Internet fan-wars, ubiquitous awards, magazine photo-shoots. all amount to nothing if at the end of the end the paying public do not shell out hard-earned money to see your movie at the theater. Shabana was a far greater actress than Hema Malini but whose name is more synonymous to Bollywood's appeal and lure? The fact is incontestable that people like to see Katrina's movies.. much much more than any other heroine's movies. If De Dana Dan was average, at least she didn't give a Tashan.
I think everyone agrees that Kat is very poor in acting but the audience (who is the final arbiter in all matters realating to a commercial industry like Bollywood) finds her irrestible. So, maybe some people should just take a step back and think of why, in this industry filled with talented actresses, beautiful models and famous starkids, A foreign-born, wooden actress like her is ruling the roost.
i like the way you put it... though, i don't exactly think she is wooden... she is somewhere between average to good on my scale... :)
i was just remembering hema malini's role from sholay... that was one good movie... :)
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