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Dev Anand   He was in different league after hitting stardom with Baazi(1951).His films were known for his style,his dialogue delivery,his persona.He was extremely successful in 50s and 60s. After 1970, he started directing films followed by fare amount of success and failure and Desh Pardes(1978) is considered his last hit. During his stardom period (1951-1978), he acted in almost 70 films out of which 30+ films were successfull. After that he didn't give up, he was still a lead actor in most of his films directed and produced by himself, which gave him the title Evergreen Star.But most of his films in this inning were disasters. Rajesh Khanna He is so similar to Dev Anand in Bollywood, he developed cult following after 1969-72 period of back to back 15 successful films.He was a true Superstar of his time but it didn't last long.After 1975, his decline and great Amitabh Bachhan's rise in Bollywood go hand in hand.Rajesh khanna was very ambitious, he...

There is a given pattern of career progress you will see in almost every Bollywood Superstars,be it Rajesh Khanna or Dilip kumar, Dev Anand, Raj Kapoor or even Amitabh Bachhan.Lets analyse this Conventional graph. Almost every star entered the industry, did very hard work before getting first hit and then a film came which marked their Stardom.After their Stardom or their career as lead actor gets over they start their 2nd inning with character roles and some of them even excel in that or some might retire afterward, or some might went otherway of direction or writing. #Salman_Khan is a total exception, he became overnight star with Maine Pyaar Kiya(1989) and then maintained it with 5-6 successful films but after that things took a turn, almost all his films till arrival of Hum Aapke Hai Kaun (1994) were big Flops.Everyone started criticising him being a One Film Wonder but HAHK changed everything, Salman khan bounced back and dominated 90s as a true Blue star.But after ear...