
LookalikesareasmuchpartofIndianpopularcinema’sromancewithstardomasthesupercelebritiesthey–sometimesmoreandsometimesless–resemble.TheJuniors,asthey’repopularlyreferredto,liveaparadoxicalexistencealloftheirown:ifonemeetsKishoreBhanushalionthestreets,it'sliketimeisoutofjoint,forhelookslikeGoldenAge-iconDevAnand–inthe1960s!It’sfittingthatBhanushaliisalsoastand-upcomedian,astheJuniorsareinequalpartspaeanstoandparodiesoftheoriginalstars.TheJuniorsevenhavetheirownfilms,whichareoftensatiricalrevisionsofbelovedclassics.<br/> GeetikaNarangAbbasitookthemakingofonesuchalookalikeextravaganza–IqbalSuleman’s2017AmirSalmanShahrukh–asastartingpointfromwhichtodescribethelivesofseveralJuniors,andtowonder:howoriginalcanahumanbeingeverbe?Or,putanotherway:discoverthetruemeaningofpopularforpopularcinema!