eBay India Community announces Bollywood Barometer

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MUMBAI, November 21

eBay India, India’s leading online marketplace, announces a unique eBay Bollywood Barometer. The eBay Bollywood Barometer gauges Bollwyood star popularity based on the number of products up for sale on eBay India (www.eBay.in).

eBay Bollywood Barometer: Actors

Ranking Actors No. of Live Listings*

1 John Abraham 497

2 Shahrukh Khan 266

3 Hrithik Roshan 164

4 Amitabh Bachchan 142

5 Akshay Kumar 100

6 Salman Khan 91

7 Sanjay Dutt 62

8 Abhishek Bachchan 58

9 Saif Ali Khan 57

10 Aamir Khan 31

eBay Bollywood Barometer: Actresses

Ranking Actors No. of Live Listings*

1 Rani Mukherjee 134

2 Aishwarya Rai 122

3 Preity Zinta 93

4 Madhuri Dixit 66

5 Kareena Kapoor 61

6 Bipasha Basu 41

7 Priyanka Chopra 36

8 Rekha 36

9 Sushmita Sen 34

10 Vidya Balan 16

Interestingly, eBay India sellers have listed products in keeping with buyer demand and hence the popular choices all figure in the Barometer with a few surprise entries. 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, Posters, Movies & Books and you can log onto www.ebay.in to bid or buy the exciting products on offer.

Key Highlights

Rani, Aishwarya & Preity are the Top 3 Actresses on the Barometer.

Madhuri’s comeback announcement seems right on time as she is No. 4 on the Barometer

The eternal Rekha actually ties with Priyanka Chopra at 36 listings each.

John, Shahrukh & Hrithik are Top 3 Actors on the Barometer.

The thinking man’s actor Aamir is actually ranked at No. 10.

About eBay India

eBay India (www.eBay.in), India’s leading online marketplace, is India’s biggest online trading community where anyone can sell or buy almost anything. eBay India is a trading platform offering auctions, fixed price and classifieds modes of person-to-person trading. There are a wide range of products listed on eBay India in an array of categories including Apparel & Accessories, Books & Magazines, Cameras & Optics, Cars & Bikes, Coins & Stamps, Computers & Peripherals, Consumer Electronics, Fitness & Sports, Health & Beauty, Hobbies & Collectibles, Home, Décor & Furnishings, Jewellery, Kitchen & Home Appliances. Mobiles & Accessories, Movies & Music, Musical Instruments, Services & Real Estate, Tools & Hardware , Toys, Games & Baby, Travel, Tickets & Vouchers, Video & Computer Games, Watches and Everything Else. eBay India is a 100% subsidiary of eBay Inc.

About eBay

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For further information, please contact:

Deepa Thomas/Sneha Deshpande Mythili Rao/ Anushri Dubey

eBay India Vaishnavi Corporate Communications

Tel: 91-22-66690000 Tel:56568787

dthomas@ebay.com mrao@vccpl.com/adubey@vccpl.com

sndeshpande@ebay.com