Salman Khan, who completes 35 years in the Hindi film industry on Tuesday, has definitively redefined the meaning of muscular fandom, becoming one of those rare stars whose successes and failures have little or no impact on their popularity.
With realistic stories from the hinterland and everyday protagonists, enacted by the likes of Rajkumar Rao and Ayushmann Khurrana, becoming big grossers themselves, middle India no longer needs a champion. Khan needs to realise that with his stubborn swag, he has reduced his status to that of a court jester, palatable only to his shrinking constituency
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