Shah Rukh Khan, Akshay Kumar,Aamir Khan and Govinda are the reigning stars of the 90s. Street smart,urban, fast-talking, pop patriotic, their screen personas reflect the ethos of the newly liberalised, globalised desi.
The 90s screen diva is a decorative appendage in a male-dominated formula. So Urmila , Pooja Bhatt and Karisma , stray hits notwithstanding, get more exposurein the press than footage on screen. But Kajol holds her own despite the chronic paucity of strong female roles.
Rajnikanth and Chiranjeevi,south superstars,make Bollywood forays.
Mani Ratnam makes celluloid capital out of real life crises. Mira Nair does a far better job with Salaam Bombay, then peters off.
Hum Aapke Hain Koun, a song-packed, soppy marriage carnival, is the biggest hit ever.
Kamalahaasan continues to go where no other actor will, scaling new peaks of excellence.
Industrialist Mukesh Agarwal marries Rekha in 89, ends life soon after; Pamela Bor-desaffairs hit UK tabloids in the late 80s. Badminton player Ameeta Modi moves in with Sanjay Singh after husband Syeds murder in 88.
Film actress Divya Bharati falls to her death from a Bombay highrise in 1993.
Youth Congress worker Sushil Sharma kills his wife Naina Sahni in 1995 and tries to get rid of the body by stuffing it into a tandoor in a central Delhi hotel.
