Bollywood’s Hero No 1 of 2014?

Q: Who is Bollywood’s Hero No 1? — We get this question in our mailbox way too often and the frequency has only increased as 2014 came to an end.

A: While we are not too sure if ‘Hero No 1’ means the best performance or the most dominant actor of 2014, we’d like to believe it is the latter. As far as star-power goes, all the three Khans are right up there. If Aamir Khan has delivered the biggest grosser of 2014, he was also helped by the fact that PK was directed by the best director in the industry – Rajkumar Hirani. Also the content of his films is in a different league altogether.

Shahrukh on the other hand, delivered the biggest opening day and single-day in the history of Indian Cinema. Star-power is more about opening numbers than lifetime collections. Factors like Diwali holiday (possibly the biggest day at the box office) and the presence of Deepika Padukone also helped.

And finally, Salman Khan. He doesn’t need much, does he? Jacqueline Fernandes wasn’t a top actress, Sajid Nadiwadala was a debutant, Kick released during the Ramadan period on a non-holiday, had lower ticket prices than PK and in terms of footfalls (number of ticket sold), KICK was way ahead of PK. At smaller centres, his fan-following is unmatched. Even some of his trashy films like Jai Ho, which poor production values, manages to cross the 100 crore mark. Salman is a true-blue superstar, probably comparable to Rajinkanth when it comes to craze with the masses of the country.

It’s too close to call between the three stars, but we’d go with Aamir as the ‘Hero No 1’ of 2014. For his script-sense, conviction and the blind faith that the audience has in his films.

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  • @indicine – Will SRK’s FAN first look release on New Year like the last couple of years – CE and HNY? Please answer.

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  • Salman is undoubtedly biggest star from 2010 , aamir movies run due to content still he is in top since 2009 but SRK since continuously giving big hits…..its just negativity surrounding him increased since mnik or ra one…..but still he managed ce , hny his most thrashed movie ra one collected more than 200cr wworldwide. …..pk is on dream run still people are talking about srk that he is bigger than srk but noone saying that he is bigger than salman…when kick crossed ce people were saying salman is bigger than srk but they never said he is bigger than aamir even though aamir delivered d3 last yr….thats the power of SRK…….competitor’s come n left but SRK still there……

  • Hero no 1 is AAMIR KHAN again easily. It’s his choice of delivering quality and content that must be admired. He failed last year with poor DHOOM-3, this year he delivered with P.K..

    SRK despite 45 crores day 1 do not deserve it. Despite owning India’s best CGI company in RED CHILLIES VFX, just like RA.ONE, HNY was poor on quality and content. This directly reflects SRK’s mindset with production and also KKR IPL involvement as he is failing to choose quality product.

    SALMAN do not deserve no. 1. Kick was a regional BB remake and was poor garbage despite Blockbuster status.

  • Yes,Aamir has to be the unanimous choice for hero no.1..his performance was better than the other two.
    But i hope srk will bounce back with fan and raees this year.

  • like always, shahrukh khan is best hero in 2014. He has dream popularity and we all khow he is the most popular acter in the world

  • @indicine, u say about salman star power. Ha ha ha.. Salman do only massala films that always make good business. Plz do a movie like MNIK, CDI, or Barfi, we want to watch ur star power?

  • obviously aamir is d no.1 hero of bollywood not just this yr but since 2008.

    next yr will belong to srk and rk

  • Undoubtedly we can say the Biggest super star – King Sharukh.

    As indicine said Pk became highest not because of Amir star power. these factors helped him,
    *Hiked ticket pric
    *Big publicity
    *Rajkumar hirani fact means high expectations
    *Also good content
    *Good world of mouth and wom
    *More holiday in first week
    *Good critic review
    *Good words by even political leaders
    *Protest by Hindu org.. made big publicity

    When in case of Salman khan’s kick

    *Scene to scenes remake of Blockbuster telugu,tamil movies
    *good content

    When there is no good content even salman’s stardom can’t help a film. We know the example of jai ho.

    When it comes of sharukh, the negetivity was more than +ve.

    * Tmk, player directer movie
    *negativity spread for huge masala content
    * Bad critic review
    * No word of mouth.no wom. Nobody will suggest this film.
    * big competition from South movie Kaththi which crossed more than 100 cr

    Even with all these bad factors he made the highest first day collection of bollywood ever as well as highest first weekend collection.and film managed to touch 205 crore and 380 crore worldwide.

    Thats the true stardom of a Super sater

    King Khan always rule the Bollywood

  • Silly Question- too broad so no right answer- dominant actor with huge opening guaranteed then our bhai jaan and king would be top two but if hero no.1 means biggest hit then Aamir guarantees that- 4 of his last 5 releases have ended the year as top grosser so your answer indicine that he is aided by best director is neither here nor there- noone would have considered murugadoss or victor top draw directors in Bollywood yet Ghajini and Dhoom 3 outlined the fan following Aamir has once the WOM reaches the masses- they trust him YES but are more likely to wait for WOM before watching his movie. For me he is Number One- the horse for the long race….

  • @Indicine it isn’t right to compare Salman’s popularity with Rajni’s.Rajni was has been ruling the Kollywood industry since the past decade and nobody could come close to him when it comes to BO collections.Whereas in India both Srk and Aamir are at the same level.and even popular than him in major parts of the country.

  • Ghajini and Dhoom 3 are again being misconstrued by Indicine as having weak scripts so what helped them become the Biggest Movie Off All Time… It is Aamirs performance in both which led to repeat audiences- sick n tired of ppl saying he needs top directors- he can make a masala potboiler an ATBB without a so called super strong script- the name holds weightage with audiences- trust in Aamirs movies is unmatched- he is Number One….!

  • A interesting answer from @ Indicine . I must say you are diplomatic . I think so Aamir is the no. 1 of 2014 . Because PK is the highest grosser of 2014 and will be the highest grossing movie of Bollywood in few days . PK was not the best film of 2014 but was a good movie miles ahead of Kick and HNY . Salman had Eid, SRK had Diwali and Aamir had Christmas . Aamir with Christmas is the deadliest combo much more deadly than Salman with Eid and SRK with Diwali . Also, Aamir’s performance was brilliant .

  • Shah Rukh Khan has maintained his stardom with the same pace all these 20 years. He ruled from the beginning.
    However Salman & Aamir ruled in bits & peices. They never had same fan following for 20 years.

    The other thing is SRK tries something different everytime. Though I didn’t like Ra.one. But he should be applauded for trying an altogether different genre when other stars were remaking south films.

  • At present it is Aamir who could be termed as the numero actor in Bollywood.Even though the content of his films are excellent but the credit for that should also be given to Aamir for giving preference to good scripts rather than typical masala potboilers.Next year could be SRK’s year and the word of mouth for his films is expected be positive which would ensure high collections apart from excellent opening.

  • Srk was the hero no.1 because of hny opening.
    I am looking forward for srk’s fan and raees along with baby,hawaizaada,singh is bling,prdp,bb,mr x,hamari adhuri kahani,brothers,jagga jasoos,abcd2 in 2015.
    Want rohit shetty srk next on christmas.

  • aamir wz supported by raju hirani
    salman wz supported by masala n successful remake
    bt srk wz having farah khan despite dat srk gave highest opening n single day n highest opening weekend n fastest 100 cr

    rit now only srk n aamir r having box office records like-
    opening day-45 cr hny- srk
    single day-45 cr hny-srk
    opening weekend-109 cr hny-srk
    fastest 100 cr-2 1/2 day hny-srk
    fastest 200 cr-9 days d3-aamir
    1st week-189 cr d3-aamir
    2nd weeknd-pk-aamir
    2nd week aamir
    paid previews-chennai express-srk

    so salman doesnt have any single popular box office record to his name so how cn we call him d biggest star as aftr dabangg 2 none of his 2 movies were really record breaking…. sallu surpassed d chennai express bt dat wz nt a big achievemnt…. so a/c to my views srk n aamir r d popular star of d year n d tym

  • Yes;salman khan is biggest superstar in bollywood.Kick realeased around 4000-4500 screens which is less than hny and pk;no top actress and debuntant director and lastly Ramzan which affect its total collection.Moreover its was a known story to many people(an official remake of telgue movie kick)But overall total tickret sold was more than pk and hny

  • Salman in 2014: Total screens – 7800. Total day 1 collection – 44cr (Kick 26.5cr + Jai Ho 17.5cr). SRK: Screens – 4600. Day 1 – 45cr.

  • i think aamir is not only the best but the best of best,just think gradually he increases his quality in each film where as srk or salman doing only business with out any logic script.

    aamir khan-85/100 from 1990-2000
    95/100 from 2001-2014
    srk-89/100 from 1990-2000
    80/100 from 2001-2014
    salman-76/100 from 1990-2000
    81/100 from 2001-2014

  • @romance expiry

    Where was the romanceless express hiding these past few weeks- missed your mathematical lessons and expert analysis dude- plz enlighten us about lifetime collections next as that should make for interesting bedtime reading or have you placed the manipulative calculator back inside your draw….

  • For romance expiry and our complaining complan boy SSS khan who just like nipun who is waiting for Jaadoos return or Some Buddha Mukherjee is praying for Arjun to finally find Fanny is still waiting for Charlies 300cr storm to arrive….!

    Salman in 2014

    Total earnings 350 crores

    Charlie King in 2014

    Total earnings 200 cr

    See how easily numbers can be manipulated- I deliberately did not state Salmans earnings came from 2 films but point was made- next Akki fans will add the collections of all his 6 crappy films and say he outperforms Salman Khan or Jaadoo boy nipun kumar will add collections of all 3 Jaadoo films and manipulatively say ‘Jaadoo collects 450cr’ missing out the key fact that its ‘Jaadoo franchise collects 450 cr’

    Go back to paglapur romanceless express….

  • Hence proove salman is having biggest fan following and Amir is class act
    It means srk is a BEECHWALA
    hahaha
    Na nar mai na nari main

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