The two most popular things that come to the mind of any individual who thinks of India are Cinemas and cricket and the hero worship that goes along with it. People who are crazy about movies and movie stars aSouth Indian cinemas have broken all norms and stereotypes. Here, heroes don’t wear their underwear over their pants but we still believe they can do anything and everything! For example, in the movie Sivaji, starring Rajnikanth, where the villain tries to shoot our hero and Rajnikanth just stares at the bullet and the bullet stops right in front of his forehead and drops to the ground. Think that’s stupid? Try telling that to one of his fans and be prepared to face the dreadful consequences!
Fan craze is at its heights where Rajnikanth is concerned. A true example of rags to riches story, from a bus conductor who was struggling to make ends meet he went on to become the Superstar. Today before the release of his movie, fans bathe huge cut-outs of Rajni with milk to show that they worship him, and sometimes milk is replaced with beer or whisky as well! Not to forget huge cut-outs of Rajnikanth are made with currency notes. Did anyone say India is a poor country? Think again!
Getting back to breaking norms, South Indian actors have also broken the stereotypes to a large extent. The heroines don’t have to be a size zero to be popular; on the contrary the more voluptuous women have temples built by fans exclusively for them. I mean that. Literally! There are temples built for Kushboo in Tiruchirapalli, and a temple Namitha in Nellai and for Nayantara in a place called Aravakurichi. To add to all this fans have also named white fluffy idlis as Kushboo idlis. You could probably try having some when you visit the south sometime .
Fan craze is at its heights where Rajnikanth is concerned. A true example of rags to riches story, from a bus conductor who was struggling to make ends meet he went on to become the Superstar. Today before the release of his movie, fans bathe huge cut-outs of Rajni with milk to show that they worship him, and sometimes milk is replaced with beer or whisky as well! Not to forget huge cut-outs of Rajnikanth are made with currency notes. Did anyone say India is a poor country? Think again!
Getting back to breaking norms, South Indian actors have also broken the stereotypes to a large extent. The heroines don’t have to be a size zero to be popular; on the contrary the more voluptuous women have temples built by fans exclusively for them. I mean that. Literally! There are temples built for Kushboo in Tiruchirapalli, and a temple Namitha in Nellai and for Nayantara in a place called Aravakurichi. To add to all this fans have also named white fluffy idlis as Kushboo idlis. You could probably try having some when you visit the south sometime .
Variety is another unique quality of South Indian cinemas; we have young heartthrobs with six packs and heroes who are fifty plus with one pack, a huge one! They still get to be the lover boys and dance with the beautiful young actresses. From old heroes who insist on doing a college student’s role to bus conductors, we welcome them all. If they impress us we worship them. Call us crazy or mad, but our idea of enjoying our superstar’s movie would be to whistle to our heart’s content, scream every time the hero appears on screen, throw pop corn all over the place and dance like there’s no tomorrow. 
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