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‘Shah Rukh Khan is a billion-dollar industry, he’s building an empire’: Viveck Vaswani on Danny Denzongpa, Rajendra Kumar’s wealth | Bollywood News

‘Shah Rukh Khan is a billion-dollar industry, he’s building an empire’: Viveck Vaswani on Danny Denzongpa, Rajendra Kumar’s wealth | Bollywood News

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3 min readChennaiApr 20, 2026 06:11 PM IST Actor and writer Viveck Vaswani recently spoke about how, while acting is a lucrative job, many actors have made their wealth through business ventures and didn’t depend solely on acting. He called Shah Rukh Khan a combination of ‘intelligent, shrewd and educated’ man and also gave examples of actors like Danny Denzongpa and Rajendra Kumar, who accumulated wealth quickly by investing smartly. Speaking on The Bollywood Minute, he said, “There is different between being intelligent, shrewd and educated. Shah Rukh is all the three. Anil Kapoor, Boman Irani, Jeetendra know more about cinema than anyone else. Maybe if we sit and talk about cinema and distribution strategy than Aamir Khan and Anil Kapoor will come into the picture.” He added, “Shah Rukh has not actually become an actor or star, he has built a business empire. He has a cricket team, he has real estate interests, he has a huge studio. He has a VFX company which works in billions of dollars. Shah Rukh Khan is a …

How Danny Denzongpa built India’s 3rd-largest beer brand, foiled Vijay Mallya, contributes ₹100 crore to NE economy | Bollywood

How Danny Denzongpa built India’s 3rd-largest beer brand, foiled Vijay Mallya, contributes ₹100 crore to NE economy | Bollywood

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Jan 10, 2025 11:29 AM IST In 2009, Danny Denzongpa out-maneuvered Vijay Mallya’s United Breweries and set up his own beer empire. Vijay Mallya is credited with revolutionising the beer market in India. Prior to the boom his United Breweries brought about, beer was not among India’s favourite beverages. Today, 45 crore beer cases are sold in India every year. Mallya’s success lay in beating competition at every turn to monopolise the beer market in India. Yet, there was one market where he was beaten fair and square, and that too, by a Bollywood star. This is the story of how Danny Denzongpa beat the king of good times at his own game. (Also read: Danny Denzongpa: ’70s and ’80s were the worst time for the Hindi film industry) Danny Denzongpa is the founder of Yuksom Breweries. Danny Denzongpa’s beer empire Danny, born Tshering Phintso Denzongpa in Sikkim in 1948, began his Bollywood career in 1971 with Zaroorat. Over the years, he has acted in some of the biggest hits of the Hindi film industry, …

When Drunk Jackie Shroff Was Allegedly Accused Of Molesting Tabu By Her Elder Sister Farah At A Party Hosted By Danny Denzongpa, Here’s What Happened [Reports]

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When Drunk Jackie Shroff Was Allegedly Accused Of Molesting Tabu By Her Elder Sister Farah At A Party Hosted By Danny Denzongpa(Photo Credit –Instagram) Veteran actor Jackie Shroff is one of the popular stars in the Indian film industry. He is well known for performing in films like Saudagar, Angaar, Sapne Sajan Ke, Gardish, Khalnayak and many more. While he is one of the acclaimed actors, he was once accused of allegedly molesting Tabu. Tabassum Fatima Hashmi, better known by her stage name Tabu, began her career as a teen actress in Dev Anand’s Hum Naujawan in 1985. However, she debuted as a leading lady in the 1991 film Coolie No 1. The actress, who has charted quite a journey in the entertainment industry, has played leading lady to all major actors of the generation. However, Tabu has never worked with Jackie Shroff. Interestingly, it turns out there is a reason behind it. If Orissa Post’s report has to be believed, Tabu’s older sister Farah co-starred with Jackie Shroff in the crime drama Diljalaa, which …

When Danny Denzongpa revealed why he didn’t work with Amitabh Bachchan | Bollywood

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Danny Denzongpa had once talked about why he held himself back from working with Amitabh Bachchan. In an old interview in 2018, the veteran actor revealed thinking that he wouldn’t be noticed if he was in the ‘same frame’ with Amitabh Bachchan. He also said that he refused four films including Mard and Coolie that film producer Manmohan Desai had offered him. (Also Read | When Jaya Bachchan saved Danny Denzongpa, Romesh Sharma from bullies) Amitabh Bachchan and Danny Denzongpa in Khuda Gawah. Danny and Amitabh starred together for the first time in Agneepath (1990). Since then they have worked in many films such as Hum (1991), Khuda Gawah (1992), Kohram (1999), Ab Tumhare Hawale Watan Saathiyo (2004), and Uunchai (2022). In an interview with Filmfare, Danny had said, “I kept holding myself back from working with Amitji. I thought here’s this huge actor, who gets the best roles. No one would notice me if I was in the same frame with him. If the film were a hit, all credit would go to him. …