Have you ever wondered why movie stars enjoy so much attention and fanfare. People will do just anything for them. Some love them, some worship them and some are so obsessed with these people that we may feel that they are really crazy . The incessant influx of movie stars into Indian political scene also has no other reason.

Why does people behave in this manner? After all these actors are also mere human beings like us;only difference being they are really good in something.

The reason is simple. For a typical fan (of an actor) his idol is everything that he himself wanted to become in life but is unable to become. Just imagine how a typical Indian hero looks like. Well that image changing every day and so lets focus on the latest one. He must be well built (A six pack will give you extra credits!!) ,must be handsome, must dance well and so it goes. Now consider our Aam aadmi; he will be either too lean or too fat (forget the six packs :p). , he will have just average looks, and for him dance will be like rocket science!!

Now what happens is that this Aam aadmi will see himself in the Hero. He feels that it is he who fights the bad guys ,it is he who flirts with the heroin, it is he who is  it is he who is wooed by beautiful women, it is he who is dancing and so it goes. Thus movies give him a platform where he can do things that he otherwise cannot do in real life. Movies like FightClub, The Secret Life of WalterMitty, BirdMan all have a similar story line. They are the story of common people who wants to look like some thing else in life.