Posted by: Mr. Hyde March 3, 2009
Login in to Rate this Post:
0 
? 
?
If Prashant Tamang's win was not fair then how fair is Amitabh Bachchan winning "Star of the Millennium" title (according to a BBC News online poll)?
Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/394226.stm
Even Govinda was voted number 10. Are you kidding me?
When it comes to true acting skill, Amitabh may not even be close to varied skills of their own sibling actors like Nasruddin Shah and Om Puri. One of the reasons why Shah and Puri did not garner comparable attention by the media was that they were not box office-draws while Amitabh was.
So how did this polling got so skewed? These may be some of the reasons why.
The world Indian population is so huge and widespread that, more than one out of every seven persons in the world is an Indian or of Indian origin. Majority of the Indians have chosen IT career tracks which provides them frequent access to the Internet and almost all of them indulge themselves watching masala Bollywood movies which is a favorite pass-time for most of them which has contributed to Bollywood to be the most prolific movie industry in the world but not necessarily the most classy.
Given all these circumstances, do you think movie luminaries like Marlon Brando, Charlie Chaplin, Robert De Niro and music icons like the Beatles, Elton John, Frank Sinatra would stand a chance for that title?
Now the real question arises instead :
Is India hijacking the "star of the millennium" title?
Click below to read what the unbiased Indians have to say in pages about how deserving is Mr. Bachchan for the title:
http://messageboard.rediff.com/newboard/userboard.php?service_name=&boardid=movies2009jan02sld1-best-actor&postid=d82cdc57832500a41ca5922eb6b458&username=Anil%20N&page=2
In conclusion, may Prashant continue to make every 'Gorkhe-ko Chhoro' proud.
Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/394226.stm
Even Govinda was voted number 10. Are you kidding me?
When it comes to true acting skill, Amitabh may not even be close to varied skills of their own sibling actors like Nasruddin Shah and Om Puri. One of the reasons why Shah and Puri did not garner comparable attention by the media was that they were not box office-draws while Amitabh was.
So how did this polling got so skewed? These may be some of the reasons why.
The world Indian population is so huge and widespread that, more than one out of every seven persons in the world is an Indian or of Indian origin. Majority of the Indians have chosen IT career tracks which provides them frequent access to the Internet and almost all of them indulge themselves watching masala Bollywood movies which is a favorite pass-time for most of them which has contributed to Bollywood to be the most prolific movie industry in the world but not necessarily the most classy.
Given all these circumstances, do you think movie luminaries like Marlon Brando, Charlie Chaplin, Robert De Niro and music icons like the Beatles, Elton John, Frank Sinatra would stand a chance for that title?
Now the real question arises instead :
Is India hijacking the "star of the millennium" title?
Click below to read what the unbiased Indians have to say in pages about how deserving is Mr. Bachchan for the title:
http://messageboard.rediff.com/newboard/userboard.php?service_name=&boardid=movies2009jan02sld1-best-actor&postid=d82cdc57832500a41ca5922eb6b458&username=Anil%20N&page=2
In conclusion, may Prashant continue to make every 'Gorkhe-ko Chhoro' proud.