To coincide with Father’s Day on June 15th.
By The American Bazaar Staff
NEW DELHI: As Father’s Day fast approaches this coming Sunday, Shaadi.com has revealed the results of its Most Admired Fathers poll, which puts US President Barack Obama and Bollywood superstar Shahrukh Khan at the top of the list.
Khan was voted as the most admired father in India, while Obama was said to be the most admired patriarch from a foreign country. King Khan racked up 42.5% of the total votes cast, beating out cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar and fellow screen icon Amitabh Bachchan, who tallied 36.9% and 20.6%, respectively.
Obama, meanwhile, got 40.3% of the votes cast for the most admired father internationally. He beat out actor and rapper Will Smith, who got 31.4% of the votes – a somewhat surprising nominee, considering that he is being investigated for allowing his pre-teen daughter to take a sexually provocative photo with a fellow musician.
Athletes David Beckham and Roger Federer, whose wife recently gave birth to twin boys, also made the list, racking up 15.2% and 13.1%, respectively.
The poll also had separate polls for the best father-son and father-daughter relationships in India, which yielded results mainly from Bollywood.
Actors Rishi and Ranbir Kapoor won the father-son poll, garnering over 33% of the votes cast, followed by Amitabh and Abhishek Bachchan with 31.2%. Shahrukh Khan and his eldest son, Aryan, got 23.3%, while cricketer Sunil Gavaskar and his son, Rohan, eked out just over 12% of the total votes.
For father-daughter relationships, Shahrukh Khan topped the list again, alongside his daughter Suhana. The superstar dad and his girl got 43.2% of the votes. They were followed by Khan’s good friend Mahesh Bhatt, who registered 27.3% of the votes alongside his daughter, actress Alia Bhatt. Prakash Padukone and Deepika Padukone got 17.2% of the votes, and Anil and Sonam Kapoor came in fourth with 12.3%.
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SRK is best Dad in the World.