SRK gets GLOBAL ICON OF THE YEAR - Page 10

Originally posted by: Piyatrix

These days schools give awards to actors lol did he perform at principal's daughter's wedding/birthday?😆

Originally posted by: AllBlacks1

I thought Germans and Russians knew a lot more abt Raj Kapoor. Germans stole the swastika from India and made it look like evil symbol. Mehmood-the comedian was very popular in Germany.. coz he used to wear same moustache as hitler... and made fun of him. "Mera naam joker" was huge hit in Germany and Russia.. Europe basically... than in India.

Global I-kaun? My NZ born second cousins dont know who is shahrukh khan.. but they know Mahatma Gandhi and Amitabh bachchan...althou, thier accents r diff. Mind u, they can say Sachin very well.. and entire Indian teams players names.

srk- global i-kaun... my ass.

Originally posted by: ebolla

Raj Kapoor ? Mehmood ? in Germany ? OK, dream on ! 😆

2004 RTL 2 (German TV) broadcasted K3G, that was the big bang for BW in Germany. It's legend, history between german fans. 😉

Originally posted by: KatrinaAC

happy dance

Originally posted by: Piyatrix

Why don't u ask the older gen they might broaden your narrow horizon lol Raj Kapoor was popular in Russia and Europe, Rajnikant in Japan ...way before Srk took baby steps, just cos the NRI population has increased in last 20 yrs doesn't make SRK a global icon 😆

Originally posted by: atominis

Hahaha!

Looks like nobody has bothered to check facts!

Or is Germany the whole world? 😆

Raj Kapoor was the biggest Indian actor abroad. Craze in Russia, China and many other European countries. Amitabh Bachchan is a religion in Egypt, Israel, West Indies and was extremely popular in Russia, Indonesia and UK also. Indonesians have even made a film on his name, a story about a little boy who is his big fan and wants to go to India to meet him. Rajinikanth is a cult in Japan and Taiwan. Aamir Khan is extremely popular in China, Indonesia, Malaysia and South Korea. Mithun is popular in Russia and in Japan he has a temple dedicated to him. Rajesh Khanna used to be very popular in Spain. Dharmendra was a cult in Nigeria and even his under performers like The Burning Train became huge hits there. Salman Khan is popular in Middle East.

It's a fallacy that only SRK made Bollywood global.

Infact it was YRF that did by expanding their distribution. And they thought of tapping overseas market after tremendous success of Silsila and Lamhe abroad.

Raj Kapoor has been making it to global lists before SRK was even born. So much for nobody knowing Raj Kapoor outside India!

Guess some people never look beyond their burrows.


BTW, overseas collections of pre 90s films were not mapped extensively. So collections cannot be compared. And as of last few years, Aamir's movies make more than anyone else overseas and only 1 of them is a YRF film, otherwise he made it without YRF which has amazing penetration in international market.

Lastly, Amitabh Bachchan received the same award last year, so it is a given how other global icons exist besides SRK.

Originally posted by: ...Poojie...

He looks tooo good at this award ceremony... a little bit of stubble works wonders on him..😊

Congratulations to him 😊

Originally posted by: -Hadia-

SRK was also announced biggest movie Star in the world by BBC in 2011 ..Check out his wiki ..He is known as the biggest movie Star of Bollywood outside India ⭐️

Originally posted by: -Hadia-

Did I ever said other BW stars are not popular ? Obviously they are popular But SRK is the most popular there is a difference there 😃

Originally posted by: -Hadia-

I said he is known more than any other BW star Globally ...I didn't said he is the only one ..there is a difference 😃