Walk of the Stars

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Walk of the Stars
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Kareena Kapoor's hand print at the Walk of the Stars.
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Location within Mumbai
Established28 March 2012 (2012-03-28)
Dissolved2014 (2014)
Location Bandstand Promenade, Bandra, Mumbai
Coordinates 19°02′34″N72°49′09″E / 19.042718°N 72.819132°E / 19.042718; 72.819132
TypeEntertainment hall of fame
Founder UTV
OwnerUTV

The Walk of the Stars was a section of the Bandstand Promenade in Bandra, Mumbai honouring Bollywood film stars. The path features about six statues of famous Bollywood actors as well as about 100 brass plates embossed with the handprints and signatures of other stars. The walk is inspired by the Hollywood Walk of Fame. It is funded and privately managed by UTV and promoted through their UTV Stars television channel. [1] The walk is 2 km long. It was inaugurated by actress Kareena Kapoor on 28 March 2012, with actor Randhir Kapoor and filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar also present. [2] The section was dissolved in 2014.

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Cost

A brass statue on the Walk of Stars cost 3.5 million (US$41,000).

Stars honoured

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A tourist poses next to a statue of Raj Kapoor.

The following stars had been honoured with an autograph, tile or statue on the Walk of the Stars. [3]

NameAutographHandprintStatue
Anupam Kher Yes check.svg
Ashok Kumar Yes check.svg
Ajay Devgan Yes check.svg
Asha Parekh Yes check.svg
Dev Anand Yes check.svgYes check.svg
Guru Dutt Yes check.svg
Kareena Kapoor Yes check.svg
Karisma Kapoor Yes check.svg
Kishore Kumar Yes check.svg
Meena Kumari Yes check.svg
Nargis Dutt Yes check.svg
Neetu Singh Yes check.svg
Prithviraj Kapoor Yes check.svg
Rajesh Khanna Yes check.svg
Raj Kapoor Yes check.svgYes check.svg
Randhir Kapoor Yes check.svg
Rishi Kapoor Yes check.svg
Shabana Azmi Yes check.svg
Shammi Kapoor Yes check.svgYes check.svg
Sharmila Tagore Yes check.svg
Shashi Kapoor Yes check.svg
Sonakshi Sinha Yes check.svg
Sridevi Yes check.svg
Sunil Dutt Yes check.svg
Vidya Balan Yes check.svg
Yash Chopra Yes check.svg

See also

References

  1. Thirani, Neha (26 March 2012). "Mumbai Gets Its Own Walk of Fame". The New York Times. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
  2. "Bebo launches B-town's very own 'Walk of Fame'". India Today. 30 March 2012. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
  3. "Walking with the stars". Business Standard. India. 1 April 2012. Retrieved 15 February 2013.