Flop stars in lead roles

Ritesh Deshmukh:- He is a famous actor and people love him. But in comedy films, and only when it's a multi starrer film. Few can watch him carrying a 3 hour film on his own shoulders. And that's why Alladin fizzled though it also had Amitabh Bachchan in a significant role. Ritesh now has another solo film, Jaane Kahan Se Aayi Hai... about an alien girl who comes into a guy's life. Good luck with that.

Vivek Oberoi :- When he debuted, everyone said there was something about Vivek. Alas, it's been years and we still don't know what that something is. Company was a hit but it was a multi starrer. Vivek did have one solo hit, and that was Saathiya. But with every other film after that he's not shown any serious talent. Directors continued to cast him, but now with other heroes to bear the load and so we had Masti and Kurbaan. Vivek is fronting a film this week, Prince, after a long time and he knows that it's the most important movie of his life. Will he be able to again get people talking about his charisma? We will know soon.

Shreyas Talpade:- Shreyas is a bit like Ritesh. Fine actor and liked, but lacking utterly in heroic charisma. His films are good, and they're watchable. But they're rarely watchable twice. And that's what really defines a hero. Films with Shreyas as the lead, like Click, are more likely to sink than swim.

Sharman Joshi:- Sharman is in an interesting space right now. He's famous for his role in 3 Idiots and now he's all over the place with his advertisements (in which he acts superbly). But can he carry a movie? Difficult to say, but there is evidence to the contrary in Toh Baat Pakki? Perhaps he will get another chance.

John Abraham:- Johnny boy is a sad case. Talked up mainly because of his great looks and the fact that he speaks English well, he is totally lacking in charisma and has almost no personality to speak of. In multi-starrers he might sort of stand out, but when he does a solo film he's bereft of colour and character. Amazingly, he was spoken of only four years ago as being a mega-crore star. But alas, he's not delivered even an ounce of that promise and has never carried a film on his own despite many many chance. So bad a patch is he going through that movies he has finished are not being released, like Aashayein and Phillum City among others, because of lack of faith in his ability to deliver. But fortunately John isn't alone. Girlfriend Bipasha Basu is also in exactly the same state: all talk and no delivery.

Arshad Warsi:- It might not be fair to include him in this list, because Arshad is a genuine star and genuinely good at what he does, and that is comedy. And it's comedy as a character actor. He's not a solo star, as his home production Hum Tum Aur Ghost demonstrates. He came into the industry to be a star, he failed and took on smaller roles and became a success. Now he wants to be a star again. Greedy, greedy. Isn't he better off doing what he's best at?