Mumbai: It’s not yet clear if it has degenerated into a full-fledged war, but the Big B-SRK rivalry is out in the open now after King Khan sent a point-to-point rebuttal to some recent remarks attributed to Amitabh Bachchan.
The two biggest stars of Bollywood – one an ageing icon, the other the heartthrob of a young generation – are fighting a battle for popularity and subtle digs at each other have marked their rivalry during the past few months.
In a TV interview, when SRK was asked about Big B and the rivalry between the two, he gave a curt reply, saying: "That was your generation, this is mine."
Bachchan had also remarked that comparisons with a younger star only inspired him to act better so that Khan could imitate him. "I am quite good at what I do," Khan retorted.
"I'm cool, hip, sexy and wonderful," he said about his boyish charm and screen energy, which has won him millions of fans, especially among teenagers and children.
Bachchan also says comparisons are unfair as he is much older. "If you want to do an honest comparison, you should wait for him to get to 65 and then see how he fares with the box office king at that point in time," Bachchan had told a television channel recently.
There has been a raging debate as to whether Khan can manage to fit into the shoes of Bachchan on the quiz show, KBC, with his energetic, light-hearted antics against the dignified gravitas of the older host.
While fans appear divided on who is a better host of the show, viewership ratings after a week of the quiz indicate audience interest in watching Khan may just be flagging. Last year, the media got another opportunity to whip up the rivalry debate when Khan starred in a remake of a 1978 Bachchan film.
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