A
poll
conducted
by
the
popular
English
Channel
CNN
IBN
has
revealed
that
Superstar
Dr.
Vishnuvardhan
is
the
most
popular
star
in
the
Kannada
film
industry.
Dr.
Vishnuvardhan
got
52
percent
of
the
votes,
while
Golden
Star
Ganesh
got
48
percent
votes.
The
poll
was
conducted
very
recently.
Similar
polls
were
conducted
to
determine
the
most
popular
star
in
the
Tamil,
Telugu
and
Malayalam
film
industries.
In
a
close
contest,
Mammootty
who
got
51
percent
of
popular
votes
managed
to
win
the
popular
star
tag
ahead
of
Mohanlal
who
got
49
percent
of
votes.
In
case
of
Tamil
and
Telugu
films,
it
was
Rajinikanth
and
Chiranjeevi,
who
ruled
supreme
marching
ahead
of
their
competitors
like
Kamal
Hassan
and
Nagarjuna.