Cinema is an
incredible part of Indian culture. More than a three thousand films are
produced in this country in more than a dozen of different languages out of
which more than 1000 are the full length feature films. The film stars, since
the very dawn of Indian cinema, throughout its history, have been worshipped
extraordinarily. The successful and popular film stars are knighted by the
media and their fans as many names such as SUPERSTAR, MEGASTAR etc… The degree
of SUPERSTAR is considered as supreme among all such honors and the factors
which decide the SUPERSTAR status of someone may be one’s fan following,
popularity, box office performances, consistency of giving superhit or
blockbusters cinema, status of rivals etc…… Well, following is the list of most
popular Indian film SUPERSTARS of all time. Hope you all will like it.
10. Shahrukh Khan
Shahrukh
Khan, born 2 November 1965, popularly known as SRK, “King of
Bollywood”, “King of Romance” and many other titles is an Indian
Bollywood actor and producer. Khan rose to prominence with many hits in the
early 1990s and went on to give many blockbusters from then on. King Khan has
created a beloved image of a romantic hero among masses which makes him perhaps
the most popular actor of past 20 years. He has been subject of a documentary
and has been often called “Tom Cruise of Bollywood” due to his box
office achievement. He remains one of the most popular icons of media and brand
ambassadors of numerous national and International brands. For his services
towards cinema and art, he has been awarded a record number of Filmfare awards
along with honorary Padma Shree by Indian government. The Los Angeles
Times has called him “The world’s Biggest Movie Star”.
9. Mammootty
Muhammadkutty Ismail Panaparambil (born in the year 1956)
known as Mammootty, is an Indian film actor, producer and cultural icon
among the people of Kerala state in India and works in the Malayalam cinema. Mammootty
is the most worshipped Malayalam actor of all time. Mammootty rose to
prominence in the mid eighties with has many superhit films and went on to rule
the Kerala film industry onward. He till date remains the darling of the people
of Kerala, has acted in over 360 films across at least 4 languages, is a
brilliant actor and sex symbol of Malayalam cinema. He is also a great
philanthropist. Many of his films have been sent to prominent international
film festivals and Mammootty has been awarded numerous Filmfare, National and
Kerala state film awards along with the honorary Padma Shree by Indian
government and honorary Doctor of Letters by University of Kerala.
8. Dr Rajkumar
Singanalluru Puttaswamayya Muthuraju (24 April 1929 – 12
April 2006), popularly known by his screen name Rajkumar (the prince)
was a great Indian actor and singer of the Kannada film industry in India. He
was so much respected by the people that they used to call him by many names such as Rajanna, Natasarvabhouma(emperor
of acting), Gaana Gandharva (singer in the court of Gods), and
as Annavru (beloved elder brother) in the
state of Karnataka. He went on to act in as many as 220 films over a period of
45 years. For his services in the field of cinema, Rajkumar received nine Karnataka
State Film Awards, eight South
Filmfare Awards, two National
Film Awards and a National Film Award for Best Playback
Singer. He received in 2002 the NTR
National Award. He was also awarded an honorary
doctorate from the Mysore,
and is a recipient of the Padma Bhushan and the Dadasaheb
Phalke Award. In
his revered memory, a memorial costing 10 crores of rupees is being built in
the state of Karnataka. Rajkumar, till date, remains the greatest ever figure
from cinema and the cultural icon in the state of Karnataka among Kannada
people.
7. Uttam Kumar
Uttam Kumar (3 September 1926 – 24 July 1980) was a great Indian
film actor, singer, director, producer and music director of Bengali cinema.
Uttam Kumar rose to prominence with a series of films in the association of
great Satyajit Ray such as Nayak and many more and earned the
title of MAHANAYAK, the synonym of SUPERSTAR or SUPERHERO.
He was a superb method actor and brilliant artist with soulful dedication
towards his work. Uttam Kumar passed away at a younger age of just 53 but his
contribution towards Bengali and Indian cinema is so huge that he is still
remembered by the masses of India with due respect. Uttam Kumar remains the
cultural icon and pride of the state of West Bengal and a metro station in his
name has been built up. His songs and films fill up the new waves into the
lives of people of Bengal. He was awarded first ever National Best Actor award
and numerous BFJA awards as well as has been the topic of a documentary Nayak.
6. Chiranjeevi
Chiranjeevi, born on
22 August 1955, is a film actor, producer and politician from the Indian state
of Andhra Pradesh. He is one of the most popular actors of Indian cinema and is
often known as the MEGASTAR by his fans. Chiranjeevi has ruled the
cinema of Telugu for more than 20 years and many of his films have been
categorized as blockbusters and broken box office records. His popularity in
the state of Andhra makes him called “Bigger than Bachchan” and “The
man who changed the face of Telugu cinema”. He later on went on to form a
political party and gained huge success and is currently serving as the
Minister of Tourism in the Indian government. He has been awarded many Filmfare
south, Nandi awards along with the honorary Padma Bhushan by Indian government
and honorary Doctorate by the Andhra University.
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Top ten superstars of Indian Cinema:
(10) Shahrukh Khan, (9) Mammootty, (8) Dr. Rajkumar, (7) Uttam Kumar and (6) Chiranjeevi |
5. Rajinikanth
Rajinikanth, born 12 December 1950 as Shivaji Rao Gaikwad, is a popular
Indian actor, screenwriter and producer who appears in the Tamil cinema. Rajini
hails from a poor background and got small roles in the beginning of his career
but gradually h started getting huge fan base with many blockbuster hits, one
after another. He is the most worshipped actor of Indian cinema today and his
popularity can be estimated with the fact that he, still at the age of 62,
remains the highest earning and most loved Indian actor. Among the Tamil
people, fandom of Rajinikanth has become a hereditary-character and he has been
ruling the Tamil film industry since past 30 years. He is very humble,
spiritual, simple living philanthropist. Many of his films out of a total of
150 in five languages, have broken national box office records and run for
longest time on the cinema halls. Rajini for his services for the entertainment
industry has been awarded many Filmfare Tamil, State film awards and honorary Padma
Bhushan by Indian government.
4. Rajesh Khanna
Rajesh Khanna (29 December 1942 – 18 July 2012) was an Indian film
actor who appeared in the Hindi films. Rajesh was the first officially declared
SUPERSTAR of Indian cinema and was called as the “First Superstar”
or “The Original Superstar”. He rose to prominence with a series of 15
superhit films he acted in, a record that is still unbroken. Rajesh Khanna was
an amazing superstar. He was the sole fashion icon of the youth at that time.
In terms of his Fandom among the female fans, he is the greatest ever actor.
The girls at that time were so much diehard fan of him that they used to get
queued up for hours just for a single glimpse of him, marry his photographs and
fill up the glasses of his cars with lipstick signs. The guy was the most popular
actor among all age groups until the entry of Amitabh. He was awarded many
Filmfare, BFJA and other awards along with honorary Padma Bhushan and Padma
Vibhushan by Indian government and was the subject of BBC documentary “The
Bombay Superstar”. He was also elected for Indian parliament.
3. Amitabh Bachchan
Amitabh Harivansh Rai
Bachchan, born 11 October 1942, is one of the greatest Indian film stars of all
time. Amitabh got star status after a series of flop films with the film called
Zanjeer which earned him a title of “The Angry Young Man”
and earned him accolades. Amitabh went on to maintain his stardom successfully
from then onward and went on to rule the Hindi cinema unrivalled for next 15
years or more. His action hero and angry young man image, versatile voice,
superb dialog delivery and a kind of an undying appeal from masses made him the
greatest SUPERSTAR of Hindi cinema. His popularity made him win the 1984
parliamentary by unbelievably huge margin. He, at the age of 70, is still
active in cine and TV industry and owes highest number of fans on social
networking sites. For his services towards Indian cinema, he has been awarded many
Filmfare and National best actor awards and honorary Padma Bhushan and Padma
Vibhushan by govt. of India and many honorary doctorates from all over the
world. He was elected “The Superstar of the Millennium” in the year 1999
by an online poll conducted by BBC and was also awarded highest civilian honor
by the French government. He, in addition, also has been subject of many
documentaries.
2. NT Ramarao
Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao (28
May 1923 – 18 January 1996), better known by his signature ‘NTR’ by his
fans, was a great Telugu film actor, producer, director and politician from the
state of Andhra Pradesh in India. NTR started his film career in early 1940s
and went on to earn prominence with his Robin Hood style of roles. Many of his
films like Maya Bazaar are still most watched and talked about.
His on screen roles made him the real life messiah of the masses of Andhra
through over 350 films he acted in. Later on he went on to set up a political
party called TDP in Andhra and was elected for assembly for a record 9 times
and served as the chief minister of the state for three times. He, even today,
remains the unrivalled cultural icon of Telugu people and loved with huge
respect by masses. He was awarded Filmfare and National awards along with honorary
Padma Shree award, the fourth highest civilian honor of India and
honorary doctorate by Andhra University. Recently, in a poll conducted by
CNN-IBN, NTR was chosen as the greatest ever Indian actor of all time.
1.
MG
Ramachandran
Marudhur Gopalan Ramachandran (17
January 1917 – 24 December 1987), popularly known as MGR was an Indian
film actor, producer, director and politician of Tamilnadu. He started his film
career with the film Sathi Lilavathi in 1936 and rose to prominence.
His popularity was so much of intense nature that he went on to rule the Tamil
cinema for the next 30 years till his retirement from cinema. He was a devout
Hindu, a disciplined, humble, down to earth personality and a great
philanthropist. He founded a political party called DMK in the year of 1967 and
went on to become a 5 times parliamentarian and three consecutive times Chief
Minister of the state from 1977 to 1987 till his death. MGR, even after so many
year of his death, remains the most worshipped actor of Indian cinema and
remains the sole cultural icon of the state of Tamilnadu. From his services in
acting world, he was a multiple times awardee of Filmfare and National film
awards, Honorary
doctorate from University
of Madras and The
World University (Arizona) and “BHARAT RATNA”, the highest civilian honor by the
government of India, posthumously in the year 1988. In his revered memory, a
tomb and memorial has been built up at Marian Beach in Chennai.
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Top ten superstars of Indian Cinema:
(1) MG Ramachandran, (2) NT Rama Rao, (3) Amitabh Bachchan, (4) Rajesh Khanna, and (5) Rajinikanth |
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