Walk of the Stars

Walk of the Stars
Kareena Kapoor's hand print at the Walk of the Stars.
Location within Mumbai
Established 28 March 2012 (2012-03-28)
Dissolved 2014 (2014)
Location Bandstand Promenade, Bandra, Mumbai
Coordinates 19°02′34″N 72°49′09″E / 19.042718°N 72.819132°E / 19.042718; 72.819132
Type Entertainment hall of fame
Founder UTV
Owner UTV

The Walk of the Stars was a section of the Bandstand Promenade in Bandra, Mumbai honouring Bollywood film stars. The path featured 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 was inspired by the Hollywood Walk of Fame. It was funded and privately managed by UTV and promoted through their UTV Stars television channel.[1] The walk was 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]

As of December 2014, the Walk of the Stars section of the Bandstand Promenade has been removed.[3]

Cost

A brass statue on the Walk of Stars cost ₹3.5 million (US$49,000).

Stars honoured

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.[4]

NameAutographHandprintStatue
Anupam kher☑
Ashok Kumar☑
Ajay Devgan☑
Asha Parekh☑
Dev Anand☑☑
Guru Dutt☑
Kareena Kapoor☑
Karisma Kapoor☑
Kishore Kumar☑
Meena Kumari☑
Nargis Dutt☑
Neetu Singh☑
Prithviraj Kapoor☑
Raj Kapoor ☑☑
Randhir Kapoor☑
Rishi Kapoor☑
Shabana Azmi☑
Shammi Kapoor☑☑
Sharmila Tagore☑
Shashi Kapoor☑
Sonakshi Sinha☑
Sridevi☑
Sunil Dutt☑
Vidya Balan☑
Yash Chopra☑

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. ↑ "UTV walk of stars have disappeared from Bandstand. - BANDRA INFO". bandra.info. Retrieved 2017-06-05.
  4. ↑ "Walking with the stars". Business Standard. 1 April 2012. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
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