Bollywood Superstar Sharukh Khan was waxed recently at Madamme Tussads, London. One of the biggest star in India. But there are even more bigger stars who have achieved a lot when compared to what Shahrukh has achieved but were not recognised as Sharukh is recognised around the world. I accept Shahrukh is crowd puller and one can easily invest on him, but is he as big as Kamal Hassan and Rajini Kanth.
Kamal Hassan is the greatest actor India has ever produced. He has won the maximum awards in the world which include international awards as well. He has won 3 national awards and 2 international awards and numerous other awards. If i am not wrong i think he has won a total of 172 awards, which is maximum by any person in this world.Kamal is not a crowd puller as Sharukh and investors think twice before investing on Kamal, fine but he has achieved a lot when compared to anyother person in film industry. His films speaks for himself and his is the maximum number of films sent to the Oscars from India. He is the only person in Indian film industry who has given blockbuster in 5 differernt languages.
RajiniKanth, highest paid actor in India and second only to Jackie Chan in Asia. I think is enough to tell his stature. He has got the maximum number of fan clubs in India. His latest film Sivaji is the most expensive movie ever taken in India. Overseas rights have been sold at whopping price and it is the first time a tamil movie has been sold at that price. Return on investment is always very high when it comes to Rajinikanth's movie. No other actor in India can give or has given huge hits like him at this age.
However has the world recognised these two legends at the that level when compared to Sharukh Khan, Amithabh Bachan and Aishwarya Rai? I totally accept that they are big stars of Bollywood and i am not against them but are they as big as these two? Does South India gets his due? Not only at the international level, even at the national level the attention what Abhishek Bachan and Salman Khan or matter of fact any bollywood star gets is more than what these two stars get. This has been very disappointing!!!
4 comments:
I think the wealthy, sprawling, north indian community in UK is the answer for your question. Most probably, TN wouldnot get its due. ;)
Athaane parthen...
Nee SRK ku wax idiol pathy pesa arambicha udane Kamal peru varume nu. Kamal ku wax vekala nu avar feel panalanalum nee romba feel panare nu theriyuthu
Shahrukh is not a great actor, I think although he is a great crowd puller (as you said), Except few films, i don't see any commendable performance,
rather Amitabh Bacchan, kamal Hassan have several times outperformed every other artist..
If Daniel radcliff can be immortalized at tussad's... it's no wonder srk has found a place for himself... It's the word called "popularity" that matters...
That's why bin laden finds a place at the museum along with his nemesis Bush
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