Act of dethroning- Bollywood Cat Race continues
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on Aug 26, 2010 
The film industry has been put on notice. Audiences have walked out of jaded, faded blockbusters, right into twinkle-toed movies that tickle, tantalise, sometimes even traumatise. Kites and Raavan have fallen to the machine gun fire of Tere Bin Laden, Udaan and will soon be buried under the audacity of Peepli Live. Is it any wonder that our survey also breaks free from the boldfaces of the past and embraces new marquee marks? So out goes Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, darling of the Croisette.
In comes Katrina Kaif, she of the mysterious foreign birth, indeterminate Western accent, and ever-fresh presence. She talks little, works hard, appears in public only to promote her movies.
Contrast her with her often twee rivals, dynasty's child and the prince's consort, Kareena Kapoor, and the tweet-a-minute Priyanka Chopra. Kaif may have less to say than them, but wisely she makes it a virtue.
Among the men, Amitabh Bachchan, the angry young man who morphed so gracefully into the industry's elder statesmen, takes a deep dive as a screen presence, though his status as a thought leader remains undiminished.
Even as people seem to want to write a new role for him, his place is taken by the untiring Khan trio, our faithful companions for the past two decades. We've seen them losing hair, changing wives, even becoming philosophical, and we're still not weary. It's a tribute to their longevity and a testament to our loyalty.
The rising star, Ranbir Kapoor, the only one who looks capable of upsetting this complex three-part equation, is predictably No. 4 on the popularity charts.
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