Who was the bigger star in the era of Shashi Kapoor, Amitabh Bachchan, Vinod Khanna, Rajesh Khanna, Jeetendra and Dharmendra?

 All these actors except Dharmendra and Amitabh had phases of highs and lows. So it is difficult to make a comprehensive list of their stardom. Figures don't convey the extent of popularity often. But still we will try.

Number of HGOTY-

Dharmendra - 4 (Phool aur Patthar, Aankhein, Sholay, Hukumat)

Amitabh- 6 (Roti Kapda aur Makaan, Sholay, Amar Akbar Anthony, Muqaddar ka Sikandar, Suhaag, Coolie)

Vinod Khanna- 3 (Muqaddar ka Sikandar, Amar Akbar Anthony, Qurbani)

Shashi Kapoor- 3 (Waqt, Suhaag, Kranti)

Rajesh Khanna - 2 (Aradhana, Haathi mere Saathi)

Jeetendra - 1 (Tohfa)

Blockbuster Hits

Dharmendra - 9 ( Phool aur Patthar, Aankhein, Mera Gaon Mera Desh, Seeta aur Geeta, Jugnu, Yaadon ki Baraat, Sholay, Pratigya, Dharam Veer)

Amitabh Bachchan - 14 (Zanjeer, Roti Kapda aur Makan, Sholay, Deewar, Amar Akbar Anthony, Muqaddar ka Sikandar, Lawaris, Naseeb, Namak Halal, Coolie, Andha Kanoon, Mard, Mohabbatein, Kabhi Khushi kabhi Gam)

Vinod Khanna- 5 (Mera Gaon Mera Desh, Amar Akbar Anthony, Muqaddar ka Sikandar, Qurbani, Chandni)

Shashi Kapoor- 7 (Waqt, Jab Jab Phool Khile, Chor Machaye Shor, Roti Kapda aur Makaan, Deewar, Kranti, Namak Halaal)

Rajesh Khanna - 4 (Aradhana, Do Raaste, Haathi Mere Saathi, Avtaar)

Jeetendra - 7 (Farz, Bidaai, Dharam Veer, Aasha, Meri Aawaz Suno, Himmatwala, Swarg se Sundar)

Top Star Ranking-

Dharmendra - Number 1 star between 1972–75, Number 2 between 1968–71 and 1976–82, Number 3 star between 1983–84 and 1987

Amitabh Bachchan - Number 2 star in 1975, Number 1 star between 1976–91

Vinod Khanna- Number 3 star between 1977–79

Shashi Kapoor- Never in top 3

Rajesh Khanna - Number 1 star between 1969–71, Number 2 star between 1972–74

Jeetendra - Number 3 between 1980–82 and 85–86, Number 2 between 83–84

Note: There are two actors who were among the top actors during this time not mentioned in the list , Mithun and Manoj Kumar. Both were bigger stars than Shashi Kapoor. Manoj Kumar till 1981 was untouchable with consecutive blockbuster hits and HGOTY and Mithun between 1985–89.

In total, Amitabh Bachchan was the biggest star of the period. Dharmendra was consistently number 2. Rajesh Khanna had a phenomenal period between 1969–71 and then his career peaked between 1973–74, and had a brief revival in 1983–84 but was never consistent. Vinod Khanna was on the way to become one of the top Stars but he left it all to go to Osho ashram. His comeback was good initially but then he whimpered away. Shashi Kapoor was the weakest in comparison with very few prominent hits of his own as a lead or solo role. His career declined in 80s when he turned producer and when he gained weight.

Also none of these actors except Amitabh had a good second innings of his career. Dharmendra offlate did some good and popular roles but didn't had the star power to carry films on his shoulder like Amitabh.

Which are the Mollywood star kids?

 List of Mollywood or Malayalam star kids who are less popular or not widely known to the public

Abhimanyu Thilakan

(Son of Shammi Thilakan)

Remember Marco Boy? He acted in a villain role in 2024, many of you won't believe but it's true. He made his acting debut with Marco (2024), directed by Haneef Adeni, where he played the antagonist Russell Isaac.

Arjun Ashokan

Son of Harisree Ashokan

Chandu Salim kumar

Son of Late actor Salim Kumar

Ahaana Krishna

Daughter of Krishna Kumar and Sindhu Krishna

Ann Augustine

Daughter of late actor Augustine

Kalyani Priyadarsan

Daughter of Priyadarshan, highly acclaimed excellent film maker and director known for his extensive work across Malayalam Hindi and Tamil Cinema

Leona Lishay

Daughter of actor Lishoy

Arthana Binu

Daughter of Vijayakumar Arthana Binu made her Malayalam film debut in 2016 with the caper-comedy Mudhugauv opposite Gokul Suresh.

Since then, she has starred in the Mammootty-led action-thriller Shylock (2020) as Poonkuzhali and most recently played Sreedevi in the 2024 police procedural drama Anweshippin Kandethum, also acted in Tamil films

Keerthy Suresh

Daughter of Keerthy Suresh's father is G. Suresh Kumar

He is a well-known Malayalam film producer and actor who has been active in the Indian entertainment industry since 1982.

⭐List of Malayalam Actors Who are superstars or currently leading actors in respective stage

Kunchacko Boban

Prithviraj Sukumaran and Indrajith Sukumaran

Fahadh Fasil

Dulquer Salmaan

(Son of Mammotty)

Pranav Mohanlal

(Son of Mohanlal)

Kalidas Jayaram

(Son of Jayaram)

Gokul Suresh

(Son of Suresh Gopi)

Shane Nigam

Son of late Kalabhavan Abi, a highly celebrated mimicry artist, comedian, and actor in the Malayalam film industry.

Vineeth Sreenivasan and Dhyan Sreenivasan

Son of late Actor Sreenivasan

⭐Supporting Cast Star kids

Shammi Thilakan and Shobi Thilakan

Son of late actor Thilakkan

Murali Gopi

Son of Late Legendary Actor and film director Bharat Gopy

Urvashi, Kalpana, and Kalaranjini

Three prominent sisters from a famous acting family who dominated Malayalam cinema, Daughter of Chavara V.P.Nair, an actor in 90s known for Pokkuveyil movie.

What are the secret love affairs of Bollywood star kids?

 Suhana khan: Suhana khan was in relationship with her rumoured foreigner boyfriend in London.she was always seen partying with this guy

Suhana khan was dating ahaan panday. chunkey's Panday nephew for a long time before she went to London for higher study.

Harshvardhan kapoor: Harshvardhan kapoor is a new play boy in bollywood.his first rumoured girlfriend was sapna panni.

After that he started dating Sara Ali Khan.Both were spotted together roaming around Mumbai at night.

Krishna Shroff: Krishna Shroff was in relationship Spenser Johnson who was a Brazilian basketball player Spenser is brazilian but then they brokeup.

Now she is in live in relationship with Eban hyams who is tiger's best friend and also a basketball player.

Navya naveli nanda: Amitabh's granddaughter Navya had a secret affair with SRK's son aryan khan

She is now rumoured to be in relationship with javed jaffrey's son mizan Jaffrey.

Ira khan: Amir Khan's daughter is never intrested in bollywood. But she creates headlines for her spicy affairs

She is now in relationship with Mishaal kripalani for last 2 years.Mishaal is a music composer and singer.

Could a star be so far away that the light from it is too weak for us to see?

 Easily.

A calculated gamble was taken to use the Hubble Space Telescope — pointing it at a known, very dark area of sky. The total exposure time was of 11 days.

They got this:

That is the Hubble Deep Field and those aren't stars but $3,000$ entire galaxies of stars invisible to the naked eye.

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It takes a few photons of light hitting your retina in a short space of time for you to perceive something is there. While there are a massive number of photons emitted by a star, the number per unit area drops off by the inverse square law.

A certain amount of photons passing through an area at a given distance passes through $2^2=4$ times the area at $2$ times the distance, $3^2=9$ times the area at $3$ times the distance, $4^2=16$ times at $4$ times etc. The number of photons per unit area drops off quickly and so much so that the photons from the galaxies in the Hubble Deep Field arrive far too far apart in time to trigger a human retina and let you know anything is there.

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That image is one twelfth the width of the Moon. Looking away from our galaxy's disc (where there would be significant dust to get in the way) you should expect a similar number of galaxies would be found over most of the sky and doing something similar $3$ years later in the southern sky produced something similar.

But as with the original almost all of the galaxies that are actually in the night sky are invisible to the naked eye.