Top stars of Indian cinema 2018: Deepika Padukone dethrones Shah Rukh Khan

Deepika Padukone, who only had a single release in 2018 in the form of Padmaavat, has topped the 2018 IMDb's list of Top Stars of Indian Cinema dethroning the King Of Bollywood Shah Rukh Khan who managed to earned the second spot even with a no movie release. Last year, SRK was on the number spot in the list of Top Stars of Indian Cinema.

Aamir Khan secured the third spot even after delivering a huge debacle like Thugs Of Hindostan. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan took the fourth spot followed by Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif, Kubbra Sait, Irrfan Khan, Radhika Apte and Akshay Kumar.

The list was derived using data from IMDbPro STARmeter rankings, which are based on the actual page views of more than 250 million monthly visitors to the platform, read a statement.

"Deepika Padukone's strong performance in this year's 'Padmaavat' pushed her into the top spot on the 2018 IMDb Top Stars of Indian Cinema list," said Neha Gureja, Head of International for IMDb.

"Radhika Apte delighted audiences this year, appearing in two of the IMDb Top Indian Movies of 2018 - 'AndhaDhun' (which ranked number 1) and 'Padman' (ranked number 6). Akshay Kumar, the bold protagonist in 'Padman' rounds out the Top Stars list at number 10," she added.

(With IANS Inputs)