Survey : Aishwarya Rai , Queen of bollywood ?
Aishwarya Rai has just three box office hits to her name in her 10 years in Bollywood. Preity Zinta and Rani Mukherjee has more hits to their names in the last few years than the number of films Aishwarya has acted in. Is she the Queen of Bollywood ? Survey results follow.
We at desiFans.com are running a survey to understand what Bollywood fans think. The survey is on and we have a few hundred complete survey submission already and this is what we found. Survey question: Who according to you is the Queen of Bollywood today ? 37.50% think its Aishwarya Rai , 25.89% say its Rani Mukherjee , 11% think its Kajol. Not a very convincing win, but definitely Aishwarya is way up there. But why? .. one survey responder writes: "queen of bollywood is ash because she is not only the most beautiful and attractive actress of the bollywood but she has also represented bollywood across the globe. No other actress has done it."
We at desiFans.com are running a survey to understand what Bollywood fans think. The survey is on and we have a few hundred complete survey submission already and this is what we found. Survey question: Who according to you is the Queen of Bollywood today ? 37.50% think its Aishwarya Rai , 25.89% say its Rani Mukherjee , 11% think its Kajol. Not a very convincing win, but definitely Aishwarya is way up there. But why? .. one survey responder writes: "queen of bollywood is ash because she is not only the most beautiful and attractive actress of the bollywood but she has also represented bollywood across the globe. No other actress has done it."
Survey question: Why would you attribute Aishwarya Rai 's popularity to ? 43.75% said its her beauty and interestingly 19.64% said its her marketing / promoting !! 16.07% said personality and 3% said acting skills !! One survey responder writes: "People may or may not believe but it's her personality that really is the foundation of her success. Once some relatives of mine encountered her during a train ride (this was way back before any of her hits), she was dressed up in casual jeans with no makeup. They were virtually excited since they knew she was the former Miss World, they greeted her and she greeted them back with a smile. She just said a simple "Hi" with such warmth and believe me there was 3 female to 1 male during this encounter and it was them who told me about her warm and pleasant personality. If you think they were bamboozled by her great beauty into judging her, then think again."
But when asked "Who among these is the best actress in Bollywood ?" .. it was a surprise change in positions. 38.39% say Kajol is the best actress Bollywood has today. And then its Rani Mukherjee according to 25% of responders while 21% think its Aishwarya Rai . Well.. not much behind but this proves that its definitely not acting that pushed Aishwarya to the top in the Queen of Bollywood category.
One survey response summarises the result. "Kajol is so far the best. Not that I am saying others are not good at all. It's just that different actresses or actors for that matter respond quite differently to each script. For example, if you look at Aishwarya Rai, she's more adapted to play the classical roles with such vigor that none of the actresses can match her as she has this charisma in bringing out the feelings of the characters quite well. She's also good at portraying the role of a victim as in the movie, "Humara Dil Apke Pas Hain". So far contemporary roles haven't suited yet. Let's see what she can do in Dhoom II. As for Rani Mukherjee, She can play contempory roles quite well but not so when she was in the initial throes of her career but has improved overtime which says the same for Preity Zinta. Priyanka and Kareena are also good at contempory roles though not as good as Preity and Rani. I guess what you can say is the experience.But it's Kajol, although not that good in classical, she's gets the highest overall points compared to others mentioned above. Kajol> Preity/Aishwarya/Rani > Kareena/Priyanka .
Great responses !! The survey consisted of around 10 questions and subsequent articles will cover the rest of the responses. The Queens of Bollywood survey is still open and you can respond to it.
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