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monica201

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Posted: 15 years ago

#151

Watched rajniti last night..It's an awesome movie. I loved nana and arjun acting but ranbir stole the show. Ranbir got the best role in the movie and he did a wonderful job. Katrina was ok and seriously she still has a long way to go. But I truly appereciate her effort for trying something different than just being a glamour doll.

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pomegranate

@pomegranate

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Posted: 15 years ago

#152

Originally posted by: Zareena
Why do we criticize kat so much? I understand she has good luck but she is working hard too. Just having beauty doesn't bring you success. Entire Nation watches her movie and i don't remember when he last movie was flop, it was average but don't remember being flop.

I am not her fan or like her but have to give her credit for trying something new. From boom to Namaste London, New York to APKGK and if you notice in each movie her role were different. She is taking risks and trying something new so give her credit. She loves her work and family, one thing she has proved, she is here to Stay not with her exposure or item number but willing to take risks and explore herself as an actor.

P.S i haven't watched Raajneeti yet, but i am sure she did a wonderful job.

yeah, she taking huge risks but still she has a long way to go.

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Bhavna

@Glam.Doll

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Posted: 15 years ago

#153

Originally posted by: Zareena
Why do we criticize kat so much? I understand she has good luck but she is working hard too. Just having beauty doesn't bring you success. Entire Nation watches her movie and i don't remember when he last movie was flop, it was average but don't remember being flop.

I am not her fan or like her but have to give her credit for trying something new. From boom to Namaste London, New York to APKGK and if you notice in each movie her role were different. She is taking risks and trying something new so give her credit. She loves her work and family, one thing she has proved, she is here to Stay not with her exposure or item number but willing to take risks and explore herself as an actor.

P.S i haven't watched Raajneeti yet, but i am sure she did a wonderful job.

I absolutely agree with you. Love the fact that some people make sense in here. I am not even her fan and I always criticized her when it comes to her acting but what people forget is that this is her 15 or 16^thbollywood movie. You cannot say she was not good because she was. And she is improving in every single movie. That's why top bollywood directors want to cast her in their movies. And the best thing is that she just started! No one in the industry must have faced rejection like her. And you have to give credits where it's due. I can't imagine anyone else doing the role of Indu Pratab because she's going through 3 different stages in this movie and she did her part well even with the little time and part she had. This hating is getting a bit boring and disturbing. Prakash Jha said in this interview there was never a time when a scene had to be taken again because of Kat's mistake. Her journey is amazing and she is going to rock.

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Zareena

@Zareena

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Posted: 15 years ago

#154

^right. She is improving as an actress and when audience love then what's the worry? But i don't think it's nice to bring someone down like this. can we atleast appreciate her efforts? We can bash her so much to her personal life which i also think is really wrong. If she acts bad, every member has a right to say she wasn't good but when she is improving, we must credit her and the director. And who thought movie will do this well? The first political movie might be getting into blockbuster Box office Collection. Kudos to her and Prakash jha to dare to cast Kat. And i cannot wait to watch arjun and ranbir's performance😃

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-iktaara-

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Posted: 15 years ago

#155

Well, opinion differs from one person to another.. I paid money to watch a film and if the certain actor doesn't emote well or delivered what he/she was supposed to then I think I have the right to share my view....

Personally, I have always supported Katrina when everyone is bashing her left/right and what not but if she was bad, I will admit that she was bad....Yes, she ruined the movie for me with her emotional scenes and half-hearted speech ...so what's the deal?

PS: Why am i termed as hater just cause I thought she was bad in Rajneeti??

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@ShadowKisses

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Posted: 15 years ago

#156

Originally posted by: Zareena
Why do we criticize kat so much? I understand she has good luck but she is working hard too. Just having beauty doesn't bring you success. Entire Nation watches her movie and i don't remember when he last movie was flop, it was average but don't remember being flop.

I am not her fan or like her but have to give her credit for trying something new. From boom to Namaste London, New York to APKGK and if you notice in each movie her role were different. She is taking risks and trying something new so give her credit. She loves her work and family, one thing she has proved, she is here to Stay not with her exposure or item number but willing to take risks and explore herself as an actor.

P.S i haven't watched Raajneeti yet, but i am sure she did a wonderful job.

I know a lot of people who criticize Katrina because they think that she can't act. In some of her worse performances i.e. Race, Boom etc, all Katrina does is sobs like a Rani Mukherji on a really bad day and when unsure, smiles her ass off. There's also a near-unanimous opinion that her dubbing is fairly horrible in most movies. A year after being in the industry - sure, that's understandable. Not nearly seven years after it, especially when you see other far more accomplished - if less commercially successful - actors whose first language isn't even close to Hindi, speak it much better than Katrina does.

Is she working hard? Maybe - that's not for me to speculate as it will remain a speculation. Is she delivering hits? Yes, however, that in no way is correlated to her acting abilities (or lack thereof). Her commercial successes and her acting abilities are independent as commercial success doesn't equate a good performance. Katrina is a star - and I doubt anyone could objectively argue that but an actress? Meh...personal opinions - which doesn't make anyone, who criticizes her, a "hater".

I have to disagree with exploring "herself as an actor" because to me, it seems like you're painting her to be a John Abraham when she isn't. For a larger part of her career, she's faithfully stuck to potboiler comedies like NL, Welcome, SIK, etc based on past laurels. The only two lead roles that are of a different genre are New York and Rajneeti. While I admit she is gutsy for trying to climb out of the well with Rajneeti, the movie lets her down as it barely offers her enough scope for histrionics. As for NY, she was pitifully bad in it - especially in the scene where she watches the Twin Towers crumble. The point is - while her choices in movies are starting to become a tad risky (which is good), her performance is still independent of her decision to try movies of genres other than the romantic-comedy one. Her performance is a question of opinion - a person who criticizes her has as much of a right to as a person who praises her.

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ladygaga

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Posted: 15 years ago

#157

I think people fail to understand Katrina's background.. also the fact that not is is her first language not Hindi but she just moved to India when she was 18 or 19. There is a very big difference between not living in India for your whole life and being from another state of India where the language is not Hindi. A person who lives in a state of India where hindi might not be the first language still has more connection with India than a person who has never lived in India and is all of a sudden exposed to a this whole new culture, alien language, different customs and totally different way of life. What I find amusing is that fans of actresses who have lived in India for their whole lives and have even come from big dynasties of hindi film industry ripping apart Katrina.. Hello there favs have hammed a heck lot more Katrina despite all the odds that Kat was up against. If there were actresses of stature compared to Madhuri, Sri devi, Smita patil, Shabana, Kajol or even Vidya balan then I would clearly say ya.. comparing Katrina to them is a joke.. but why rip apart Katrina amoung the likes of our present actresses who aren't that great of actresses even to begin with and also don't have much boxoffice or star power behind them..Honestly in this era however may the chick be Katrina is one of the few actresses who has the power to sell movies with her own name.. irrespective of the name of producers, directors or co-stars.. So why belittle her?? In comparison of mediocre.. overrated actresses.

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poppy2009

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Posted: 15 years ago

#158

Differing opinions does not make anyone a 'hater'! Just because ten people (including me) say that Katrina was good in the movie does not take away two other people's right to say that she wasn't. Just like it is our opinion that Katrina did a good job, it is their's that she did not!

And no where has Katrina been 'ripped' apart in this thread atleast. She has been 'criticized' for her work...there is a huge difference!

Kudos to Shadowkisses and Kyatsar for putting across their POV so frankly and honestly!

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ladygaga

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Posted: 15 years ago

#159

Originally posted by: poppy2009
Differing opinions does not make anyone a 'hater'! Just because ten people (including me) say that Katrina was good in the movie does not take away two other people's right to say that she wasn't. Just like it is our opinion that Katrina did a good job, it is their's that she did not!

And no where has Katrina been 'ripped' apart in this thread atleast. She has been 'criticized' for her work...there is a huge difference!

Kudos to Shadowkisses and Kyatsar for putting across their POV so frankly and honestly!

I don't see any bravery in their comments everyone trashes Katrina its refreshing to see people not trash her and actually stand up for her... Coz I do sense that gender bias here also that people hail male celebs who can't act as superstars.. but never forget to rip apart katrina's faults if they have to admit that she is the ruling queen of bo. To add to it I guess popular celebs do get trashed for their acting.. So whatever I guess.. but still looking at the pathetic actresses we have these days barring VB I would say the indian junta has their heart at the right place.

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poppy2009

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Posted: 15 years ago

#160

@Ladygaga,

They have not ripped apart Katrina in anyway! 😕 They have just said that 'they' did not like her performance...

Can't a person even express their opinion independently without being given unnecessary labels?

No one is denying that Kat is the ruling queen of Bollywood and that she has acheived the kind of commerical success that no other actress has. All that some posters are saying is that they did not find her acting to be top-notch and that some other actress could have done a better job!

I do not agree with what they have said and I really felt that Kat suited the role to the T and did a wonderful job. But in no way, do I feel that anyone who does not think like me is bashing Katrina!