Originally posted by: MithiBani
Nope. What happened with Big B, Rajesh Khanna will happen with the 3 Khans too. Big B is/was a bigger legend than the 3 Khans.
With the Khans, they arrived at a specific juncture in time that was transitioning from old media to new media. And, they are known as the last of a dying breed, which is why they've stayed at the top more than any other star apart from perhaps only Dilip Kumar.
But all of them together haven't been at the top. In the 90s, it was basically between Salman, SRK, and Sunny. In the 2000s, it was between SRK, HR, and Akshay/Aamir. Since then, it's between Salman, Aamir, and SRK/Akshay. This merry-go-round has actually helped the three remain top stars if anything.
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