The Actors. - Page 22

Alright

yesterday it was Alaipauthey and today I am watching Aayutha Ezhuthu. Getting my Madhavan fix ... haha.

Dino Morea: Why is he still here?

Nimmy... there are still a few more open topics about 'overrated and underrated' actresses or just general topics... LOL... those who want to pick on actresses still can just type 'overrated' in the seach box in bollywood section... there's at least 5 or 6...! 😆

I feel the reason why some people consider Shah Rukh over rated is because of the amount of romantic films he has, thus they think he can't do dimensional roles, so he lacks talent and is hyped up as an actor. No, that is not true.

Shah Rukh has a long list of romantic films, and yes, he has illustrated all those roles brilliantly , but it certainly does not come down to "he isn't a versatile actor." Shah Rukh has done all sort of roles and has performed them all superbly. SRK has worked his way up to become who he is, without the help of anybody, or any filmy background. He deserves every bit of appreciation he's getting. So, I simply fail to understand those people who claim that SRK is over rated or not versatile. I can never get that and never will.

Give Shah Rukh any role, and I am sure he'll give his 110 % and portray it in the best possible way. The guy is filled with immense talent, so I don't find SRK overrated from any angle.

SRK has Chak de which had like zero romantic angle with him^
I think SRK deserves to be hyped and all that......cause he is versatile but needs to do more different movies.
iLikeSRK!

Originally posted by: starstrucK.

I feel the reason why some people consider Shah Rukh over rated is because of the amount of romantic films he has, thus they think he can't do dimensional roles, so he lacks talent and is hyped up as an actor. No, that is not true.

Shah Rukh has a long list of romantic films, and yes, he has illustrated all those roles brilliantly , but it certainly does not come down to "he isn't a versatile actor." Shah Rukh has done all sort of roles and has performed them all superbly. SRK has worked his way up to become who he is, without the help of anybody, or any filmy background. He deserves every bit of appreciation he's getting. So, I simply fail to understand those people who claim that SRK is over rated or not versatile. I can never get that and never will.

Give Shah Rukh any role, and I am sure he'll give his 110 % and portray it in the best possible way. The guy is filled with immense talent, so I don't find SRK overrated from any angle.

Originally posted by: ShadowKisses

Just offering an opposing perspective :)

I know I might differ from the general consensus but I don't think he pulled them off brilliantly - I'd go more with "decently". He was up-to-par in some, less-than-par in some movies of the romantic genre but never exceedingly brilliant. Most of his movies that have him in candyfloss roles are overhyped - DDLJ, DTPH, etc. He sleepwalks through the role, though I do have to give him credit for sleepwalking through it better than Salman does. If his love story with Gauri is to be believed, the candyfloss comes naturally to him so I really don't see it as much of an effort if you are just going to portray yourself with little modifications. When he steps out of his candyfloss mold, he doesn't do well - Duplicate has to be his worst performance: he was overacting so much in both roles that I stopped watching through 3/4th of it while KANK ranks amongst one of his worst performances where he was upstaged by Abhishek. I really don't see SRK being the epitome of versatility, he sticks with romantic movies that are sureshot hits rather than experimenting. And when he does experiment, he doesn't do it very well generally - Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani, Asoka, Duplicate and opening another can of worms - Baazigar - which I think is his most overhyped and over-rated performance to date. Of course, there is the obvious exception like Darr where he was good but in my opinion, his finest work has to be Swades or Kabhi Ha Kabhi Na.

He's self made and I can respect that but that holds little relevance as far as his acting skills are concerned. SRK working his way up - what I would call star power - is more because of his charming personality rather than his acting prowess. He connects a lot better with the audience than someone like Aamir does. I remember saying this in another thread that the only factor that gives SRK an edge over Aamir (why SRK has more star power) is that his PR skills are excellent. Otherwise, Aamir is the better actor: he can carry off candyfloss roles decently enough (QSQT but in some scene he underplayed the character) but thrives on constantly changing his image (RDB, DCH, Earth, Rangeela, Ghulam, Lagaan etc.) whereas SRK has made his career out of churning out mediocre films as Raj/Rahul/SRK year after year and won accolades for the repetitve and often, regressive mush. I would readily agree that SRK is a superstar but an excellent, versatile actor? He's got quite a way to go. His acting ability is often over-stated, hence the over-rated tag.

Surely, not every single one of his performances can be applauded, but majority of his performances have been significant, at least in my opinion. Maybe it's me being biased as an ardent Shah Rukh fan, but I hold the opinion of SRK being a marvelous actor. Why? Simply because I can relate to his acting. I said this before in another thread somewhere, and I will mention it here too. I need to feel the emotions of an actor/actress while performing onscreen. If I can't for whatever reason, then the artist has thrown me off somewhere with his/her acting, and I'm sure many people can agree with me on that. And I firmly believe that is one reason why some people can confidently say that yes, SRK is very talented as an actor. With a few exceptions, SRK's performances always leave an impact on me as the audience. I don't think SRK has to "try" to make the audience laugh/smile/cry with his roles, he just does it flawlessly without much effort - and the audience falls for it (at least the majority of the audience does). If I can't relate to what an artist is trying to illustrate, then there is surely something wrong.

SRK was never as good looking as Aamir or Salman. His looks were never to die for, nor did he start off with an extraordinary persona. He had to make his way up with nothing else, but his acting skills, and I can confidently say that SRK is what he is through his hard work in films. Not his hard work hosting shows, or hard work as having better PR skills than any Aamir or Salman or whoever. If anything, you'll see his fans stating he's a great actor, not someone who has great PR skills whatsoever, all of that comes afterwards.

As far as Aamir is concerned, I'm not a fan of Aamir Khan although he is a good actor, but not someone who I find better than SRK. At the end of the day, I can't seem to understand how Aamir "IS" a better actor than SRK. No he isn't, that's merely an opinion. Likewise, for all SRK fans saying SRK is a better actor than Aamir. Nevertheless, I feel SRK has done a variety of roles, I have always been captivated by majority of them and I feel that is enough for me to categorize him as a fine actor, and then a great superstar.

Enough said from my side. : )

For me good acting is where the actor's personality seems to disappear and you see a character. For example, I have seen a lot of people here say that Kareena was good in JWM only because the hyper-ness, talkative thing is her natural mode. When you compare her in JWM with films like Omkara and Yuva, where her characters were completely different you don't see Kareena Kapoor, you see Dolly and Meera. For that reason I find her performances in those roles as good as, if not better than Jab We Met. The thing with Shahrukh is that he has done way too many roles where he appears to be playing himself.

On the otherhand, I think Aamir has succesfully played a character in every film he has done. I don't feel like I am watching Aamir Khan the star on screen in most, if not all of his films. Can't say the same thing for Shahrukh. Like I said earlier in this topic when SRK gets *roles* to play and he is in the hands of a good director he delivers characters. Aditya Chopra/Karan Johar and the like only get him to play SRK the star. This is the same problem I have with a lot of Hrithik's films as well.

kully u have made an awesome topic..loved reading this whole pagee 😃

It is kind of true that SRK has played characters quite similar to himself in movies, but I still think he is a good actor because of the few times he tried something different.. and yes, even I believe that he is 'King Khan' more because of his personality than acting.

Thank you, Hiru. I am glad I made it; some nice discussions!

I personally think SRK is a under-rated actor. Yes he is the badshah of bollywood, but his talent has always been under rated.