Kapil Sharma, Amitabh Bachchan, Rajdeep Sardesai figure too.
By Dileep Thekkethil
BENGALURU: The most spoken about event in Indian entertainment in 2014 on the micro blogging site Twitter was super star Rajinikanth getting over 200,000 followers in the first 24 hour after the actor posted his first tweet. Currently, the official twitter page of Rajanikanth has more than 1.1 million followers.
Salutation to the Lord. Vaṇakkam aṉaivarukkum !! A big thank you to all my fans. Excited on this digital journey http://t.co/79ea6MrDe3
— Rajinikanth (@superstarrajini) May 5, 2014
When it comes to the small screen, the most talked about personality is none other than the Indian stand-up comedian Kapil Sharma who hosts the Comedy Nights with Kapil on Colors TV. He has over 1.76 million followers. Kapil has not just topped this list but is also one of the fastest growing TV personalities in India. He is closely followed by Chef Vikas Khanna.
Kapil Sharma’s popularity in Twitter has inadvertently benefited Colors TV as it is the most mentioned TV channel in India, followed by Zee TV and StarPlus. Zee News is the only news channels which found a spot in the top 5 list for the year on Twitter. Rest of the list is dominated by drama and entertainment channels.
The list of most mentioned media personalities is headed by Rajdeep Sardesai, who was abused in New York City by a group of pro-Modi supporters while reporting the PM’s maiden US visit this September. He is followed by Barkha Dutt of NDTV and Rahul Kanwal of Headlines Today. Interestingly Harsha Bhogle, a popular cricket commentator and columnist, was the fifth most talked about media personality.
Coming to the most followed entertainment personalities in India, the first 4 positions were sealed by Bollywood superheroes, with Amitabh Bachchan topping the list amassing 11.8 million followers, followed by Shah Rukh Khan with 10.2 million, Aamir Khan with 9.8 million and Salman Khan with 9.4 million followers. The only female actor to feature in the top 5 was Deepika Padukone with 8.3 million followers.