Katrina Kaif, can she take it to the next level? - Page 5

Originally posted by: PhoeniXof_Hades

Anyway, a role can be both commercial and substantial. Her roles in New York and Namaste London are good examples. One doesn't have to play serious characters or work in pretentious artsy flicks to prove oneself.

Originally posted by: chatpati900

Well, it's taken her about 7 years to improve to this level so i don't know if I'd be getting hyper about her taking things to the next level just yet. Katrina has a very very very long way to go as an actress and while she is improving, her groW*H has been pretty slow. While, she might be capable of doing a small (read miniscule) bit in Rajneeti, I honestly don't think she can carry a film like Jab we Met or Fashion on her shoulders at this point. Yes, she did a Namastey London but that did not really require much acting since she was literally playing herself in the movie.

So, the bottom line is, if people want to wait around for another few years, I'm sure they'll see her doing something better than what she's doing now.

what do you mean by she is playing herself in Namastey London? Other than I agree, she had nothing to do in the film!

that role was nothing special honestly

Originally posted by: lensahunte08

what do you mean by she is playing herself in Namastey London? Other than I agree, she had nothing to do in the film!

Originally posted by: PhoeniXof_Hades

A minor analogy on Ash and Kat's acting: Ash, though not a great actress, still did films where she was required to act. From the very beginning of her career, Ash stuck to films that gave her scopes to act and prove herself. Ash did not use her beauty (even though many producers used Ash only for that purpose) to make a name for herself. Despite of having the looks, Ash performed in films where her role was more than just being a showpiece.

Since you brought in Priyanka, I will give you that Priyanka acted terribly in the films you mentioned. She hammed her way through them, yes, but the fact that many of those films gave Priyanka substantial roles can't be denied either. Same goes for Kat's contemporaries: Sonam's roles in Saawariya and D6 had far more meat than anything Kat had done so far. And it is for this reason that, actresses like Priyanka, Kareena, Rani, etc improved their prowess with each new films: they took risk and tried to do films with substantial roles. Based on that, I see Sonam going a long way ahead (at least when compared with someone like Kat). Same goes for Deepika; her roles aren't necessarily the greatest, but they are way better than Kat's half-baked ones.

Katrina, on the other hand, has yet to do a single movie (with the possible exception of New York) where she is required to act. In Raajneeti, all she was required to do was to wave her hands and be an arm-candy. Kat's roles usually consist of looking pretty and smiling her head off and dancing. She had barely went out of her comfort zone and tried her hands at films which rests solely on her shoulder, and which gives her the chance to show her acting prowess (if she has any, that is). And this is why I really don't see Kat going far when it comes to the acting department. Until and unless she starts doing meaty roles (like Kareena in Chameli, Rani in Saathiya, Priyanka in Aitraaz/Fashion, etc, i.e. roles that helped them prove themselves), she will remain the mediocre actress that she is.

Sorry, didn't mean to write an essay. 😆

I never get it when people only attribue Katrina's supposed sex appeal or her looks for her success, as if people only watch her movies for her looks but they watch the movies of Priyanka, Kareena and Aishwarya for their "acting"... please... if people were watching actresses for their acting they would be watching Vidya balan, Tabu, Koko... and Priyanka, Kareena and Aishwarya wouldn't be ruling the roost right now. So if you want to say that people only oogle over Katrina's look, then i would say its the same for the case of mediocre and below mediocre actresses like Pri, Kareena and Aishwarya... yes these three have displayed some so called acting ability in one or two movies after many missed chances and hamming their way out of many movies but these three are far from perfect either. I would say people only drool over Aishwarya's, Kareena's and Priyanka's looks when they watch their movies over the likes of Vidya, Koko and Tabu and many others.

Not just Kat but her contemporaries as well. I dont see any of the current actresses worth even calling an actor :| (with an exception of Kareena- but she's OTT at times, Vidya and MAYBE Priyanka- again very over rated). It's a shame that actresses are merely eye candies in a mainstream Bollywood movie(giving more importance to looks than acting). It's a shame that these young guns (so called Happening stars) can't even come close to match the caliber of yesteryear TOP actresses. You dont even have to go far- Madhuri, Sridevi, Juhi for instance.

As for KK- she has done 20+ movies now? But her acting hasnt improved still. Maybe a little but 20 some movies is a lot of space and time to learn to even emote (forget about language problem- i'll give her that).

but still. kat cant to a villager girl role or lets say geet kinda role..

Originally posted by: mademoiselle1

I never get it when people only attribue Katrina's supposed sex appeal or her looks for her success, as if people only watch her movies for her looks but they watch the movies of Priyanka, Kareena and Aishwarya for their "acting"... please... if people were watching actresses for their acting they would be watching Vidya balan, Tabu, Koko... and Priyanka, Kareena and Aishwarya wouldn't be ruling the roost right now. So if you want to say that people only oogle over Katrina's look, then i would say its the same for the case of mediocre and below mediocre actresses like Pri, Kareena and Aishwarya... yes these three have displayed some so called acting ability in one or two movies after many missed chances and hamming their way out of many movies but these three are far from perfect either. I would say people only drool over Aishwarya's, Kareena's and Priyanka's looks when they watch their movies over the likes of Vidya, Koko and Tabu and many others.