India, Sept. 29 -- It has been less than 30 years since Hindi cinema became recognised as an industry. The transition from filmdom to film industry signified the presence of big bucks in cinema. Over the years, the boom in film scale and earnings for actors and producers has only underscored this change. Today, the richest man in all of Bollywood has a net worth that rivals that of tech CEOs worldwide. In fact, he has so much money that the combined wealth of the three Khans falls short.

The Hurun India Rich List 2026 was released last week, detailing the net worth estimates of India's richest men and women. As in the last several years, the Adani and Ambani families occupied the top 2 spots. The list is dominated by entrepreneurs from t...