In 1975, most South Indian heroines were tame aunty types. Me and my friends had a Crush on Hema Malini.
We flicked Magazines and tore pages with Hema Malinis pictures
Rekha was the next sensation. The movie Khoobsurat and her twin pigtails was a big sensation and the song Inquilaab Zindabaad was famous. Most of my friends didnt understand a word of hindi but watched the movie for 3–4 fridays just for Rekha.
Post marriage of course the Crush or sensation would disappear. My wife is a Physics Post Grad and an Enid Blyton and Tolkien reader type and so for the first 3 years i had a huge complex even to suggest going to a Tamil film or Hindi film. I pretended i watched only English movies until after 3 years when i revealed my true nature.
My sons had their own crushes.
Preity Zinta was one and later you had the Fantastic Four Actress (Original one) and later Katrina Kaif.
Katrina was the biggest crush. They would see and download Worthless films just for Katrina Kaif.
They even watched a Malayalam movie because it had Katrina Kaif (Mohanlal or Mammooty was her pair)