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Aamir Khan is currently rejoicing the success
of Secret Superstar as the producer of the
movie. The movie starring Zaira Wasim in
lead saw Aamir in an extended cameo.
In an extensive interview with a leading
tabloid, spoke about the parameters to
judge anyone's stardom in the early 90s.
"Back in the '90s when there wasn't so
much talk about box-office numbers, how
could you tell someone is finally a star? From
the time I was seven, I remember reading
Trade Guide, and other box-office journals.
We would check out the figures of dad's
films, and there would be a circuit-wise
breakup. Within the industry, the [box-
office] knowledge was always there, since
cinema has always been around as a
business," he said.
He further added, "Today, mainstream media
is picking up box-office figures, and that's a
choice you're making.
In small towns, for instance, when people
didn't know box-office numbers, one way to
gauge stardom was if people had begun
copying an actor's haircut. True?There are
many yardsticks for measuring how popular
a star is. Copying style is one of them. I
remember when Mr Bachchan became a
huge star, I wanted to get bell-bottoms
made like his. For me, it is essentially about
how many seats one fills. It means that
people love you and your work, and now
they want to go and experience it. That's
important."
He then spoke about how stardom is often
calculated as per the commerciality of one's
film but that is wrong, he says. "We often
measure stardom by how big an actor's
commercial successes have been. That is a
faulty method. PK's or Dangal's business has
to do with how great those films and their
scripts were. It's incorrect to attribute that
to my stardom. My stardom comes into play
when I make a bad film that people don't
want to watch. They still come because of
my name. So if you want to measure an
actor's stardom, you should check out how
well his flop does," he asserted.
https://www.pinkvilla.com/entertainment/news/aamir-khan-if-you-want-measure-actors-stardom-you-should-check-out-how-well-his-flop-does-390061.
of Secret Superstar as the producer of the
movie. The movie starring Zaira Wasim in
lead saw Aamir in an extended cameo.
In an extensive interview with a leading
tabloid, spoke about the parameters to
judge anyone's stardom in the early 90s.
"Back in the '90s when there wasn't so
much talk about box-office numbers, how
could you tell someone is finally a star? From
the time I was seven, I remember reading
Trade Guide, and other box-office journals.
We would check out the figures of dad's
films, and there would be a circuit-wise
breakup. Within the industry, the [box-
office] knowledge was always there, since
cinema has always been around as a
business," he said.
He further added, "Today, mainstream media
is picking up box-office figures, and that's a
choice you're making.
In small towns, for instance, when people
didn't know box-office numbers, one way to
gauge stardom was if people had begun
copying an actor's haircut. True?There are
many yardsticks for measuring how popular
a star is. Copying style is one of them. I
remember when Mr Bachchan became a
huge star, I wanted to get bell-bottoms
made like his. For me, it is essentially about
how many seats one fills. It means that
people love you and your work, and now
they want to go and experience it. That's
important."
He then spoke about how stardom is often
calculated as per the commerciality of one's
film but that is wrong, he says. "We often
measure stardom by how big an actor's
commercial successes have been. That is a
faulty method. PK's or Dangal's business has
to do with how great those films and their
scripts were. It's incorrect to attribute that
to my stardom. My stardom comes into play
when I make a bad film that people don't
want to watch. They still come because of
my name. So if you want to measure an
actor's stardom, you should check out how
well his flop does," he asserted.
https://www.pinkvilla.com/entertainment/news/aamir-khan-if-you-want-measure-actors-stardom-you-should-check-out-how-well-his-flop-does-390061.
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