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While my friend Addy is comparing Shahrukh Khan with Aamir Khan. I would like to spend sometime on comparing Shahrukh Khan with Akshay Kumar. You will find lots of people saying that Akshay has given many more hit movies than Shahrukh Khan during last few years. Unfortunately, these Akshay lovers are terribly wrong. Shahrukh Khan still rules the box office.
In 2007, Shahrukh Khan had two major releases. Chak de India and Om Shanti Om. Both did amazingly well on the box office. Shahrukh was praised for his role as “Kabir Khan” in Chak de India by critics. Critics didn’t like him much in Om Shanti Om but movie’s hype and better marketing techniques made it a blockbuster. 2007 was also the luckiest year in Akshay Kumar’s career. He had four hit movies back to back. Namastey London, Heyy Babyy, Bhool Bhulaiyaa and Welcome. What I don’t like about all these four movies is that Akshay never moved away from his Hera Pheri style. There was no change in his acting and character development was extremely poor. His character looked the same in all these four movies. There was no versatility and nothing new in his acting.
In 2008 two Akshay Kumar movies were released. Singh is King and Tashaan. Tashaan was a huge disappointment at box office. Singh is King did fairly well and it was the third highest grosser in Bollywood. However, Shahrukh Khan had only one movie as the major release in 2008. Rab ne Bana di Jodi which was the highest grosser movie of 2008. Akshay Kumar’s latest movie Chandni Chowk to China Town has caused distress to the film makers who has signed him at very high prices. Chandni Chowk to Chinatown went flat on box office and it seems like no one is yet ready to buy the rights for his upcoming movies. Rohini Bhandari at the Business of Cinema suggests that producers may need to re-evaluate Akshay Kumar’s upcoming movies.
If you take TV shows, advertising campaign and International tours to measure the market value and popularity of the stars then Shahrukh Khan clearly beats Akshay Kumar.
Honestly, I don’t really care about who is more popular. I love these kind of comparisons because I think such healthy rivalry improves the quality of Hindi Cinema. This race to be the no. 1. Bollywood star benefits the audiences. So I would say that we the audiences of Hindi movies should encourage such debates. By the way I dont think that Aamir, Shahrukh, Akshay or Salman could ever beat the charisma and stardom of Hrithik Roshan. Who is, in my opinion, the best male performer in Bollywood right now.
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January 22nd, 2009 at 4:02 pm
I think that no doubt there has been a fight of “who’s the best” in our film industry but in my opinion …Amitabh Bachaan is still the hot favorite of both the generations…His acting and dancing is the best…n his nature ..makes him even more popular…
January 31st, 2009 at 10:50 am
My dear friend, I totally disagree with you that Shahrukh rules over Akshay. Akshay has got VARIETY, he DARES TO EXPERIMENT on his roles, directors, co-stars, looks and hates to play safe unlike Shahrukh who sticks to only couple of producers and plays a similar roles in all the movies and lacks variety. Yes, but his role in Rab ne bana di jodi is appreciable.
If you are critical about Akshay`s few flops, Lets not ignore Shahrukh films which bombed in the box office and were out n out flop like Koyla, Dil Se, trimurti, Raju ban gaya gentleman etc.
Also Akshay has been voted as the youth Icon unlike Shahrukh.
February 8th, 2009 at 9:29 pm
srk rules.he is the best.akshay is a good actor but he must stopp comedy movie and do like he did before .he is talentued and i think akki better than amir
February 14th, 2009 at 11:03 pm
Akshay is versatile? As I wrote above Akshay is not coming out of the Raju from Hera Pheri. He needs to realize Raju is not fit for all comedy movies.
March 12th, 2009 at 7:13 pm
I agree that SRK is far better than Akshay. SRK’s success is spread worldwide and is the best one to gather international publicity. Though Akshay has given some hits but it doesnt mean that he can rule the box office. Its only SRK who van rule the box office because ha is the best.
March 19th, 2009 at 9:48 pm
if the topic is who is the king of box office ill say its srk. but wat Noumaan said about akshay should be said about srk too. he is in his same ways of acting. he should stop doing da chocolate boy figure. i think he is just this famous because of all the girls who prolly in their teens thinks he is cute in movies and probably dosent know alot of acting.
March 27th, 2009 at 12:45 am
okay askhey kumar sucks he thinks hes all that he always wanted an award and
then when he got one (im not sure wich award) but when he got one he goes well
i dont want this award cause i think aamir khan deserves it hes so STUPID.
i find sharukh is the best because he does every movie seriously and he doesnt
do it only for money he does it cause he wants to ..
SO SHARUKH IS THE BEST YOU ROCK
YOUR FAN FOEVER GOD BLESS YOUU !
April 2nd, 2009 at 8:10 pm
i am still find there are seven conservative comments. they’re still talking about SRK,Amir,Akshay, even oh no…. how pity you are,, u still adore an actor such them. All what you want in Hrithik Roshan. now i know indian people never grow up or develope if always stay in india or watch movie like SRK,AMir,Akhsay,Abishek, you see kind of them always play in same role, stupid acting compare to american,or chinese action very far, but to make balance and show indian movie not all like them he is Hrithik Roshan, you can see his action in Krish, in Malaysia with chinese guest to safe his sister. he use sword very talented. and i still remember the scene of SRK or Amir, Akshay when they want to hit the face of enemy,,,,oh no,,, it was shamed before they hit an enemy, their hand going to other side very very clear didn’t touch his face, and his angry face very bad. abashing actors. i like Koyla movie not because an actor but because the story. why must be SRK face in there????”
So commentator, word easy but act hard, you said SRK or Amir or Akshay is the best actor but in fact no one of them UNLESS Hritik Roshan.
SO HRITHIK RAKESH ROSHAN IS THE BEST YOU AWESOME, insya allah you always the one, Allah blesse u with a twins thumb that meants you are tottally different compare to them. from your abroad fans.
April 14th, 2009 at 1:34 am
WAT!akshay beta than srk,no way dats d mistake of d century.srk is simply d best.he cant even shout or loud it.nt even salman,aamir(who d hell is he aniway!)or hrithrik,can beat him okay all ye critics.SRK is jst d BEST!ur greatest nigerian fan.pray 2 meet someday.07030294279
July 31st, 2009 at 1:49 am
Why are we even having this discussion. Its pointless coz todays world beleives in stats/figurees. And if you go by figures you’d realize that Shahrukh is way way way way way above all the other actors in Bollywood !!!!forget Akshay….he does not even count in this league….apart from your stats i’ll give you a couple of more reasons why Sharukh outbeats the rest of his counterparts. And they are:
1) He’s become a Super duper star without a godfather.
2) He’s got more awards than any of his other counterparts.
3) His movies dont contain a stint of obsenity hence can be watched by an entire family.
4) He’s the best entrepranar in the business.
5) He has been loyal to his wife and has not got in lime light for wrong reasons.
6) He’s a Padmashree, a doctor and rightfully the Badshah of Bollywood.
7) He inspires people who have dreams and desires to make it big in life.
If I had some more time, these pointers would have gone on till infinity. But I guess this would suffice and if it does not then you guys can consider urselves as the dummest people on Planet Earth>>>>>>
October 6th, 2009 at 10:25 am
my dear friends i need to tell you that akshay can do all roles like action,comedy and romance.no other actor in bollywood can be so versetile as akshay.so akshay is the best and real king of boxoffice and bollywood.
November 1st, 2009 at 12:46 pm
stop it guys… akki rules man… SRK acts same in all d movies while Akki can do action, comedy n romance… Akshay Kumar is definitely far better than SRK. Akki is king of bollywood.
November 14th, 2009 at 12:18 pm
srk is the king of bollywood.we all know that srk is no.i and he rules the box office.no one is like baadshah khan.srk ke saamne akshay ka koi class hi nai hai.2 hit dene ke baad akshay apna compare baadshah ke saath karne laga aur dekh is saal apni aukat pe aa gaya.aur akshay ki koi movie agar chalti bhi hai to wo katrina ki wajha se.samjhe…………………………………
November 16th, 2009 at 12:19 am
srk……yeak..i cant tolerate him even for 5 mins. i feel lik vomiting wenevr i see him. full of overacting. his acting is far from reality. all tht he does can nvr happn in reality. it looks lik fantasy..
Akshay….man he’s an entertainer. koi bhi movie utha lo akkie ki. u can nvr get bored. he has proved himself in different kind of roles. he is a versatile actor.
he does evrythin in gr8 style. his acting is close to reality. its exctly wat u require.nothin more or les..
December 2nd, 2009 at 4:14 pm
heheh akki iz best
ever
who is saruk?
December 5th, 2009 at 7:48 pm
srk,,,,,,,,he always does rona dhona kinda acting which dsnt suits him anymore,,and his age is dominating over him,,,he is so wrinkled these days so no fun watching him
when it comes to akki ,,aleast woh jo bhi karta ppl lyk to see him onscreen
December 28th, 2009 at 7:29 am
“ravi says: what shahrukh does… does not happen in reality.. it looks like a fantasy”…
are you trying to say akshay plays reality roles?? wake up dude??
if that’s the case we can say alot about all actors!!! that was a pathetic thing to say my friend
Everyone has their own preference who they like or dont like watching but no one can say who is the king of bollywood as thats down to the box office figures!!!
those people who say akshay is the king of bollywood are clearly wrong but equally you can help him to become number one,.. HINT: if all you akshay lovers go out to your local cinemas and buy thousands of movie tickets for each of akshays release then you might bump up his figures a notch.. BUT WILL IT BE ENOUGH…???
askhay 3 films = 47 crore at box office…
srk 2 films = 59 crore at box office….
currently the way akshay is making movies will end up in people getting bored of him.. we are not in the 80’s or 90’s people nowadays Less is more!!
indian people are watching more hollywood movies now than ever before and understanding that actors like aamir and srk are now going to be making 1 to 2 films a year and thats what they have been doing in the recent years… but akshay the quite opposite knowing that he is trying to gain number one.. and he knows thats purely down to figures thats why he is making several films a year hoping his figures beat srk. Good luck to him, i hope he does get a taste of being number one in his career.. he’s earned it. I like both of them and dont care who’s number one.. but even if i did it will be an opinion not a fact.. facts only come from $$$ figures.