Shahrukh Khan makes it in the top 10 of the annual poll.
By Sreejith Vallikunnu
Hrithik Roshan, 41, has been named as the second sexiest Asian man, with former ‘One Direction’ singer Zayn Malik voted the sexiest man on the continent, in the 50 sexiest Asian Men list by UK-based Eastern Eye newspaper. Pakistani singer and actor Ali Zafar is in the third position.
Malik, 22, who also become the youngest ever to top the list rose, up from his ninth position last year.
Others in the top 10 are Pakistani heartthrob Fawad Khan (6), Bollywood actors Salman Khan (7), Shahid Kapoor (8), Shahrukh Khan (9) and Gurmeet Choudhary (10).
Other Bollywood actors in the 2015 list include Ranbir Kapoor, Varun Dhawan, Ranveer Singh, Akshay Kumar, Rana Daggubati and Emraan Hashmi.
Kushal Tandon, Gautam Rode, Kunwar Amar, Rithvik Dhanjani, Harshad Arora, Shakti Arora, Mohit Sehgal, Shaheer Sheikh, Shabir Ahluwalia, Ravi Dubey and Gautam Gulati are among the TV actors in the list.
“Zayn got more global attention than any other Asian star in 2015. Leaving One Direction did no damage at all to Zayn. From social networking sites to global media everyone around the world was talking about Zayn this year,” NDTV Movies quoted daily’s editor Asjad Nazir, who compiled the list, as saying.
“Whether it was his haircuts, love life, solo career or life after One Direction, he had the kind of mass interest globally never seen before for an Asian celebrity. And he did all this without an official solo single release. The prospect of what he can achieve when his official debut single releases is mind-blowing,” he added.
Cricketer Virat Kohli is the only sportsman to make it to the list and 50-year-old Shahrukh Khan is the oldest person in the 2015 list.