There are quite a few reasons, and the main villain was not Chennai Express.
'To jump from Madras Cafe to Piku to PINK to October, it takes time...'
Yesteryear's heart-throb Shashi Kapoor will get the prestigious Dada Saheb Phalke award for his contribution to Indian cinema. On this occasion, we reproduce Dinesh Raheja's nostalgia piece on the actor here:
'I had to jump from the ninth floor, breaking through the glass. The timing went wrong and instead of landing on my feet, I landed on my head. People thought I was dead, but I stood up.'
'It is ironic that the guy who set the standard of stardom was forgotten. It was his death that made us remember him again.'