Mohanlal beats Rajni and Kamal hands down

avisnarik

Now before you go all "Rediff messageboard" on this post give me a second here. I am not trying to say that Mohanlal, that timeless hero of the Malayalam film scene, actually bettered his Tamil brothers in any challenge physical or thespian. (Though he would do so without breaking into a sweat of course.)

No no. Instead he beats them on the ultimate stage: Google search popularity. A simple search on Google Trends India, the service that lets you measure the relative popularity of search terms across time and search origin, throws up some surprising results.

Not only is Mohanlal the more popular search term across India overall in the last 12 months, but he also beats Kamal and the "Superstar" comfortably in Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore and er... Mahape. There is no competition in Kerala of course. But most shockingly Lal-ettan actually beats out Rajni in Chennai as well. (Gasp! Deyvame! Kadavulai! Holy hairpiece!)

Not one to under-analyze I went on to see how Mohanlal, Kamal and Rajni fared Google-search-wise among our nuclear-brothers in the US of A. The results were interesting here too. Lal was still tops overall but not in every individual city. For instance Lal ruled in San Fransisco but Kamal cornered Washington DC effortlessly.

(Disclaimer: There is some talk in the US media of a sex criminal called Aaron Mohanlal. This may have skewed results somewhat.)

What can all this data possibly mean? Is Lal really the most popular film star in India? Is Rajni a fading star? Will I need personal protection after this blog post?

India search trend data here -> http://www.google.co.in/trends?q=kamal+hassan%2C+rajnikant%2C+mohanlal&ctab=0&hl=en&geo=IN&geor=all&date=ytd&sort=0

US of A search trend data here -> http://www.google.co.in/trends?q=kamal+hassan%2C+rajnikant%2C+mohanlal&ctab=0&hl=en&geo=US&geor=all&date=ytd&sort=0

Courtesy : http://blogs.livemint.com/blogs/lounge/archive/2008/08/07/mohanlal-beats-rajni-and-kamal-hands-down.aspx?CommentPosted=true#commentmessage

Anukutti · Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 5:09 am Post subject:

lal most popular onum alla.... south ondians nu polum ellavarkum mohanlaline ariyille...pinne engana north???
impossible....

MrPerera · Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 5:44 am Post subject:

nalla vevaram Mr. Green

Anukutti · Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 5:54 am Post subject:

alla sammahichu.... geage bushine ariyunnathilum kooduthal ellavarkum mohanlaline ariyaam, entha???
pore.....

MrPerera · Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 5:57 am Post subject:

he he.. ivide athinte karyam ano parajathu???
most google search criteria de karyam alle parajathu... Mr. Green

anaa ennu parayumbam chena ennono kelkunne?

britney spears anu lokathu ettaum kooduthal google search
cheyunnathu...ennu paranju britney ano popular? d'oh!

Rajappan · Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 2:29 pm Post subject:

Ho lavan ale pattikkualle. "Rajnikant" ennalla angerde spelling Rajinikanth ennanu. Chelappol RajniKanth ennum use cheyar undu. Rare usage vechalla compare cheyandath. "Kamal hassan" ennath pole Kamal haasan or Kamal Hasan ennokke use cheyar und. Mohanlal ennu paranjal vere variations onnum illa. Chummathe oro thattippum kond irangi kolum ravile thanne.

MrPerera · Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 3:34 pm Post subject:

che ravile thanne avante nenjathu adikandarunnu Mr. Green

avisnarik · Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 10:07 pm Post subject:

ithu njaan undaakiyathonnumalla....evideyo kandu appol onnu post cheythekkam ennu karuthi athraye ullooo Rolling Eyes

MrPerera · Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 10:20 pm Post subject:

ninek ithu thanne kittanam Mr. Green

kunjoonj · Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 6:46 am Post subject:

ithoralapam kadannu poyiiiiiiiiiiiiii machuuuuuuuuuuuuuu....