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| RAHUL GANDHI: Cute! |
Politics
The Icon: Rahul Gandhi (29 votes)
Why him?
• Cute!
• Involved in social service
• New-age
• Capable of enforcing change
• The only one I know of
• Has potential
• Mass appeal
• Relevant to the youth
• Practical
• Well-dressed
• Speaks well
• He’s different!
• Doing a lot for rural India
• Only educated politician I can think of (Sachin Pilot who?)
• Looks so good in a white kurta!
• Looks like he’ll deliver
• Has something that’s missing in politics — energy!
• I just like the Gandhi family
Rahul beat: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (2), Sachin Pilot (1), Omar Abdullah (none)
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| A.R. RAHMAN: Jai ho! |
Music
The Icon: A.R. Rahman (26 votes)
Why him?
• Got Oscars — the biggest award of them all
• He is the best composer
• Evergreen songs
• His style is unique
• Truly global and makes all kinds of music
• Soulful
• Don’t know the others
• A class apart
• He’s made us so proud
• There’s no one like him
• Jai ho is still playing in my head
• Every song of his is a hit
• Songs have an edge to them
Rahman beat: Vishal Dadlani (2), Rupam Islam (2), Amaan and Ayaan Ali Khan (2)
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| RATAN TATA: The Nano factor |
Business
The Icon: Ratan Tata (14 votes)
Why him?
• He hates Mamata
• The Nano factor
• Always comes up with new projects
• You don’t have to be young to appeal to the youth
• Even the salt
• we use is his!
• Because he recruited from our college!
• He has social consciousness
Tata beat: Vijay Mallya (11), Anil Ambani (6), Nandan Nilekani (1)
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| RANNVIJAY SINGH: Attitude |
Television
The Icon: Rannvijay Singh (13 votes)
Why him?
• X factor
• Cool
• What personality!
• Most seen
• He’s soooo cute!
• Smart and handsome
• Stylish
• His attitude, his charm, his walk… sigh!
• He’s from my home state!
• He comes to all the college fests
Rannvijay beat: Raghu Ram and Rajiv Lakshman (12), Cyrus Broacha (6).
(One person did not vote in this category)
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| AAMIR KHAN: Perfectionist |
films
The Icon: Aamir Khan (20 votes)
Why him?
• Creative
• Makes socially relevant films
• After 3 Idiots, who else?
• Versatile
• Amazing director
• Perfectionist
• Brilliant actor
• Does content-based films, has amazing screen presence and personality
• His movies are well researched
• Whenever he comes up with a movie, it’s a hit
• His movies are smart and intelligent
• He’s evergreen
• Innovative
• His movies are different from masala movies
• He doesn’t do publicity stunts
Aamir beat: Deepika Padukone (4), Ranbir Kapoor (4) Katrina Kaif (4)
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| CHETAN BHAGAT: One-point someone |
Words & lyrics
The Icon: Chetan Bhagat (23 votes)
Why him?
• Simple and easy to understand
• Writes well
• Read his books the most
• Popular and practical…his are the only books I read!
• His dialogues and plots are natural and about the youth
• Only books I can think of which make good films
• Writes from a student’s point of view
• I love 2 States... and could relate to the book as I’m in a long-distance relationship as well
Bhagat beat: Prasoon Joshi (8),Anuja Chauhan (1)
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| SACHIN TENDULKAR: Cricket without Sachin is like Calcutta without MISHTI |
Sports
The Icon: Sachin Tendulkar (13 votes)
Why him?
• He has all the strokes
• Master Blaster
• The most dedicated player
• Someone with over 30,000 runs does not leave you with any other option
• Because of his Ferrari
• He’s the best cricketer ever
• Cricket without Sachin is like Calcutta without mishti
• Because he’s got sportsman spirit
Sachin beat: Bhaichung Bhutia (8), Mahendra Singh Dhoni (7), Saina Nehwal (4)
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| MANISH MALHOTRA: He makes Kareena look gorgeous |
Style
The Icon: Manish Malhotra (16 votes)
Why him?
• Designs for the maximum number of Bolly stars
• I love the colours he uses
• He makes Kareena look gorgeous
• I love the way he talks
Manish beat: Sabyasachi Mukherjee (10), Sonam Kapoor (5), Sania Mirza (0)
(One person did not vote in this category)
NAMES THAT RESPONDENTS FLOATED ACROSS CATEGORIES:
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SRK
Arjun Atwal
Satyajit Ray
Parikrama
Zakir Hussain
Mamata Banerjee
Barkha Dutt
Ayushman Khurana
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Kareena Kapoor
Kangana Ranaut
Naresh Goyal
Sourav Ganguly
Abhishek Bachchan
Konkona Sensharma
FUN MOMENTS
Ayan Kumar Banerjee, 20, is now studying in Bangalore. Reason enough for him to vote for Vijay Mallya as a youth icon in business. “Besides, I like Kingfisher beer,” he grinned.
Priya Yadav, a 20-year-old college student was hanging out with her friends at City Centre and was adamant that Shah Rukh Khan should have been an option on the list of film icons. “There is no way an Aamir Khan can be in the list and not SRK. This survey makes no sense without him! He represents Indian cinema. He’s built himself into a brand. How can he not be on the list,” she fumed.
Divya Nepal, 22, chose Bhaichung Bhutia as a youth icon from sports. Her reason: “He’s from my home state and even the same school as me — Tashi Namgyal Academy,” she smiled.
