Why Salman has no movie like ddlj, despite being a superstar. - Page 6

Originally posted by: shogun

HAHK was a monstrous hit and is top 5 all time in footfalls history but perception amongst casual audience is that DDLJ was the bigger hit due its popcultural impact.I have seen many casual movie watchers falling for that trap/ perception.

Another case of perception not matching reality is if people didn’t research they would have no freaking clue that Sunny’s Gadar was the baahubali of its time, yet Lagaan which was released on the same day, was simply a hit but is considered the more iconic film and more “successful” due to the Oscar nomination. 🤷‍♂️

Why did Salman not have a movie lik TZP?/CD/RDB

Why did Amir not have a movie like DDLJ/Wanted/Sultan

Why did Shah not have a movie like Dangal/ Wanted/RDB

Because there is only so many movies one can do.. Shah has done better movies than DDLJ but since people idolize him as the ultimate romantic hero, DDLJ is considered to be one of his most iconic movies

Salman has done plenty of romantic movies but since people consider him the ultimate massy hero, his masala movies are considered more iconic like Dabag

Aamir has done both masala and romantic but is best remembered for his intellectual (for the lack of a better word) movies..

HAHK is a bigger hit but more than YRF, its the promotion of DDLJ at every platform/movie/drama/actors that gives it its iconic status...

Each one of them have a specific type of roles they are best remembered for and thus the respective movies are more talked about

Originally posted by: anjs

wow......never knew this...... and for a BO illiterate, its difficult to know unless someone spells it out...chalo at least yeh toh pata chala that kjo ki OTT PR ki bimaari yrf se chali aa rahi hai hai... in fact maybe Yash chopra is the one who generated this idea.......

Originally posted by: zehreeli.kheer

Why did Salman not have a movie lik TZP?/CD/RDB

Why did Amir not have a movie like DDLJ/Wanted/Sultan

Why did Shah not have a movie like Dangal/ Wanted/RDB

Because there is only so many movies one can do.. Shah has done better movies than DDLJ but since people idolize him as the ultimate romantic hero, DDLJ is considered to be one of his most iconic movies

Salman has done plenty of romantic movies but since people consider him the ultimate massy hero, his masala movies are considered more iconic like Dabag

Aamir has done both masala and romantic but is best remembered for his intellectual (for the lack of a better word) movies..

HAHK is a bigger hit but more than YRF, its the promotion of DDLJ at every platform/movie/drama/actors that gives it its iconic status...

Each one of them have a specific type of roles they are best remembered for and thus the respective movies are more talked about

Originally posted by: Golden-dew

SRK knew the value of perception and stardom before the other two so cultivated and marketed an image quite early and built an empire from scratch. So along with YRF Adi/Uday.. SRK should also be credited for DDLJ's iconic status.

Originally posted by: zehreeli.kheer

Its not just about the perception.. Pick up any drama.. It talks about being the Raj of DDLJ when talking about romance.. Any actor is asked his fav romantic movie, TV or BW, more often than not its DDLJ.. There is no denying that HAHK is a bigger hit but DDLJ is considered iconic because of the reach it has.. Shah became a huge name because of DDLJ and vice versa..

Originally posted by: Golden-dew

HAHK was a family drama. DDLJ was a romantic movie (for the large part) so yeah even the genre helped DDLJ gain an edge. But perception ka khel toh hain. Something perceived to be good generally ends up being believed to be good.

Originally posted by: zehreeli.kheer

DDLJ is not perceived to be good though.. Its actually good.. it became iconic later but has been good from pretty much the beginning ;p

Originally posted by: Golden-dew

Its one of my fav movie but I probably watched HAHK more number of times (it aired more on tv) 😂The perception thing I said was about the hit status than the content though 😆

Originally posted by: zehreeli.kheer

I watched HAHK and MPK a billion times when I was a kid.. only once after growing up😂