Before any argument, I would like to iterate a statement by some reviewer on national television - Only sex and Shahrukh sells in Bollywood. If that has to be considered true, then the bollywood viewers have no right to comment on other movie industries. Yeah, people who watch soaps of Rakhi Swanth and Rahul Mahajan can comment of anything.
Now, the too much worshiped Rajanikanth did not get a success that is not worth it. A very right example for this would be the super hyped BABA. This movie was a disaster, even after the star himself gave the statement that BABA would be his last movie and he would be retiring. If blind worship is so true, it should have gone beyond breaking records just in India. The star returned to movies as the movie was not successful, and the distributors were paid back a part of their losses from his personal income.
Nandamuri Balakrishna who is a very successful successor of the legendary NTR had disasters in box office. Those movies also had the same kind of action sequences and dances which were expected to entertain audience.
If worship was so blind, Chiranjeevi would have won with majority beyond imagination.
The fact that the stars in south go beyond just being actors is usually ignored. NTR, who went on to become CM of Andhra Pradesh, granted wishes like Rs.2/kg of rice or Rajanikanth, who does lots of charity in Tamil Nadu, believe in returning back the favor to audience. Govinda had the chance to go the extra mile, he got elected but did absolutely nothing, could not win the hearts of people and get worshiped. There is no such example of stars in bollywood. It is as simple, they take an extra step to reach people and people take an extra step of dedication to them. And it goes iterative.
Finally, I have to close with a question about comments on action sequences. Wondering why the same people don't comment on Bruce Willis' movies for the stunts, is the Hollywood tag so necessary for hero to perform super natural acts?
PS: I am ready to face the comments that would come.
