The Actors. - Page 23

Ajay Devgan is a one trick pony to me. He can only do those brooding silent type roles. He has no versatility.

Originally posted by: starstrucK.

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. : )

Shadowkisses... i agree partly with your post... however, it is not true that aamir was as fine an actor as he is now... if we look at some of his earlier work, he also got typecasted in many similar roles (his earlier work like love love love, tum mere ho, afsana pyar ka, etc.)... in between, he did give some super performances as well (Dil, Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar)... he did try to venture into action in between (his Baazi comes to mind) where he over-acted by more than a mile and of course, needless to say that did not work...

Originally posted by: pksanam

Irfan Khan though is a fantastic actor... imo, much better than both the ruling Khans... it's a shame he has not gotten his due in bollywood.... but i am glad at least he has made his mark internationally... i do hope we see him more in bollywood though... and Naseeruddin Shah is a personal favourite... so is Anupam Kher... 😃

Agree with this

Originally posted by: pichchi

Agree with this

liking this discussion on SRK.
personally I think he's an awesome actor, but for some reason always end up doing the romantic hero roles. yes, he has done other stuff but that is a relatively smaller percentage of his work. I think that, especially at this age, he should start experimenting more. I thought he was going to do that after CDI came out but then again he went back to doing OSO and then RNBDJ.

^^ yeah, RNBDJ was more of a favour to YRF... wish he would not do that anymore... i love the movie but still... he should experiment more....

Thats true about aamir... after the success of QSQT he did struggle early on in his career, i mean what was he thinking when he did films like Deewana Mujhsa Nahin? But he's definitley found his niche now and is one of my fav actors. I admire the way he put in the preparation for his characters. But i also appreciate SRK as an actor. He's shown there is another side to him other than his Raj/Rahul characters when he did Swades and Chak De India. I also admire the fact he's prepared to take risks like when he did Darr, no main hero wanted to do the negative role but SRK took the opportunityand excelled in that role.

Originally posted by: little_rake

Thats true about aamir... after the success of QSQT he did struggle early on in his career, i mean what was he thinking when he did films like Deewana Mujhsa Nahin? But he's definitley found his niche now and is one of my fav actors. I admire the way he put in the preparation for his characters. But i also appreciate SRK as an actor. He's shown there is another side to him other than his Raj/Rahul characters when he did Swades and Chak De India. I also admire the fact he's prepared to take risks like when he did Darr, no main hero wanted to do the negative role but SRK took the opportunityand excelled in that role.