Rajnikanth vs. Kamal Haasan

Kamal was the ultimate romantic - look at him wrap his hands around any heroine, the passion is inflammatory; Rajni did the mandatory romance, but fans loved him for being him - always an arm's distance from any character; always playing Rajni. No other actor in the history of cinema, unless perhaps it is Charlie Chaplin or Jackie Chan, would have played oneself ad nauseam, like Rajni, with the audiences wanting exactly that.