Difference between King Khan and Big B
Posted by Shaan Khan on March 3, 2007
The following differences are just very hard to ignore:
- With the sun, moon and the stars aligned in his favor. With the attention of the entire country and the media focused on him. With a tailor made role in a relatively well made movie, Big B failed to save Ek Ajnabee from flopping at the box office. Whereas with the whole world and the media on behalf of Big B trying to sabotage him. With a major movie, J-E-M as a head on competition, SRK still managed to make Don a major hit.
- Big B’s controversial love story, Nishabd floped so badly that it had less than 30% audience in the halls on its opening day (most halls had less than 10% audience). Whereas SRK’s controversial love story, KANK, broke opening week’s record. It is one of the highest grossing bollywood movies (worldwide gross, i.e. domestic + overseas).
- After milking the novelty of a fool proof show, i.e. KBC, Big B cowardly abandoned it as soon as the ratings started to slip. On the other hand inspite of the rot that had set in thanks to Big B and the fact that the novelty had worn off, inspite of all the negative press, SRK embraced the challenge and resuscitated KBC.
- Big B’s best friend (like a brother) is Amar Singh, a flop politician who a lot of Indians consider to be sleazy. Whereas SRK’s best friend (like a brother) is K Jo, a highly respected filmmaker who a lot of Indians consider to be near genius.
- Big B exploited his leading ladies, Parveen Babi and Rekha. Whereas SRK made his leading ladies his family friends.
I can go on, but what is the point. The difference is very apparent in the quality of their achievements. There is a reason why SRK is on top of everyones goto list. There is a reason why all advertisers flock to him.
