<p>Late Telugu actor and former Chief Minister Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao (NTR) has been named the greatest Indian actor of all time, while Sridevi was voted the best actress, in a CNN-IBN Poll survey conducted in celebration of 100 years of Indian cinema.<br /><br />NTR garnered 53 percent of total votes, while actor-filmmaker <a>Kamal Haasan</a> amassed 44 percent of rest of the votes. Southern actors Rajkumar and Mohanlal shared one percent votes each, and the rest of the actors got less than a percent of votes.</p>.<p>Bollywood diva Sridevi, who recently made a comeback with "English Vinglish", garnered 39 percent votes to be adjudged the best actress, while Madhuri Dixit and Savithri finished second and third respectively with 16 and 12 percent votes.<br /><br />Aishwarya Rai, Saroja Devi, Madhubala and Smita Patil finished with eight, six, four and three percent votes, respectively, and others on the list ended up with very few votes.</p>.<p>Mani Ratnam's Tamil action-drama "<a>Nayagan</a>", starring Kamal Haasan won 42 percent of votes to be named India's greatest film of all time, and Ramesh Sippy's "Sholay" finished second with 29 percent.<br /><br />"Swayamvaram" received six percent votes, while "<a>Mughal-e-Azam</a>" and "Pather Panchali" had five percent votes respectively.<br /><br />Among the directors, Mani Ratnam was adjudged India's greatest director of all time with 29 percent.<br /><br />Tamil director <a>K. Balachander</a> finished second with 18 percent, while <a>Satyajit Ray</a> finished third with 14 percent and Tamil director S. Shankar came fourth with nine percent.<br /><br />Music maestro Illayaraja garnered 49 percent votes to be named India's greatest music composer. Oscar-winner <a>A.R Rahman</a> took the second spot with 29 percent.<br /><br />Singer-composer S.P Balasubramanyam finished third with seven percent, while late R.D Burman garnered four percent votes.</p>
<p>Late Telugu actor and former Chief Minister Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao (NTR) has been named the greatest Indian actor of all time, while Sridevi was voted the best actress, in a CNN-IBN Poll survey conducted in celebration of 100 years of Indian cinema.<br /><br />NTR garnered 53 percent of total votes, while actor-filmmaker <a>Kamal Haasan</a> amassed 44 percent of rest of the votes. Southern actors Rajkumar and Mohanlal shared one percent votes each, and the rest of the actors got less than a percent of votes.</p>.<p>Bollywood diva Sridevi, who recently made a comeback with "English Vinglish", garnered 39 percent votes to be adjudged the best actress, while Madhuri Dixit and Savithri finished second and third respectively with 16 and 12 percent votes.<br /><br />Aishwarya Rai, Saroja Devi, Madhubala and Smita Patil finished with eight, six, four and three percent votes, respectively, and others on the list ended up with very few votes.</p>.<p>Mani Ratnam's Tamil action-drama "<a>Nayagan</a>", starring Kamal Haasan won 42 percent of votes to be named India's greatest film of all time, and Ramesh Sippy's "Sholay" finished second with 29 percent.<br /><br />"Swayamvaram" received six percent votes, while "<a>Mughal-e-Azam</a>" and "Pather Panchali" had five percent votes respectively.<br /><br />Among the directors, Mani Ratnam was adjudged India's greatest director of all time with 29 percent.<br /><br />Tamil director <a>K. Balachander</a> finished second with 18 percent, while <a>Satyajit Ray</a> finished third with 14 percent and Tamil director S. Shankar came fourth with nine percent.<br /><br />Music maestro Illayaraja garnered 49 percent votes to be named India's greatest music composer. Oscar-winner <a>A.R Rahman</a> took the second spot with 29 percent.<br /><br />Singer-composer S.P Balasubramanyam finished third with seven percent, while late R.D Burman garnered four percent votes.</p>