Bollywood Actors and their cricketing counterparts
Bollywood stars and their cricketing counterparts
This is just my opinion
Other opinions are available
The comparisons are based on their box office performance, trajectory, longevity, iconism and influence on Bollywood and the collective Indian psyche
Dilip Kumar-Vijay Merchant
Amitabh Bachchan- SUNIL Gavaskar meets Sachin Tendulkar
SRK- Sourav Ganguly
Raj Kapoor- Kapil Dev
Dev Anand- G R VIshwanath
Dharmendra- D B Vengsarkar
Akshay/Jeetendra-Rahul Dravid
Aamir Khan-Anil Kumble meets Ajit Wadekar
Aayushmaan- Shikar Dhawan
Ranbir Kapoor- Rohit Sharma
Nasser/Irfan/Naseeruddin- VVS Laxman
Balraj Sahani-Vinoo Mankad
Rishi Kapoor- V Chandrashekhar
Rajendra Kumar- Bishen Singh Bedi
Feroze Khan-Saleem Durrani
Others’ lists welcome.
January 8, 2020 at 3:27 AM
Aamir Khan -> Dravid?
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January 8, 2020 at 3:39 AM
Forgot Salman Khan who would be MSD on a good day andJohnny Lever the rest of the days:-)
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January 8, 2020 at 3:39 AM
Salman = Sehwag
Aamir = SRT & Dravid
Ranveer = Virat
Dhoni = ??
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January 8, 2020 at 3:42 AM
Amitabh has always been Kapil Dev for me. All rounder who could achieve anything.
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January 8, 2020 at 3:46 AM
Ayushmann will be Shreyas Iyer, somebody who blossomed in 2019/2020
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January 8, 2020 at 3:48 AM
Varun Dhawan = Rishabh Pant. promised a lot but turned out to be a Kalaank
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January 8, 2020 at 9:42 AM
It is quite well thought out.
MSD equivalent would be quite tricky and would love to see
Salman would be Tiger Pataudi.
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January 8, 2020 at 3:59 AM
Srikanth = Rajnikanth
Ashwin = Madhavan
Jadeja= Sharman Joshi
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January 8, 2020 at 4:08 AM
Ranveer Singh = Yuvraj Singh. someone pushed ahead by Ganguly (SRK/YRF)
Amitabh = SRT/Sunil Gavaskar. All had relatively unsuccessful sons in same profession. Abhishek = Arjun Tendulkar/Rohan Gavaskar/Abhishek Bachchan
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January 8, 2020 at 4:16 AM
Dhoni =,HR
Virat = Tiger
They created history with War, Virat became SOTY, Dhoni remained the Master
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January 8, 2020 at 4:53 AM
Marlon Brando = Don Bradman?
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January 8, 2020 at 9:23 AM
Brilliant list.
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January 8, 2020 at 4:57 PM
Entertaining post! That image too is one I love..
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