Big B, Rajnikant voted most admired celebrity fathers

Big B, Rajnikant voted most admired celebrity fathers
Saturday, June 19, 2010 11:11 IST
By Santa Banta News Network
Amitabh Bachchan and Rajnikanth have topped a poll for the most admired celebrity fathers in Bollywood and southern film industry, respectively, in a poll conducted by Shaadi.com.

The poll titled My Daddy Strongest saw 60.6 percent youth voting for Big B and making him the most admired celebrity dad in the Hindi film industry. Rounding off the top five are Rishi Kapoor, Dharmendra, Anil Kapoor and Jeetendra with 13.9, 9.5, 9.4 and 6.6 percent votes, respectively.

Among the southern actors, Tamil superstar Rajnikanth was voted the best dad with 42 percent votes.

"The poll reflects the mindset of today's youth. Although times are changing, it's nice to see that the qualities admired in an ideal father haven't changed much over generations, " Gourav Rakshit, business head of Shaadi.com, said in a press statement.

The poll was conducted on the occasion of Father's Day Sunday and received responses from over 85, 000 people, who logged onto the matrimonial website.

Amitabh, 67, is the father of Bollywood star Abhishek Bachchan and Shweta Nanda, while Rajnikanth, 60, has two daughters - Aishwarya and Soundarya.
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