/> Malaika Arora:

Kal: Madhubala, Madhuri Dixit

Aaj—Salman, Shah Rukh, Kareena

Shabana Azmi:

Kal—Shammi Kapoor, Mumtaz

Aaj—Shah Rukh Khan, Kareena Kapoor

Kal—Ranbir Kapoor, Deepika Padukone

(Unfair question, where do you fit in icons like Amitabh Bachchan, Rajesh Khanna, Sridevi, Madhuri Dixit, Rekha?)

Imtiaz Ali:

Kal—Dilip Kumar, Nargis

Aaj—Amitabh Bachchan, Rekha

Kal—Ranbir Kapoor, Deepika Padukone

Shekhar Suman:

Kal -- Dev Anand, Shammi Kapoor, Dilip Kumar, Geeta Bali, Madhubala, Mumtaz

Aaj—Shah Rukh Khan, Aamir Khan, Salman Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Katrina Kaif, Priyanka Chopra

Kal --Ranbir Kapoor, Neil Nitin Mukesh, Adhyayan Suman...Katrina, Deeepika Padukone, Asin

Abbas –Mustan:

Aaj-- Amitabh Bachchan, Naseruddin Shah, Paresh Rawal, Kajol, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Kareena

Deepak Dobriyal:

Kal—Dilip Kumar, Waheeda Rehman

Aaj—Amitabh Bachchan, Kareena Kapoor

Kal—Ranbir Kapoor, Sonam Kapoor

Suneel Darshan:

Kal—Dilip Kumar, Nutan

Aaj—Amitabh Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

Kal—Hrithik Roshan, Priyanka Chopra

Bhavna Talwar (director of Dharm):

Kal—Guru Dutt, Madhubala

Aaj—Aamir Khan, Priyanka Chopra

Kal—Ranbir Kapoor, Sonam Kapoor

Baba Azmi (cinematographer):

Kal—Shammi Kapoor, Madhubala

Aaj—Aamir Khan, Kareena Kapoor

Kal—Ranbir Kapoor, Sonam Kapoor

Kalki Koechlin:

Kal—Dilip Kumar, Sharmila Tagore

Aaj—Naseeruddin Shah, Tabu

Kal—Nawazuddin (did a small role in New York), Priyanka Chopra

Amole Gupte:

Kal—Shammi Kpaoor, Hema Malini/Sridevi

Aaj—Shah Rukh Khan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan/Priyanka Chopra

Kal—Ranbir Kapoor, Kangna Ranaut

Manoj Bajpai:

Kal—Dilip Kumar, Madhubala, Nutan, Madhuri Dixit

Aaj—Amitabh Bachchan, Naseeruddin Shah

Priyadarshan

Kal—Amitabh Bachchan. "The ultimate. Every director wants to work with him.I'm waiting to find the right vehicle for him."

Smita Patil: "I was her biggest fan. My regret that she died so young."

Aaj: Shah Rukh Khan—"I wanted to work with him for a long time.. I finally did in Billu."

Aishwarya Rai: "She does India proud not only in India but all over the world."

Kal : Ranbir Kapoor: "Extremely talented."

Trisha: "The South Indian heroine whom I'm introducing in Hindi with Akshay Kumar."

Ken Ghosh:

Kal: Amitabh Bachchan: "A great entertainer and the original angry young man who stayed with the game when the others of his era faded away.

Hema Malini : "She was the first dream girl."

Aaj: Shah Rukh Khan: "For bringing in romance in an unprecedented way." And Salman: "For being the eternal bad boy."

Madhuri Dixit: "Taking acting and entertainment to a new level of creativity."

Kal: Priyanka Chopra: "She's able to carry of f the glam-goddess look and is now moving effortlessly into a new-wave kind of cinema. She represents the future of Bollywood."

Tony D'Souza:

Kal: "Amitabh Bachchan for getting better with age. He is India's answer to Sean Connery"

Kal: Madhubala: "Who can forget her charms?"

Aaj: Akshay Kumar: "He does things differently, and succeeds."

Madhuri Dixit: "She's darned versatile."

Kal: Ranbir Kapoor: "He represents the first family of Bollywood so well"

Kareena Kapoor: "She dares to be different, and it works."

Mahie Gill:

Kal—Amitabh Bachchan, Rekha

Aaj—Aamir Khan, Tabu

Kal—Ranbir Kapoor, Konkona Sen

Tarun Mansukhani:

Kal: Raj Kapoor: "Hindi cinema is defined by him."

Aaj: Shah Rukh Khan: "Defines Hindi cinema today."

Kal: Ranbir Kapoor: "He's as dedicated to his work as Raj Kapoor Saab and Shah Rukh."

Kunal Kohli:

"Amitabh Bachchan Is Kal Aaj Aur Kal"

Having said that....

Kal: Raj Kapoor, Shammi Kapoor, Dilip Kumar, Dev Anand, Rajesh Khanna... "Each one defined the era that they represented. Each is irreplaceable in his own right."

Nutan, Nargis, Madhubala, Sridevi, Madhuri Dixit: "Each was a diva in the true sense of the word."

Aaj: Aamir Khan: "He's a complete cinema person."

Kajol: "Without doubt the best today."

Kal: Ranbir, Imran Khan, Neil Nitin Mukesh: "They have the potential to be the Dev-Dilip-Raj triumvirate of the future."

Sonam Kapoor: "She has a disarming quality."

Shashanka Ghosh:

Aaj : Amitabh Bachchan, Aamir Khan, Shahid Kapoor, Madhuri Dixit, Priyanka Chopra: "They are versatile, have a fabulous screen presence and act with conviction."

Kal : Sonam Kapoor, Soha Ali Khan, Chitrangda. "They've the screen presence to be the stars of tomorrow."

Ahmad Khan: "Amitji, Shah Rukh Khan, Shahid Kapoor, Madhubala, Aishwarya, Katrina Kaif...they are the timeless stars in my mind."

Javed Akhtar

Kal : Dilip Kumar & Shammi Kapoor: "The two influenced generations of actors to come in very different ways."

Meena Kumari & Madhubala: "There were many great faces in that era. But Meena and Madhubala were the harbingers, the trendsetters. In diluted and undiluted forms heroines of future generations looked up to them and modelled themselves on these two."

Amitabh Bachchan: "His influence is all-pervasive. We cannot categorize his contribution."

Zeenat Aman & Jaya Bhaduri: "Both in their own ways, heralded a new image for the heroine."

Aaj: Shah Rukh Khan & Salman Khan: "While Shah Rukh epitomizes the cool metrosexual hero, Salman is the hero of the masses."

Priyanka Chopra: "She is a synthesis of Eastern and Western personality traits and that's what we need now. She fits into any role."

Kal: "I don't see the new generation of boys and girls as fitting into the superstar slot yet. If you insist I'd say Ranbir Kapoor and Asin. They stand out. The others all convey a similar attitude."