Was Ashok Kumar a bigger star in his prime than SRK and Aamir?

Kismet was a bigger Blockbuster than DDLJ and Raja Hindustani.

Yes, he was during B/W era, it was well before Golden Age Trinity (Dilip Kumar, Dev Anand, Raj Kapoor).

I hear he was a bigger star than even Salman, ye SRK and Aamir kya cheez hai

Originally posted by: hotchic2

Who is Ashok Kumar?

Second Bollywood movie 🌟 after KL Saigal.

Dadamuni

The big old Grandfather of Bollywood.

It's responses like these which make me wonder if most of the members here even have proper knowledge about Hindi cinema and it's luminaries.

And he was huge back in the 30's and 40's but there was no concept of "superstars" in those days.

He was HUGE back in the day

Good trick to find out who here are from Ashok kumar era 😆

Do people not really know who Ashok Kumar is? Not saying watched any of his films but even just *heard * of him? 😕

He was a star in the era when people had less money yet they would shell out to watch his movies.... That explains his stardom i guess