OPINION POLL
Here’s Looking At You, Bollywood
On the eve of India’s 60th year of Independence, a look at Bollywood’s nationalist cinema. Viewers poll on all-time favourites in the genre.
| Which is your favourite patriotic film? | |||
| Below 35 years | Above 35 years | ||
| Mother India 1957 | 15 | 12 | 17 |
| Lagaan 2001 | 14 | 16 | 11 |
| Upkaar 1967 | 12 | 9 | 14 |
| Rang De Basanti 2006 | 11 | 13 | 9 |
| Lage Raho... 2006 | 9 | 12 | 8 |
| Purab Aur Paschhim 1970 | 8 | 6 | 10 |
| Shaheed 1965 | 7 | 6 | 8 |
| Kranti 1981 | 6 | 7 | 5 |
| Border 1997 | 5 | 7 | 4 |
| Swades 2004 | 4 | 6 | 3 |
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| Which is your favourite patriotic film song? | |||
| Aye mere watan ke logon | 14 | ||
| Mere desh ki dharti | 13 | ||
| Sarfaroshi ki tamanna | 12 | ||
| Ab tumhare hawale watan | 12 | ||
| Bharat ka rahne wala hoon | 11 | ||
| Aye watan aye watan | 10 | ||
| Vande Mataram | 8 | ||
| Hum laye hai toofan se | 5 | ||
| Mera rang de basanti chola | 4 | ||
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| Which actor, and actress, best exemplify the patriotic spirit? | |||
| Manoj Kumar | 24 | ||
| Dilip Kumar | 18 | ||
| Aamir Khan | 17 | ||
| Sunil Dutt | 12 | ||
| Raj Kapoor | 10 | ||
| Amitabh Bachchan | 9 | ||
| Nargis | 31 | ||
| Hema Malini | 14 | ||
| Nutan | 11 | ||
| Rani Mukerji | 10 | ||
| Shabana Azmi | 9 | ||
| Madhubala | 5 | ||
| All figures in per cent | |||
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| Methodology: Research organisation Cfore conducted the survey in twelve cities: Delhi, Mumbai, Calcutta, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Chandigarh, Bhopal, Lucknow and Patna between April 15-25, 2007. The total sample size was 1,226. Of these 52% were women. |
