
Bukhari said the trust was working on a five-year strategic plan. “It wants to reach those groups who are at a disadvantage, who are disengaged. It’s not just about academics, it’s trying to nurture other passions and interests these young people might have, which will help them in their future careers and their life really.”
She also encourages young people to apply to join the trust’s youth advisory council. “They look at the applications for the funding, they have a say in whether we should give funding to these particular applications, they have a say in the comms, they will write blogs for us, they will write articles for our newsletter,” Bukhari explained.
On her leadership style, she said, “I have very much more of a distributed leadership style but also collaborative. Everybody in our team has their strengths and their experiences they bring to the table, so I think it’s important to listen to the views and value the views of everybody.
“You can only grow when you have exposure to different people anyway and learn because it makes you more accommodating to the differences we all have.
“But there’s a lot of things that we all share in common too.”
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