Originally posted by: you2
Waheeda Rahman ,Helen should have been atleast mentioned on the cover. Hema there and no Dharam? Hope Sgarmila is there
Dharam is there.
Hema was actually a bigger BO star than Dharam and as a public figure she had more impact than him as she was producer, director, stage performer, editor, did TV, is an MP and more popular than him in comeback films and ad world.
Hema was #1 actress of 1970s. Whereas Dharmendra has always been one of biggest, consistent stars but never the clear #1 as he earlier got overshadowed by Rajesh Khanna and later by Amitabh.
Cover mentions are strange. Imagine not mentioning Raj Kapoor, Dilip Kumar, Dev Anand, Ashok Kumar (first ever actor to give ATBB and first actor to become highest paid star) but mentioning Jackie or Asha.
I hope justice is done to all icons. I dislike new trend of ignoring past icons just to focus on more media savvy, newer stars whose contribution otherwise would not be possible if seniors did not lay the foundation with their pioneering work.
I doubt if icons like Ashok Kumar, KL Saigal will even be mentioned if list is more focused on newer lot and even has Jeetendra (who I suspect would not be in the list if he did not become TV mogul through Balaji).