http://xtraedition.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1712952.cms

Who is India's biggest superstar?
Deepanjali B Sarkar

The Times of India, Mumbai, had a story which said “Move over King Khan, Rajni’s the real BO king”. That got us thinking. While Shah Rukh Khan charges around 5-6 crore per movie, Rajnikanth is South Asia’s highest paid actor, having earned around Rs 14 - 20 crore for “Chandramukhi”. For his next movie “Shivaji”, due for release this November, he will earn around Rs 15 crore, besides receiving 50% of the gross sale receipts of the film in Tamil and Telegu, pegging his income at approximately Rs 30 crore.
When an Amitabh Bachchan is “harassed” by the Income Tax department, it makes it to the front page, but when Rajnikanth’s house was raided (it later turned out to be just a routine survey; just as the Big B’s claims of being unduly targeted were refuted by the Finance Minister himself) last year, it did not make it to any of the inside pages of national dailies. Not even a mention.
Do we suffer from a bias against our South-Indian stars? Is there a perception (misconceived or otherwise) that they are less glamorous than our Khans and do not have pan-Indian appeal? After all none of the commercials on national TV have a Madhavan or a Chiranjeevi. Is a star’s Bollywood stature our only measuring yard for success in tinsel town?
Since star status is very subjective, here one day, gone the next Friday, we decided to take a look at hard figures. SRK charges Rs 6 crore per movie. Rajnikanth produces his own films and that too on a tight budget. His production company Lotus International comes out with a new release every two years and sells the picture directly to 260 theatres across the four southern states. The theatres pay Lotus International a minimum ‘guarantee’ amount that could vary from Rs 30 lakh to Rs 75 lakh (for larger cities).
Irrespective of the fate of the movie, Rajnikanth’s Lotus makes money. Usually to the tune of Rs. 60 crore (on an average of Rs 50 lakh per theatre). Music and international rights are the icing on the cake.
In contrast, Shah Rukh’s Dreamz Unlimited has had only 1 semi-hit with “Chalte Chalte” which grossed Rs 16 crore. When Rajni’s “Baba” made Rs 20 crore at the box office, trade pundits bemoaned the demise of the Rajni mania, for when it comes to Rajni movies, anything less than Rs 35 crore is considered a flop. Irrespective of the fate of “Baba” at the box office, Lotus International got richer by more than Rs 40 crore, a feat Dreamz Unlimited can only dream of! Given the huge market for Bollywood releases, distribution itself is a logistical nightmare for any Hindi film producer. So bypassing the traditional distribution channel altogether is unthinkable, a stunt only a Rajni can pull off!
Chitra Lakshmanan, Secretary, Tamil Film Producers Association was quoted as saying that for the past ten years “Saar” never had to worry about hits or flops, for he competed only against himself and, in what was quite a telling statement, said that that was a luxury no Bollywood superstar enjoyed.
The last hit delivered by Shah Rukh Khan was in 2004 when he gave a super hit in ‘Veer Zara” and a moderate hit in “Main Hoon Na”. “Veer Zara” grossed around 41 crore worldwide (source boxofficeindia.com), while “Main Hoon Na” made Rs 34 crore. Trade reports say Rajnikanth’s “Chandramukhi” (2005) grossed at Rs 60 crore, the highest among Indian films. Compare that to last year’s biggest grosser, “No Entry”, which made Rs 44 crore or this year’s favourite, “Rang De Basanti” that has made Rs. 51 crore.

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I was in Gujarat for many years in search of livelihood. One of my Gujarati junior ,himself a highly qualified person from UDCT Bombay refused flatly to take me to a Gujarati movie .He told me that he can not tolerate a Gujarati movie for 2hrs .So I had to drop the Idea of watching a Gujarati movie. Hope Gujjus on this forum will confirm it. Gujarati films are made for entirely a different type of people -whom, iam sure, you will not find on this forum.

Rajnikanth movies in Tamilnadu, Chiranjeevi movies in Andhra are also made similarly for specific people. The difference is unlike gujju film goers, you find them here. Why people like Shankaracharya watch them.

Tamilnadu has produced many great people like Kamalhasan, Chidambaram, Ilayaraja, K. Balachander ,A.R rahman, Raman maharshi, Ramanujam, subhramanyams, chandras, Amrutrajs a never ending list ……….who brought fame not only to tamilnadu but also to entire India. Have you ever talked about HINDU news paper.
However YOU MUST AGREE Every other Tamilian is not so respectable. This is same with all communities.

Why do you remember people like Jayalalitha, karunanidhi, Rajnikanth who are really allergic to educated people, more so to non tamilians , most so to northerners.
Please understand we are really allergic to their actions not to their existence. Your self and your actions on this forum are downgrading Tamilians .
Forgive me ,I really beg you.

I don’t have any personal or ideological enmity with them. They are not worth thinkable not even once for any outsiders.

Tamilian culture is the most superior. Tamil intellectuals are not in majority in Tamilnadu, which is evident from the popularity of these people. Your own immigration nodoubt, is one of the reason. Why do you take the satan out to praise these jokers. If I were you I will distance from these tastes.


RAJANIKANTH IS NOT TAMILAN CULTURE. Rajnikanth entertains people which is his profession. That’s all. Not so great to spent time on praising him and comparing him with others. Atleat not again and again…… n agai .

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Originally posted by rajuu

I was in Gujarat for many years in search of livelihood. One of my Gujarati junior ,himself a highly qualified person from UDCT Bombay refused flatly to take me to a Gujarati movie .He told me that he can not tolerate a Gujarati movie for 2hrs .So I had to drop the Idea of watching a Gujarati movie. Hope Gujjus on this forum will confirm it. Gujarati films are made for entirely a different type of people -whom, iam sure, you will not find on this forum.

Rajnikanth movies in Tamilnadu, Chiranjeevi movies in Andhra are also made similarly for specific people. The difference is unlike gujju film goers, you find them here. Why people like Shankaracharya watch them.

Tamilnadu has produced many great people like Kamalhasan, Chidambaram, Ilayaraja, K. Balachander ,A.R rahman, Raman maharshi, Ramanujam, subhramanyams, chandras, Amrutrajs a never ending list ……….who brought fame not only to tamilnadu but also to entire India. Have you ever talked about HINDU news paper.
However YOU MUST AGREE Every other Tamilian is not so respectable. This is same with all communities.

Why do you remember people like Jayalalitha, karunanidhi, Rajnikanth who are really allergic to educated people, more so to non tamilians , most so to northerners.
Please understand we are really allergic to their actions not to their existence. Your self and your actions on this forum are downgrading Tamilians .
Forgive me ,I really beg you.

I don’t have any personal or ideological enmity with them. They are not worth thinkable not even once for any outsiders.

Tamilian culture is the most superior. Tamil intellectuals are not in majority in Tamilnadu, which is evident from the popularity of these people. Your own immigration nodoubt, is one of the reason. Why do you take the satan out to praise these jokers. If I were you I will distance from these tastes.


RAJANIKANTH IS NOT TAMILAN CULTURE. Rajnikanth entertains people which is his profession. That’s all. Not so great to spent time on praising him and comparing him with others. Atleat not again and again…… n agai .

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I want the cultures of all the lands to be blown about my house as freely as possible.
But I refuse to be blown off my feet by any.

Agree.
I am not talking about mass over there. Class about here.
People like Gandhiji are tough to be entertained.
All I want to understand is Tamilnadu has produced people like MS Subbalakshmi .Even Gandiji could find a favorite in her.

I donot have anything against Tamilians but probably what i am going to write is going to create controversy.

I have something to say about tamil's people. I have seen and experienced the tamilians specially the uneducated masses and to some extent educated masses, they do not have much brains. They are mad behind actors and politicians and they set up their temple. I have not seen this in North India where Big B is Mega Star without a doubt.

If you see the stunts of Rajnikant, i laugh and get mad and anybody would get mad with little brains, but it is tamilians who appreciate his jokingly stunts. As an actor he is good, but he is more famous for his stunts which only tamilians like. Why i am yet to understand fully?

I would rate superstar based on the followers and not money one makes and no way anybody can compete the personality that superstar AB has. He is the ultimate super star and SRK is no way near to him neither there would anybody would be coming near to him in forseeable future.

Hmmm I agree with rajuu that The South has given us many top-notch superstars

TN :- Shivaji and Gemini Ganeshan & MGR...and not to forget "Saar" himself, along with Kamal Hasan
AP :- NTR, ANR, Chinrinjeevi, Nagarjuna, Venkatesh etc.,
Karnataka :- Raajkumar
Kerala :- Mohammed Kutty (better known as Mammooty), Mohanlal

What has Gujrat give to Bollywood ? Now Lets see

Actors /Actresses:- A certain Harihar Zariwala..(otherwise known as Sanjeev Kumar), a certain Asha Parekh, a certian Dimple Kapadia, ...
Music directors :- Kalyanji Virji-Shah, Anandji Virji-Shah

The stunts of Rajnikant are mere stunts..meant to entertain the "aam-Janta".. Rajnikant, in ages, has not made a classy film. That is left to Kamal Hasan..

What Dips is referring to is the temple ppl erected for Khusboo, after "ChinnaTambi" was released. Strange isn't it.. the same Khusboo is booed everywhere she goes cos she advocated pre-marital sex

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