Muslim Stars dominate Hindu India Cinema

The Indian movie industry has now come of age and serious movies are also being made that cater to the world market. But there is a dichotomy that is hard to explain as in a country with a overwhelming Hindu population, the major top stars all profess the Moslem religion. Thus the top stars of the Hindi films like Saif Ali Khan, Aamir Khan, Salman khan et all are Moslems. Though i

s as well but the popularity of the Moslem stars is unrivaled.

It is not only the Moslem film stars who rule the roost in India but even all other departments of film craft like direction, music, editing, songs etc are dominated by the minority community. But the fact remains that the Moslem stars have endeared themselves to the vast majority of Hindus who literally adore them. Thus any talk of discrimination against the minority community is perhaps redundant.

We have leaders like Bala sahib Thackeray and the Viswa Hindu Parishad who cater to Hindu revivalist thought. But even these organizations are unable to dent the popularity of the Moslem stars. Moslem stars have always ruled the Hindi film world ever since the movie industry was launched in India. In the earlier period just after independence most of the Moslem stars adopted Hindu names. The most prominent being Yusuf khan who adopted the name Dilip Kumar. But in the present age most Moslem stars are proud to flaunt their religion and again their popularity has not diminished among the Hindu masses.

The King of the Mumbai film world is Shah Rukh Khan who has endeared himself to the Indian public with a variety of roles. He is one star who is versatile and does justice to all his roles. The trend of male heroes is not an exception as female Moslem stars are also making a name for themselves. Prominent being Katrina kaif. One can truly say that Indian secularism has come of age.