Was Sunny Deol in his prime a bigger star than Aamir Khan? - Page 2

Originally posted by: IAmLuvBolly

I think at his prime he was bigger than what Aamir was then but not bigger than what Aamir is now. Sonny is from a different era where movies were all about a masculine hero who could beat up 20 guys on his own. When things started changing he couldn’t change with the times which is why is stardom came to a halt. He also seems to have been in denial about his age and continued to play the young hero while girls 30 years younger than him played his wife. Sonny is basically a more graceful and dignified Govinda.

Sunny also never tried doing 2nd leads.

Prime Aamir is a bigger star than Prime Sunny Deol.

Sunny Deol at his peak was bigger than all the 3 Khans....the 3 Khans were slowly rising at that time.

Sunny Deol was big yes but the Khans were a South Asian diaspora phenomenon. My neighborhood Aunt used to love Sunny paaji back then but we kids were all lattoo over the Khans lol! So ya mr deol was big but he was the kind with no traction with the younger gen. The Khans have lasted much longer as they were progressive & ahead of their times especially AK.

Originally posted by: shogun

Correct. I see so many peeps today, being ignorant, deny Sunny's dominance in the 90s decade after Ghayal. They think retroactively the Khans were the biggest in the 90s too. Sunny had the biggest openings throughout the 90s, hence was rightfully the biggest star box office wise. Alas, the man clearly couldn't adapt to the multiplex boom along with Govinda.

This is true. A family friend used to own a chain of theatres in Maha those days. And Sunny movies used to cause mass hysteria. Have heard similar stories from another family friend who owned a dhaba. His staff used to wait for Sunny Deol's movies and then do the whole shor sharaba thing multiple times decked with garlands, dhols...the works!

Sunny deol was a mega star in the 90s

Sunny Deol was a Huge star.

He was bigger than Aamir in the 90's but after that..nope. Dude couldn't move with the times