21. ADITYA CHOPRA
   37, PRODUCER
 

Current Obsession: Scouring TV, magazines, even calendars for a new girl opposite Shah Rukh Khan in Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi—his first directorial film in eight years.

 

Is Particular About: His weight. Works out every day at his gym at home or in the studio. Doesn’t let his father Yash Chopra indulge his sweet tooth.
 
THE FIRST MOGUL
 

Because at a time when stars are dancing to their own tune in Bollywood, his studio can set the music. Because even when his studio’s five films made Rs 225 crore at the box office in 2007, it was considered a bad year. Because whether it is an in-house television division or an Internet segment, what YashRaj Films does yesterday, Bollywood does today.

Because only he can pay Shah Rukh Khan Rs 3.5 crore for a movie and get away with it. Because even though he is Bollywood’s most reclusive man, he made it to the front pages of tabloids for his rumoured alliance with Rani Mukherji.
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