No one replaces Big B, but Shah Rukh sees the biggest jump in popularity in six months and Deepika Padukone is back at No.
Amitabh Bachchan (Photo by Milind Shelte) and Deepika Padukone (Photo by Rajwant Rawat)
The brightest stars may twinkle, but eventually they get their glow. Over the years, the holy trio of Khans-Aamir, Shah Rukh and Salman- lost their sheen. Salman’s dominance fell at the box office; Aamir, the most personal and dearest, saw his luck swing; And Shah Rukh, after two back-to-back duds—Jab Harry Met Sejal and Zero—took a sabbatical and subsided, his presence on Twitter limited to occasional AMA (Ask Me Anything) sessions. But order has been restored in India’s latest edition, Today’s Mood of the Nation poll. Badshah aka Shah Rukh is back in business, pushing Akshay Kumar to the third spot, just based on the announcement that he has three releases in 2023- YRF’s Pathan, Atlee’s Jawan and Rajkumar Hirani’s Dunki. . It seems that the audience is eager to watch these movies. If Shah Rukh is the biggest rich, megastar Amitabh Bachchan sees a drop in his popularity by a few points, but not enough to dissuade him from pole position. Salman ‘Bhai’ is out of the top five.
Among actresses, Deepika Padukone reclaimed the throne from Katrina Kaif due to her impressive performance in Gehriyaan, which was a direct-to-digital release. Another powerhouse artist of 2022, Alia Bhatt climbed to No. She started the year with a commanding act in Gangubai Kathiawadi and then made headlines for tying the knot with actor Ranbir Kapoor.
The favorites in MOTN’s OTT section shed light on how audiences have come to appreciate actors who don’t have millions of followers on social media or a huge PR machinery promoting their airport or gym looks, but their Near is a body of work that attracts praise. Manoj Bajpayee and Pankaj Tripathi emerge as the cutest to make Shrikant Tiwari (The Family Man), and Kaleen Bhaiya (Mirzapur) and Madhav Mishra (Criminal Justice) household names. Saif Ali Khan and Nawazuddin Siddiqui, the first actors to return to the streaming bandwagon in 2018 with Netflix’s Sacred Games, appeared in the top five alongside Abhishek Bachchan, who dropped four spots.
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It is a story of a similar uplift on the women’s front. Topping the list is Sushmita Sen, whose acting career has seen a renaissance, courtesy of crime drama Arya (Disney + Hotstar). Actresses like Radhika Apte (Forensics), Huma Qureshi (Maharani, Mithya) and Shefali Shah (Delhi Crime, Human) are busier than ever thanks to a wave of female-driven shows and films, fueled by the OTT revolution Is.
