Most powerful people in the world (2008)

Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan occupies the 41st spot in the elite list.The magazine describes Shah Rukh Khan as the 'King of Bollywood'. 'It is not just that his romantic flicks make gazillions, it's where those gazillions come from. Khan is huge in the Muslim world, even in Pakistan and Afghanistan, where the mullahs ban his films. (The movies thrive on the black market.),' it says.