★ Pathaan and The SUPERSTARS Of Indian Cinema!
February 8, 2023
Pathaan has smashed records at the box office and it should put into no doubt who are the superstars of INDIA are. The film confirms the box office clout of Shahrukh Khan which had not gone anywhere despite the last decade not being as kind as the decade before. There was a box office change towards the end of 2000-2010 decade where digital prints allowed far wider releases on day one and as this process got bigger and bigger it meant the genre which was the forte of Shahrukh Khan was never going to get record numbers. But through the 2010-2020 decade the numbers coming with films which were not action films were still huge.
Pathaan had a guest role for Salman Khan and the public response has to seen to be believed and this should be enough for the naysayers who have appreaed due to his last few films not doing as well as expected. Stardom does not dissapear with a few films failing at the box office, just like it does not come overnight and takes many films to establish.
The Hindi film industry is probably the most secular place there is in India but the fact that the biggest stars of India over the last two decades are Muslim has not sat well in some quarters of the country and the media over the last few years. In fact the third biggest also with Aamir Khan though this is arguable with Hrithik Roshan and Akshay Kumar in the fold as well. The cinema going audience does not care one bit about religion and within the industry nobody notices the religion baring when things get bought up from the outside. There are these non secular voices also within the industry but the way the industry has functioned for decades these people soon become outcasts and work will just dry up.
The last few years has seen this Pan India thing pop up so you have regional stars names being put up as the biggest superstars of the country laughable as it may seem. There are no doubt some great directors in the Southern industries so it is possible their films can do well in the Hindi belts but that hardly means the actors in these films become stars and superstardom is far away except for the regional one which they probably have already..
India has seen seven stars achieve megastardom and two of them are Salman Khan and Shahrukh Khan. The others being Dilip Kumar, Rajendra Kumar, Dharmendra, Rajesh Khanna and Amitabh Bachchan. There is not one name in sight from regional film industries and yet today you see names like Prabhas, Yash, Allu Arjun and others put up with there with two superstars who are not only the biggest superstars of the day but among the biggest ever.
This is not to say that someone from the regional industry cannot become a huge superstar tomorrow because if the public takes to you then anything can happen but to reach the level of above names will take some doing not only for the regional stars but even for Hindi filmstars.
The simple reason why the the big superstars have come from the Hindi film industry is because the language has a wider reach. If other languages had a reach as wide as Hindi then maybe it would be a different story. Yes movies can be dubbed but that is the film reaching out and not the actor.
Basically the negativity towards the Hindi film industry has led to many claims as to which is the biggest film industry and who are the biggest stars and when the national media is like this you get the regional one badmouthing Hindi cinema as and pushing their own which is natural. But at the end of the day nothing much has changed despite the claims as the HINDI film industry easily remains the biggest film industry in India as content may go wrong but that does not change the reach.
As for the stars, Salman Khan and Shahrukh Khan remain the biggest stars in India and that does not look like changing for sometime yet even though the starpower may not be as big as it was other points in their careers
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SCOOP: Akshay Kumar steps in to save Sunny Deol by lending a sizable sum to keep Sunny Villa alive.
Sunny Villa, owned by actor Sunny Deol and located in Mumbai's Juhu neighborhood, will be put up for e-auction today due to non-payment of debts of Rs. 55.99 crores, according to the first report published yesterday by Bollywood Hungama. After Bank of Baroda published a notification in The Times Of India on August 20, the facts became widely known. Additionally, the notice stated that the e-auction would take place on September 25, 2023. Ajay Singh Deol, aka Sunny Deol, Vijay Singh Deol, aka Bobby Deol, and Dharmendra Deol are the guarantors, while Sunny Sounds Pvt. Ltd. is the corporate guarantor, according to the advertisement.
Sunny Deol's spokesman issued a statement after the news became viral, saying, "We are in the process of rectifying this issue and the matter will be rectified. Please refrain from making any more assumptions about this. Some news sources also reported that Sunny Deol is prepared to take extreme measures to protect his property because a settlement in this matter is possible. And now it's been revealed that Sunny Deol has received assistance from Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar.
If this is true, it demonstrates how our film industry is genuinely like a family where people flock to help in times of need, said one insider in the field. Additionally, it demonstrates Akshay Kumar's big heart. He is a unique individual.
Recently, on August 11, the films Gadar 2 with Sunny Deol and OMG 2 with Akshay Kumar both had simultaneous release. It was encouraging to see that they both had good intentions for one another. In fact, Akshay advertises Gadar 2 in OMG 2 by singing the iconic song "Udd Ja Kaale Kaava" from Gadar in a crucial scene.
A few days after these films debuted, Akshay Kumar popularized the hashtag #OhMyGadar and shared the OMG 2 sequence from "Udd Ja Kaale Kaava." "A big thank you to our audiences for all the love for #OhMyGadar and for giving us the greatest week in Indian film history," the post's text read. In theaters: "#Gadar2 #OMG2 in theaters." It was unusual to see an actor in such a way promote another actor's movie, and it quickly garnered admirers.
It's interesting to note that Sunny Deol and Akshay Kumar have only collaborated on one movie, Jaani Dushman (2002). Akshay also had an appearance in a song in the 2019 film Blank, which also starred Sunny Deol and Karan Kapadia, the cousin of Akshay's wife Twinkle Khanna.
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THE 100 GREATEST SCREEN-PAIRS IN HISTORY OF WORLD CINEMA (@INDIES)!
.RAJESH KHANNA - MUMTAZ
.WALTER PIDGEON – GREER GARSON
.HUMPHREY BOGART – INGRID BERGMAN
.RICHARD BURTON – ELIZABETH TAYLOR
.ETHAN HAWKE – JULIE DELPY
.CHARLES CHAPLIN – EDNA PURVIANCE
.HUGH GRANT – JULIA ROBERTS
.KEANU REEVES – CARRIE-ANN MOSS
.RICHARD GERE - JULIA ROBERTS
.REX HARRISON – AUDREY HEPBURN
.CHARLES FARRELL – JANET GAYNOR
.CLARK GABLE – VIVIEN LEIGH
.UTTAM KUMAR – SUCHITRA SEN
.ROBERT REDFORD – BARBRA STREISAND
.DEV ANAND – WAHEEDA REHMAN
.CARY GRANT – INGRID BERGMAN
.KEANU REEVES – SANDRA BULLOCK
.GARY COOPER – INGRID BERGMAN
.JOSEPH FIENNES – GWYNETH PALTROW
.CHARLES BOYER – INGRID BERGMAN
.CARY GRANT – KATHERINE HEPBURN
.GURU DUTT – WAHEEDA REHMAN
.RAJESH KHANNA - TANUJA
.DILIP KUMAR - MADHUBALA
.TOM HANKS – MEG RYAN
.RAJESH KHANNA – SHARMILA TAGORE
.HUGH GRANT – RENEE ZELLWEGER
.SPENCOR TRACY – KATHERINE HEPBURN
.AMITABH BACHCHAN – PARVEEN BABI
.MICHEL PICCOLI – ROMY SCHNEIDER
.WOODY ALLEN – DIANE KEATON
.RAJESH KHANNA – REKHA
.MICHAEL DOUGLAS – GLENN CLOSE
.ALAIN DELON – ROMY SCHNEIDER
.ROD STEIGER – ROMY SCHNEIDER
.SHAMMI KAPOOR – ASHA PAREKH
.MARCELO MASTROIANNI – ROMY SCHNEIDER
.YVES MONTAND – SIMONE SIGNORET
.ALAIN DELON – ANNIE GIRARDOT
.JOHNNY DEPP – JULIETTE BINOCHE
.LAURENCE OLIVIER – VIVIEN LEIGH
.CLARK GABLE – JOAN CRAWFORD
.TREVOR HOWARD – CELIA JOHNSON
.PATRICK SWAYZE – JENNIFER GREY
.PREM NAZIR - SHEELA
.VINCENT CASSEL – MONICA BELLUCCI
.CLARK GABLE – AVA GARDNER
.JEAN-LOUIS TRINTIGNANT – ROMY SCHNEIDER
.JACK LEMMON – SHIRLEY MACLAINE
.HEATH LEDGER - JULIA STILES
.ANTHONY PERKINS – INGRID BERGMAN
.TOBEY MAGUIRE – KIRSTEN DUNST
.GREGORY PECK – AUDREY HEPBURN
.TOM CRUISE – RENEE ZELLWEGER
.AMITABH BACHCHAN - REKHA
.JAMES STEWART – MARGARET SULLAVAN
.RYAN GOSLING – RACHEL MCADAMS
.PRADEEP KUMAR – MEENA KUMARI
.ROBERT MONTGOMERY – ROSALIND RUSSELL
.JOHNNY DEPP – HELENA BONHAM CARTER
.BOBBY VERNON – GLORIA SWANSON
.DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS JR. – LORETTA YOUNG
.CLARK GABLE – CLAUDETTE COLBERT
.RAJESH KHANNA – ZEENAT AMAN
.GLENN FORD – GERALDINE PAGE
.LEONARDO DI CAPRIO – KATE WINSLET
.RAJESH KHANNA – ASHA PAREKH
.MEL GIBSON – CATHERINE MCCORMACK
.RAJ KAPOOR - NARGIS
.BRAD PITT – ANGELINA JOLIE
.CHRISTOPHER REEVE – MARGOT KIDDER
.CARY GRANT – SOPHIA LOREN
.SOUMITRA CHATTERJEE – MADHABI MUKHERJEE
.HUMPHREY BOGART – AUDREY HEPBURN
.SALMAN KHAN – AISHWARYA RAI
.ANTONIA BANDERAS – CATHERINE ZETA JONES
.RYAN O’ NEAL – BARBRA STREISAND
.JOHNNY DEPP – GWYNETH PALTROW
.MICHAEL DOUGLAS – KATHLEEN TURNER
.JAMES STEWART – CLAUDETTE COLBERT
.LAURENT MALET – ANNIE GIRARDOT
.DICK POWELL – OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND
.TOMMY STEELE – GERALDINE PAGE
.GEORGE BRENT – OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND
.MAURICE RONET – BRIGITTE BARDOT
.RAJESH KHANNA - SRIDEVI
.WILLIAM POWELL – MYRNA LOY
.ANTHONY PERKINS – ROMY SCHNEIDER
.MICKEY ROONEY – JUDY GARLAND
.RAJESH KHANNA - RAAKHEE
.SHAH RUKH KHAN - KAJOL
.RAAJ KUMAR – MEENA KUMARI
.MAHIPAL – ANITA GUHA
.RALPH FIENNES – JULIETTE BINOCHE
.ERROL FLYNN – OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND
.JOHN BOLES – BARBARA STANWYCK
.DHARMENDRA – MEENA KUMARI
.PETER FINCH – AUDREY HEPBURN
.MARLON BRANDO – KIM HUNTER
.MAURICE RONET – ROMY SCHNEIDER .
(P.S. - THE 2 PEOPLE WITH MOST ENTRIES IN THIS LIST, ARE-
RAJESH KHANNA OF INDIA WITH 8 ENTRIES, FOLLOWED BY ROMY SCHNEIDER OF AUSTRIA/FRANCE WITH 7 ENTRIES!)
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