Why South stars are flop stars in bollywood?

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Posted: 10 years ago

Kamal Haasan had few successes like Saagar, Ek Duje Ke Liye, Sanam teri kasam, Chachi 420.

Rajinikanth saw success only in multi starrers like Andha Kanoon, Geraftaar, Hum. Otherwise he was flop.

I think it's due to language barrier and looks. Rarely seen actors from South speaking Hindi effortlessly. They have a certain accent and the way they speak their dialogues is laboured.

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meera27

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Posted: 10 years ago

Why should they even aim to be stars in BW?

They are stars by their own right in South Indian movies. No one has made a serious attempt to be in BW. They are HUGE down south. Why would they want to go up north?

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Posted: 10 years ago

God himself flopped😭 Ghor kalyug😡

For u atheists out there,God=Rajnikant

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meera27

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Posted: 10 years ago

Sudharshan CHAKRA - Lets put it this way. The God is happy giving Darshan in TN. TN people are not letting him go away any further north of Tirupathi.

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-RaeesRiks-

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Posted: 10 years ago

why go for bollywood? when the South Idustry itself is HUGE and comparable to bollywood

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mugda

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Posted: 10 years ago

East Indian Bengali heroes are dark looking and South Indian Tamil / Telugu heroes are very rough and dark looking. North Indians don't like such tanned actors.

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Posted: 10 years ago

South stars did try to make it in BW. That's why they signed so many Hindi films in 80s and early 90s.

Sridevi and Jayaprada made it. To some extent Kamal Haasan also. Others did not. Including Chiranjeevi who had tried his best in late 80s and early 90s.

Audience of every region matters to an artiste. This is why they release dubbed versions of their films in North.

Wasn't Vikram raving about how North audience knew him due to Aparachit?

Yes they have tried but not made it.

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disha

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Posted: 10 years ago

The south Industry is big on its own. I dont think they needed to make a mark in BW to become famous. Rajnikanth has an international audience and thats not thanks to Bollywood. Its on his own merit.

And honestly,dont stereotype every south-indian as having an accent and dark-looking. There are many south-indians who are in bollywood and they do not have an accent. Deepika,Aishwarya,Sridevi,Sunil Shetty all of them have their roots n South India.

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ChotaBheem

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Posted: 10 years ago

Originally posted by: atominis
Kamal Haasan had few successes like Saagar, Ek Duje Ke Liye, Sanam teri kasam, Chachi 420.

Rajinikanth saw success only in multi starrers like Andha Kanoon, Geraftaar, Hum. Otherwise he was flop.

I think it's due to language barrier and looks. Rarely seen actors from South speaking Hindi effortlessly. They have a certain accent and the way they speak their dialogues is laboured.

Sadma of Kamal Hasan.What a movie.Ending painful

Also Arbind Swamy's Roja,Bombay movies got success

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disha

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Posted: 10 years ago

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Also the actors mentioned have had a few hits under their sleeve so I dont think they can be called as flop actors. In that case even the top BW actors are flop actors bcoz all of them have had flops.

Moreover hundreds of actors come into bollywood,flop and then vanish into thin air. The actors u mentioned are famous. They've made a name for themselves. So I dont exactly agree with all the south actors being flops. There are hundreds of others who have tried their luck and failed.

Also for people who seem to have a problem that all south Indian actors being dark skinned( whats wrong with a dark skin anyway?),I can help u find pictures of the ones who are not. Its not about what you think or dont think,but its wrong to stereotype an entire class.

Either way,Tall dark and handsome is the ideal yeah? 😆 So why complain?