Tollywood has many young stars and everyone knows that more than any image, endearing themselves to masses will give them huge fan following and crowd-pulling capacity.
But there are very few heroes who get that coveted image among masses. A few decades back Chiranjeevi, Balakrishna used to have that mass image. Ravi Teja also enjoyed the mass image.
Many young heroes like Naga Chaitanya, Akhil, Manchu Vishnu, Manchu Manoj, Nithin, Nikhil tried for mass image and burnt their hands. Many newcomers are selecting love stories and romantic entertainers as the safe bet rather than mass entertainers.
Under these circumstances, many wonder who is the Genex mass star. Mahesh Babu has a following among all sections but he tries to attract class people with little bit mass image. Ram Charan used to have a huge mass following, but after Vinaya Vidheya Rama and earlier Bruce lee, changed his track. Still, he entertained masses with Rangasthalam.
Allu Arjun scored a hit with mass entertainer Sarrainodu but he came up with a class film like Ala Vaikunthapurramloo. NTR's mass image increased with films like Temper and Aravinda Sametha but though he showed variations with Jai Lava Kusa, he couldn't entertain masses much.
Vijay Deverakonda did romantic entertainers with powerful mass touch but the failure of his recent films, he couldn't sustain his mass following. Sai Tej got a huge mass image with films like Supreme, Subrahmanyam For Sale and Pilla Nuvvu Leni Jeevitham but after the recent shocks changed his track completely. Varun Tej got a mass image with Gaddalakonda Ganesh and Ram surprised all with iSmart Shankar.
The coveted mass crown is having no king and one has to wait and see who will become the Genex mass king.