If there is one guy who ever deserved most loved Hindi star in South India award it is Amitabh Bachchan. The man had humongous craze for him in 70s and 80s and lot of his films were remade by Rajinikanth, Chiranjeevi and others like Ajith etc. He also had South actors like Kamal Haasan, Rajinikanth and Nagarjuna star with him in prominent films and was first mainstream Hindi star to work with South male stars.
The other Hindi stars who are absolutely adored in South are Khans. Aamir especially began having bigger gross collections from South from Lagaan and RDB, TZP, 3I broke records in South markets too.
No one else from Hindi cinema has managed to have craze in South like Bachchan and Khans.
Among actresses I think, Madhuri, Katrina are only ones from non South Indian background who had popularity in South. Otherwise most of our top heroines are from South be it Hema, Sridevi, Tabu, Waheeda, Vyjantimala, Ash, Deepika etc.
Ranveer being most loved Hindi star in South is a stretch. Makes me wonder it he buys awards or gets them due to popularity factor as his name gets attention.
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