Top 10 Greatest Bollywood Stars Of All Time According To Eastern Eye Poll

Updated on Aug 01, 2013  |  11:30 PM IST |  196K

A UK poll celebrating 100 years of Indian cinema honoured Amitabh Bachchan as the greatest Bollywood star. The star topped the survey '100 Greatest Bollywood Stars' published by British Asian weekly newspaper 'Eastern Eye'.

Bachchan was the first Bollywood star to be honoured with a wax figure at Madame Tussauds, and recently represented India as the Olympic torch-bearer at the London 2012 Games.According to said Asjad Nazir, the magazine's showbiz editor:"If you take longevity, impact, number of fans and varied body of work into account then Amitabh Bachchan is the greatest movie star in the history of global cinema. No other movie star has remained at the very top for as long as he has or made a positive impact on the lives of so many".

A combination of audience votes through social media, box-office figures, cinematic impact and critical acclaim made up the survey.

The top ten list include-

1. AMITABH BACHCHAN:

2. DILIP KUMAR:

3. SHAH RUKH KHAN:

4. MADHURI DIXIT:

5. RAJ KAPOOR:

6. NARGIS:

7. DEV ANAND:

8. WAHEEDA REHMAN:

9. RAJESH KHANNA:

10. SRIDEVI:

Credits: eastern eye

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