Okay but honestly as an audience member i dont see her number one. Her screen presence has decreased, her popularity has gone down because of new faces, she had a huge gap between BM and Chaapak we almost forgot about her and now Chaapak performed poorly at theatres. It may not be her fault in that but theres fresh meat coming out very fast and with more time she will be non existent. If she wasnt married to RS she would have disappeared by now. Shes also not signed any big movies yet. What is she waiting for? Whats her strategy? Whats her PR doing?
Every actress loses popularity. It happens with everyone. It happened with Priyanka, katrina. it will happen/is happening with Deepika. New actresses come in (younger ones primarily) and are invested in majorily....one day the ones you are calling #1 in the present will also lose popularity.
How much they lose popularity is dependent on their stardom. The bigger star you were in your pirme, the less likely the audience will stop payig attention to you esp if you are trying to stay relevant with good work.
It depends on how these stars deal with it. Priyanka's sky is pink underperformed as well? is she non existent? not at all. She played her cards right and made a move that keeps her relevant. in her late 30's she is one of the few actresses at this age who has maintained her position/ stardom.
I dont understand how you can even come to the conclusion that she would be non existent? isnt she signing films, shes doing shakun batras film? I am almost 100% positive she has more films in the pipeline. The biggest star in india is not going to not have a plan. If she made it this far, I doubt her abmition is going to sway just because she is what another year older in her 30's? Shes still heavily covered by the media. I am not sure how that makes her non existent esp. if she is still a working actress and the audience, media has strong interest in her
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