B’town’s biggest won’t be flying solo

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Even as a slew of lesser stars in B’town are trying to strike it big by going solo (think Kunal Kapoor, Tusshar Kapoor, Riteish Deshmukh, R. Madhavan et al), the biggies it seems, have no apprehensions about continuing to perform in ensemble stories.
So while an Aamir Khan will soon be seen in Dhoom 3, Akshay Kumar is eagerly awaiting the release of Housefull 2 (which has a huge mix of contemporary and yesteryear male and female stars). Ajay Devgn, in the meantime, is busy with Rohit Shetty’s Bol Bachchan.
So is it that B’town’s biggest no longer have any ego hassles about sharing the limelight? Or is it just that they are in a phase of their career when they no longer need worry about being overshadowed? Trade analysts say it is the latter. An eminent analyst explains the “reversal” trend in Bollywood by saying, “Every actor in the industry wants to be accepted as a solo lead, something that must be attempted within the first 10 years of their career. Otherwise, you’ll end up being typecast, like Arshad Warsi.”
With these biggies having carried off too many successful solo films to count, perhaps now they’re now more willing to let others share the burden?