It’s a big blow for Aamir and Salman who have been professionally rivaling with Bollywood Badshah Shah Rukh Khan. Yes, SRK and Congress president Sonia Gandhi have been listed among the 50 most powerful people in the world by the prestigious Newsweek magazine.

Sonia Gandhi has been ranked at the 17th spot, while SRK has been listed at 41st spot in the magazine. About Sonia Gandhi, the magazine stated, “Although India’s political scene is riven by factions, Congress remains the strongest national force, and the Italian-born wife of Rajiv Gandhi rules it unchallenged. In the world’s largest democracy, she’s queen.”

About SRK the newsweekly said, "It's not just that his ( Shah Rukh Khan's) 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."

President-elect Barack Obama tops the list. Pakistan army chief Ashfaq Parvez Kayani has got 20th place. The Others on the list include the Dalai Lama, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Iranian strongman Ayatollah Ali Khemenei, Saudi King Abdullah-bin-Abdul Aziz-al Saud, American General David Petraeus, Iraqi leader Nouri al-Maliki, U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, New York mayor Michael Bloomberg, Pope Benedict XVI, media mogul Rupert Murdoch, popular show host Oprah Winfrey, and Osama Bin Laden.