AR Rahman beats Sachin Tendulkar and Salman Khan!

With more than one crore fan following on Facebook, Oscar-winning music composer AR Rahman has become the most popular Indian on the social networking site by leaving behind Amitabh Bachchan and Sachin Tendulkar.

The 46-year-old 'Jai Ho' hitmaker, who has a page on Facebook, has been liked by 10,138,509 fans and 81,159 people have commented on it. The Mozart of Madras also posted a picture on the page which says, "10,000,000 and thanks."

Cricket legend Tendulkar is the second most popular face on the networking site with 9,109,898 likes followed by Dabangg star Salman Khan, who has 7,534,958 fans. Actor Aamir Khan has bagged the fourth position with 6,367,036 fans. Whereas Bollywood magastar Bachchan, who is quite active on the social networking sites, has been followed by 3,600,477 fans.

Among the actresses, Priyanka Chopra has 3,552,699 fans. Actors Hrithik Roshan, Shahrukh Khan, Akshay Kumar and melody queen Lata Mangeshkar have bagged the seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth spots respectively.

Meanwhile, his Kadal music is getting good response from the audience. The film directed by Mani Ratnam will hit the screens on February 1.

PTI