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Vicky Kaushal: We see a star every week who trends and then nobody remembers
Updated On: 27 February, 2024 12:23 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Vicky Kaushal recently opened up on why he does not feel like he is a star despite delivering with his work on screen and having a National Award to his credit
Vicky Kaushal
Actor Vicky Kaushal has time and again proven his versatility with his craft. Whether it is `Uri` or `Sardar Udham Singh` or his latest release `Sam Bahadur`, Vicky has impressed audiences with his talent. While he is one of the most well-known faces of Indian cinema, Vicky does not like to label himself as a star. "I’ll tell you very frankly: Stardom is defined by the number of people who come to watch your film on day one, in a theatre—without being dependent on how good the trailer was, how fantastic the songs were, or how cool the poster was. They come to watch you. Irrespective of everything else. That’s the true definition of stardom. And honestly, that hasn’t happened to me yet. I still need to achieve that. I am not there yet," he said in an interview with GQ.
We live in an era where actors are accessible and their public image is often quite narrative. With constant exposure through social media and paparazzi culture, celebrities get to present a version of themselves to their audience while playing on the relatability factor. "I think the idea of classic stardom will be replaced by a different version. The kind of popularity that Dilip Kumar, Rajesh Khanna and Amitabh Bachchan must have seen is as different from what Shah Rukh Khan has experienced. It’s still huge but a different manifestation of the same glory. The last person I felt this way about was Hrithik Roshan. It was a phenomenon that hit everybody. Right now, there’s confusion among the younger lot. Because we see a star every week who trends and then nobody remembers them a few weeks later. For this generation, it will be much harder to attain the stardom of the past," Vicky elaborated.
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