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Will never agree with you there. What then uniquely identifies Rajini ?Originally Posted by ajaybaskar
Although I understand you wish Vijay to be called a Superstar, its uniquely identifies Rajini only. Arnold is not called a superstar and nor is Amitabh. Vijay needs to popularize his own title which next gen may aspire to reach. 'Superstar' is taken ...
Last edited by bill4u; 15th July 2014 at 07:48 PM.
Bill4u,
I understand you are a Rajni fan and I respect your opinion. But that doesn't make Amitabh or Arnold anything less than a superstar. I still come across many articles which says Bollywood superstars or Hollywood superstars. Agreed that in Tamilnadu and certain parts of south India, superstar tag reminds people of Rajni. But not the whole world.
I will be the last one to expect Vijay's name in the title cards with all those neon bulbs glowing as 'SUPERSTAR'. It will only take away his identity. Best example is Chimbu. He promoted himself as LSS,YSS and nobody gave a damn. And looks like he is not going to use them anymore. Some sanity that.
All I wanted to say is superstar is a tag which is used worldwide to refer top stars of that particular industry.
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Samantha breaks her own record on Twitter with Kaththi selfie :
Samantha Ruth Prabhu recently shared a selfie from the sets of Kaththi and the picture has gone viral on Twitter with nearly 654 RTs and 1,074 Favorites. This is also Samantha’s most RT-ed tweet ever, closely followed by her tweet wishing Ilayathalapathy Vijay on his birthday last month, which has 603 RTs. Later, We delved deep into her profile and was quite surprised by the fact that her top five most retweeted Tweets are all about either Kaththi or Vijay. Please find below the five tweets and you’ll be equally surprised like us.
The awesomeness that is #kaththi #selfie @actorsathish pic.twitter.com/QjYIY zXcO8
— Samantha Ruth Prabhu (@Samanthaprabhu2) July 14, 2014
Her second most RT-ed tweet is wishing Vijay on his birthday.
Wishing #IlayathalapathyVija ya very very happy birthday .God bless u sir. #KATHTHI
— Samantha Ruth Prabhu (@Samanthaprabhu2) June 22, 2014
Samantha celebrating her birthday with Vijay and AR Murugadoss on the sets of Kaththi is her third most RT-ed tweet.
Birthday celebrations on the sets of #kaththi.. Great start to hopefully a great year. pic.twitter.com/1r66 ev0IZH
— Samantha Ruth Prabhu (@Samanthaprabhu2) April 28, 2014
Samantha’s first day on the sets of Kaththi is her fourth most retweeted tweet. She prayed to 2014 to bring her luck. We guess it has already made her the reigning queen of South Indian film industry this year. For starters, her upcoming films in Tamil include Surya’s Anjaan, Vijay’s Kaththi and Vikram’s Paththu Endrathukullae.
First day on the sets of Vijay-Muragadoss film.. So so happy to be a part of this project..important year for me..2014 bring me luck
— Samantha Ruth Prabhu (@Samanthaprabhu2) February 12, 2014
Her fifth re-tweeted Tweet was about her working experience in Kaththi. She shared this when she was a month old with the Kaththi team.
So so happy with the team of the murugadoss-vijay film.. Extremely positive. Have a really good feeling about this film
— Samantha Ruth Prabhu (@Samanthaprabhu2) March 24, 2014
So, the most five RT-ed tweets of Samantha are either about Kaththi or Vijay, thanks to the ardent fans of Ilayathalapathy for making this possible.
In case you missed it, we earlier analyzed the Twitter profiles of popular actors and actresses with their first tweets and most RT-ed tweets in two different slideshows. For actors, click here. For actresses, click here. http://www.onlykollywood.com/samanth...aththi-selfie/
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// I used to irritate my Rajini fan room mate. Dei orae nila orae suriyan orae illayathalapathi. Thats the truth . //
// Billu,
Arnold may not be a SuperStar in Hollywood. Rajini is "not" a Super Star in Hollywood. He is Super Star in South India .. seri India. Ulagathukkae super star nu as a fan neenga sollalam naanga eppdi accept pannikiradhu. //
Just for aruguement..
அப்படி பார்த்தா 'இளைய'தளபதியே அப்படி வந்த Title தான if you consider 'தளபதி' as ரஜினிகாந்த்
வாழு! வாழ விடு!
Full Definition of SUPERSTAR
1
: a star (as in sports or the movies) who is considered extremely talented, has great public appeal, and can usually command a high salary
First Known Use of SUPERSTAR
1924
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/superstar
Ajay/Vinod, there can be oorukku naalu superstar if its simply referring someone as per the above definition, no argument there !!
But sadly in the context of tamil/hindi films, Rajini pretty much owns the 'superstar' title and gave it a different spin - something along the lines of the most popular/stylish hero .... the issue now is claiming or usurping the 'title' currently held by Rajini. What is then the necessity for the ‘next superstar' poll between Ajith and Vijay !! Engae dhan konjam iddikudhuIt could have simply been a poll for the most favorite star or for the most popular celebrity or even the ‘azhagiya tamil magan’ title
Imagine what MGR would have done if there were a poll for the next ‘Makkal Thilagam’ .. I doubt anyone would take that chance even today!
The prominent titles are mostly retired .. and maybe there could be something like iLLaya superstar or iLLaya-iLLaya thalapathi later on ....
Last edited by bill4u; 16th July 2014 at 06:38 AM.
I too felt there is no need for next superstar poll that too wen he is still acting....most favourite could be apt...for me personally rajni has been identified as superstar for ever in Indian film industry..
Nothing to be desperate when an oldie likes another.. Also should appreciate u to talk abt vj in vj forum than crying somewhere else..
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Enaku therintha muthal thalapathi, stalin..Just for aruguement..
அப்படி பார்த்தா 'இளைய'தளபதியே அப்படி வந்த Title தான if you consider 'தளபதி' as ரஜினிகாந்த்
Love & Love Only
-Selvakumar M.
Full Definition of SUPERSTAR
1
: a star (as in sports or the movies) who is considered extremely talented, has great public appeal, and can usually command a high salary
First Known Use of SUPERSTAR
1924
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/superstar
Ajay/Vinod, there can be oorukku naalu superstar if its simply referring someone as per the above definition, no argument there !!
But sadly in the context of tamil/hindi films, Rajini pretty much owns the 'superstar' title and gave it a different spin - something along the lines of the most popular/stylish hero .... the issue now is claiming or usurping the 'title' currently held by Rajini. What is then the necessity for the ‘next superstar' poll between Ajith and Vijay !! Engae dhan konjam iddikudhu
Imagine what MGR would have done if there were a poll for the next ‘Makkal Thilagam’ .. I doubt anyone would take that chance even today!
The prominent titles are mostly retired .. and maybe there could be something like iLLaya superstar or iLLaya-iLLaya thalapathi later on ....
That is precisely the point. Rajini has definitely made the title his own. But what people are pointing here is that the title can be looked as generic too. Just imagine this. Rajini would have still been Rajini even with some other title. As it was pointed let's say 'Thalapathi'. I am sure there would have not been a poll titled who is the 'Next Thalabathy'. This 'Next Superstar' polls and competitions and whatever are only to try and prove who is the 'numero uno' of the masses.
Even if you take these polls the first edition will mostly have something on the lines of 'Yesterday MGR,today Rajini ,tomorrow ???? '. So the competition is not who is next Rajini. It is who is the man of the masses today (or probably tomorrow) just like what MGR was and Rajini is. So the issue is not claiming Rajini's title as you pointed here.
My take is that the term superstar definitely brings Rajini to my mind given the proper context. So these two statements are completely true in their own context.
Super star Rajini and Ulaga Nayagan Kamal graced the occasion.
The super stars of the film industry i.e. Rajini, Chiranjeevi and Amitabh graced the occasion.
We simply cannot argue here that how can you call Chiranjeevi a superstar when he is actually a megastar.
The next argument would be if superstar can mean multiple persons then why the 'Next Superstar' competition as if it can go only to one person. The catch here is that the title to Rajini has fortunately/unfortunately been one that can be looked on as you see it. There is no denying that these polls are indirectly about who is the next Rajini. But these things would have been there even if it was someone instead of Rajini. Whether you agree or not someone will be the numero uno soon. Let's not get into another argument here. Let it be either Ajith or Vijay. Tomorrow there will never be a poll who is the next 'Thala' or'Ilaiya Thalabathy'. It will most probably again be 'Next Superstar'.
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