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King Khan is King on eBay too! Kareena tops the eBay Bollywood Barometer
eBay India announces the Bollywood Barometer
Mumbai, April 30, 2010

eBay India, India's No. 1 eCommerce Marketplace announced the latest edition of the eBay Bollywood Barometer. The eBay Bollywood Barometer gauges celebrity popularity basis the number of celebrity related products available for sale on eBay India .

Shahrukh Khan tops the eBay Bollywood Barometer amongst the actors followed by Akshay Kumar & John Abraham. Kareena Kapoor tops the eBay Bollywood Barometer amongst the actresses followed by Rani Mukherjee & Aishwarya Rai. The eBay Bollywood Barometer chooses the Top 10 actors & actresses from the celebrity related merchandise 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 & salability. eBay India 's entrepreneurial sellers have listed celebrity related products in response to buyer demand and hence all the popular stars feature here. “

eBay Bollywood Barometer

The eBay Bollywood Barometer ranks Kareena at number one followed by Rani and Aishwarya at the second and third position . Vivacious Kajol comes in at number four with Preity Zinta, Madhuri Dixit, Katrina Kaif following suit at number five, six and seven respectively . Current hot favourites Priyanka Chopra, Deepika Padukone & Shilpa Shetty round off the list at the eighth, ninth & tenth position .

As for the actors, King Khan holds the number one position followed by the current favourites Akshay Kumar and John Abraham at the second and third spot . They are followed by the ever popular Salman Khan, Sanjay Dutt, Amitabh Bachan and Aamir Khan at the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh position . Saif Ali Khan, Ajay Devgan and Abhishek Bachchan round off the list at eighth, ninth and tenth position respectively .

The eBay Bollywood Barometer has ranked both the Top 10 Actors and the Top 10 Actresses. The range of products vary from Movie Memorabilia like Film Magazine Covers, DVDs, Posters, LPs, Dolls, Press booklets, Lobby cards, Movies & Books and you can log onto www.ebay.in to bid or buy the exciting products on offer.

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