Days ahead of Father’s Day, June 15, 2014, US President Barack Obama and Bollywood Superstar Shah Rukh Khan have been voted as the most admired dads in a new survey.
Matrimony website Shaadi.com conducted an online survey with over five thousand five hundred respondents to find out who the most popular father is.
When Indian women were asked about the country’s most popular father, Shah Rukh Khan, who has three children, got the maximum votes, while Barack Obama topped the charts when the ladies were asked about famous fathers of other nationalities.
Interestingly, 42.5 percent of the women surveyed voted for Shah Rukh Khan as India’s Most Popular Father, followed by Sachin Tendulkar, who got 36.9 percent votes and Amitabh Bachchan was ranked in third with 20.6 percent votes.
When the women were asked to vote for Most Admired Dad from famous fathers of other nationalities, 40.3 percent of them chose Barack Obama, followed by musician Will Smith who got 31.4 percent, followed by David Beckham who got 15.2 percent and the forth positing went to tennis champion Roger Federer with 13.1 percent votes.
When it came to the Most Admired Father-Son Relationship, Rishi Kapoor and Ranbir Kapoor got 33.4 percent votes, followed by Amitabh Bachchan and Abhishek Bachchan with 31.2 percent votes, Shah Rukh Khan and Aryan got 23.3 percent and Sunil Gavaskar and Rohan Gavaskar manage a 12.1 percent share.
The respondents were also asked to choose India’s Most Admired Father-Daughter Relationship. Now 43.2 percent of them voted for Shah Rukh Khan and Suhana. The duo was closely followed by Mahesh Bhatt and Alia Bhatt with 27.3 percent votes, Prakash Padukone and Deepika Padukone came in third with 17. 2 percent votes and Anil Kapoor and Sonam Kapoor clocked 12.3 percent.
Here’s wishing every father a Happy Father’s Day!
