Legendary Indian actor Amitabh Bachchan is happy that some of the biggest superstars in the country like Shahrukh Khan, Aamir Khan, Salman Khan and Hrithik Roshan have helped realise the global potential of Indian Cinema.
While yesteryear filmmakers like Bimal Roy, Mrinal Sen, Satyajit Ray, Raj Kapoor and several others increased the visibility of Hindi and regional cinema in the overseas markets, the current generation has taken Indian Cinema to an all-time global high.
“Internationally, it is very heartening to see the interest in Indian cinema. For many years in the time when I started, cinema was not marketed or promoted the way it is now. We didn’t know about these markets. There were international distributors, but we never knew exactly what used to happen to a film – we used to give it at a pittance because we never realised that people outside would want to watch a Hindi film or any Indian film.” Amitabh told IANS.
With films like 3 Idiots, My Name Is Khan, Dhoom 3 collecting more than 100 crores from the overseas markets alone, Bachchan feels the international market has become a major territory for Hindi films.
“The international market has now become a major territory. It bodes really well because there’s a large expatriate audience and they have passed on their likes to their friends, and therefore this whole community, even foreigners, have started identifying with our films.”
“We used to have a stadium full of people where we used to sing, dance to numbers of the Hindi film industry – filling up the Wembley Stadium of 65,000 people – it was immense – New Jersey – 75,000 people. I saw the amount of love, affection and interest and that was really a revelation for us.”
“The generation that came immediately after us – Shahrukh, Salman, Aamir and Karan Johar too – they pushed this potential into the international world. So if you want to give credit for the recognition, these are the people who should be credited” Bachchan was quoted as saying.
“Shahrukh is as popular in Germany as he is here, Hrithik and Salman and Aamir are loved internationally in equal proportion. So, obviously Indian cinema is doing well.”
Oh its really funny to read some comments of srk haters. Love u srk keep ruling the world.
Big b is right, Aamir,srk,salman,hr etc raise the business standard high in overseas market, Aamir hold the record of delivering two films who became highest grosser simultaneously in domestic and overseas market but our global king still need Karan to give Highest grosser in overseas. First KKHH,k3g,kank,mnik lol. Srk no doubt giving blockbuster but still his good films like CDI,swades failed to achieve huge success in overseas, That’s why big b also included Karan name in that list as he also knows truth for 3.7 billion star. He struggled to have highest grosser for 21 years and now struggling to surpass Mnik in overseas,God knows when he will achieve same success in domestic and overseas with same film. Yes there are hope for HNY but i don’t think so, P.k. Has huge chance if movie lived upto expectation. @nipun thanks for your jokes Papa’s boy still require Krishh for blockbuster hahaha. Don’t try to degrade Aamir if you do than ready for reply.
amitabh mentioned all four big stars but srk fans are saying only srk is global superstar, this is why i hate him most. why can’t you praise all the mentioned stars above ?? too much insecure ?? honestly, shahrukh’s success is very much credited to yrf and dharma as yrf and dharma are more oriented to overseas and NRIs audience.
according to talent, Hrithik has the best talent to match up to hollywood’s standard. how can amitabh forget akshay kumar ?? okk ajay devgn may not be much popular in overseas but akshay is very much popular in canada !!!
SaLmaN KhaN all the way !!!
lov salman <3
for those who r saying that SalmaN isn’t famous in overseas…
He gave 1Bb mpk nd 1Atbb Hahk before 20 years ago
mind itt…
Nipun, he does deserves to be in Hollywood, but how will he make it to Hollywood if keep on rejecting all the offers from Hollywood? He recently rejected a Nicolas Cage film, and has rejected films like Prince of Persia (main role), Pink Panther 2 and a cameo in Superman Returns, etc in past.
@nipin Ok everybody knows you dont find any hollywood actors to be better looking than Krrishh Roshan and we all know you will say ‘yuk’ if we mention names like Brad Pitt, Bradley Cooper or Leonardo DiCaprio but fact remains most people not only think but truly believe that The Frogman is more hotter than your kiddie superhero Rohit Roshan…! FACT
The Frogman is more popular overseas than your Krrisshh Roshan so dont compare Krrisshh Roshans overseas popularity with our Salman bhai who clearly is more popular than your cape crusader.
@nipin to @vicky
Lol
Trolling again. Your Krrisshh was more popular than Aamir and Salman in what years…? 2010 to 2008…? Or was it 2003 to 2000…? Get your years in some half decent chronological order kid then come back here trying to make a case against the undeniable truth that Krrisshh Roshan was never more popular than the 2 Big Khans. Ok maybe if you compare him against the Teesra Khan aka Lesser Known Khan Srk whom he may have overtaken for a yr or two but thats about it.
Big B is just pandering to Aamir and Salman; the only true international superstars are SRK and Hrithik………….Aamir is nowhere in oversees as 3IDIOTS is Raju Hirani masterpiece and Dhoom 3 due to dhoom franchise; Salman is nothing oversees as audience dont like his crap masala films and stupid non acting buffonary, no masala film does that well oversees only CE did really well due to SRK…………………funny haterz credit all of SRK hard work to others, u all are relly jealous, I wud therefore credit Aamir success to Monsoor Khan, Juhi Chawla, Karisma Kapoor(REAL STAR OF RAJA HINDUSTANI), Raju Hirani, Dhoom franchise, Yash Raj, without these Aamir is flop star as seen in the 90’s……………………….All of the bhojpuri success is Salim Khan, Rajeshri, David Dhawan, tasteless masala copy and paste films, Maduri Dixit (who was the REAL STAR OF HAHK)
When I watch movies in international theaters everyone comes in housefull theaters to see SRK…………………….whereas when i went to see Dabanng 2 the theature was half empty! lol
srk is famous in overseas jst bcz of he promoting or showing himself bt Aamir’s movies & acting promote him in overseas if amir does like srk then nobody will know who is srk…if srk is king then Amir is Akka
@ Lootera nipun : you are a namak har@m. First ask Hrithik to stand properly without shivering (sorry Hrithik) & then talk about Salman.
Current stands : Aamir rules in overseas and Salman in India. Srk is nowhere!!!! for those who are ignorant about Salman popularity in overseas he was the first Khan to make craze in abroad (due to HAHK n being 7th good looking man on earth). Srk was nowhere n an unknown thing at that time !!!!!!!
@Navin, Hrithik Roshan was soundly beating Aamir and Salman from 2000-2008, in these years Salman was a flop/disaster star with few hits and was sometimes out of top ten, Aamir was also nowhere until late 2008 with Ghajini and then 3 idiots… so from 2000-2008 it was SRK and Hrithik who were ruling the roost along with Akki who did well from 2007-2008.. the bhojpuri was soundly beaten by SRK, Hrithik, Aamir and Akki from 2000-2009 and only came back in September 2010 with Dabanng, so get ur facts right before u posts stupidity and false comments! Ur star was nowhere for over 10 years yet u have audacity to call SRK lesser khan??
@hrithik HAHK came out in 1994 and SRK had become very popular and big due to Dewana, KHKN, Darr and Baazigar the previous years, yet u say he was nowhere and unknown at that time??? Stop posting lies like @navin! Furthermore it was well know that the true star of HAHK was attributed to Maduri while Salman was given second lead, the film was a craze due to the Maduri craze, ur bhai just came from 10 successive flops/disasters from 1991 – 1994; furthermore Aamir in no way rules oversees, ur a fool to post that, 3idiots is due to hirani and dhoom 3 due to dhoom franchise, SRK is still no 1 oversees and at least no 3 in India, and u say he is nowhere? Get a life dude!
@Shane No one cares about aamir overseas, SRK is still number one!
@ Sky I have lived globally and no one really gives a flying f@@K about Aamir, SRK is the most known and most loved and his movies are the most awaited whether he acts with Karan or not, u forgot CE, DON 1 and 2,Pardes,MHN,OSO did excellently abroad without Karan and Yash Raj and that even a bad movie like Ra One was a super hit abroad, so dont come here and speak of nonsence, Aamir has 2 biggest grosser abroad ONLY due to Raju Hirani and Dhoom Franchise! P.S. Chak De India did excellently abroad, check wikipedia.
@navin bhojpuri:i later corrected it to 2000 to 2008 in my last comment.but u couldn’t see that. This is expected from a bhojpuri taporifan as they are blind towards their tapori stars and watch back to back craps by bhojpuri blindly. .and yes,hrithik is more gud looking than them. .leonardo is a great actor,but that doesn’t mean he is that gud looking. Brad pitt luks gud,but hr is way hotter. .and hrithik was ahead of ur bhojpuri star sallu and mental ghajini fighter before tapori dabbang and ghajini.
@hrithik hypocrite:hahahaha. .a guy in hrithik id,but a salmanfan. .i replied to vicky who was abusing hrithik. That’s it.
BIGB should mention akshay kumar in place of salman because akshay is more famous than salman and amir in overseas.SRK,hr,akshay,john are unique actorsthast bollywood created.while salman,amir etc are garbage papa’s fed heros,no one knows them in overseas.it’s thank to raju hirani’s story and dhoom,that amir got place in overseas,otherwise same credit should also go to omi,sharman for 3idiots and abhishek for dhoom3,that doesn’t mean they could compete with SRK.still SRK has 6out of top10 overseas film and who’re thinking someone above of KING SRK then they are non others besides some puny clown of salman and amir fan.however let them happy because their days of misery not too far,KING IS BACK to kick their face.
East or west Hrithik is the most stunning human being in both looks, demenour and talent. We love just looking at him. He is our girls night out favourite.
@nipun,awesome comment yaar.2008 se pehle to koi puchta bhi nahi tha lallu and amir ko.ek dam sahi.look your one comment totally made frustrate to losers,actually you know what sallu and amir are one decade active stars who are now begging job to SRK’s made YRF.taporiyon ko acha film ka idea kabhi tha?otherwise some ghajini pagals are thinking vulgar movies like 3idiots are more value based than LEGEND MNIK,lol.
Haters are burning here.king khan is rulling there
@Triniman : Srk is famous due in overseas due to Yashraj & Dharma and then all sorts of awards (Thanks to his PR). Aamir & Salman does not sell themselves to firangs, still they are in top 3 in overseas imagine if their PR also do sort of cheap publicity as srk then srk will be nowhere !!!!!!!
Also if Salman is surviving due to masala movies n Aamir due to Raju Hirani & Dhoom franchise then srk had solely survived on NRI kind of movies Pardes, KANK (utter morally incorrect & infedility saga), DDLJ, Swades (Superhit in overseas n flop in india). Where is Paheli n Asoka in overseas?? if it is only due to srk power why these movies were dudd in overseas ???
Mega Stars in the country : Amitabh Bachan and Rajnikanth
Super Stars in the country : Aamir, SRK, Hrithik and Salman
Power Stars in the country: Aakshay, Ajay, Ranbir, Deepika,Kareena and Katrina.
SRK is the biggest and most consistent star overseas. He is the biggest global icon India ever produced. All others are only playing catch up!
srk is the best actor