Originally posted by: atominis
Joke of the century to claim Salman Khan was not the central figure in HAHK, MPK and other hits he gave.
Rather it is SRK who has always relied on PR, buying awards, kissing ass of Filmfare editors and took advantage of Aamir and Salman and Amitabh's bad relations with media, boycotts of media, to lick boots of media and become first media friendly star. He relied on jodi with one actress which he milked to the hilt. He relied on good music and NRI lover boy roles and foreign locations and became pet of YRF.
SRK never ever had raw stardom or power to draw audience like hordes without marketing. Heck. Even Sunny Deol's Gadar beat shit out of Khans', Dharmas, Chopras overhyped multi starrers shot abroad with same old jodidaar actress.
SRK always cashed on media. Or weak phases and breaks of other actors. Media is so kind to him that he is called king even though Aamir long overtook him since Ghajini and even new guys like Ranbir and Ranveer are giving bigger hits than this has been lover boy one trick pony.
Media overhyped SRK even in 1997 though it is Sunny's Border that was highest grosser of that year. SRK was down in 1999 when Salman gave hits like HSSH, Biwi no.1.
It is funny how credit for films of Salman or Aamir is given to script or heroine while credit for SRK hits in given to him even if he is newbie or villain like Darr (funny if people assume SRK got it opening) or in multi starrers like K3G.
Media compared Hrithik to Salman also due to his body and looks FYI and to Aamir also as HR had same perfectionist tendencies in acting or taking gaps between releases. He was rather called better than all 3 Khans and future all rounder superstar.
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