Can the WOODEN Katrina inherit Madhuri's legacy? - Page 5

Originally posted by: SingularlyGood

What adulation? Acting in a 2 sec "Kanta bai" type dishwashing powder commercial and dragging her emasculated, hapless hubby like a personal serf to all the glamor parties to show her presence in Mumbai? And occasionally floating a "5 crore" movie deal rumor which never materializes? She thought that she could just saunter back in, frsh from surgery and botox, and get movie deals falling like coins in her lap. She has just been reduced to a professional party-attender like Sonali and Raveena.

dont think madhuri has done surgery; she is not one who disappeared for ten years

LOL, what an entertaining article.

Originally posted by: pakeezah

dont think madhuri has done surgery; she is not one who disappeared for ten years

and came back looking like no time had passed.

neither has she disappeared for a few weeks and come back inexplicably looking

a couple of years younger. hint ; ALL the heroines over 30 in bw

i think rekha can be said to have done and keeps doing surgery. the way she sometimes

looks 60 and then in another event she will look 35.

madhuri was such a desi girl, i always wondered what she would do in america;

in the midst of all the goras and their lifestyle. its evident she couldnt really settle down

there, her heart was back in india and if she is being offered big money here -no reason

not to return; hubby seems happy so far

Originally posted by: -ksh-

Why are you comparing a Madhuri of today and Katrina? If you have to compare then compare the two in their heydays. That is Madhuri of the late 80s and early 90s and Katrina of today. If Katrina would have debuted then she wouldnt have stood a chance. Not just against Madhuri but against the other actresses too who were around at the same time-Sridevi, Karishma, Kajol and even Aishwarya. She cant act, her dancing is forced and she has zero oomph factor.

As for Yash Chopra...yes his films arent great these days but despite that he is a respected director because of his iconic films. No other director from his times is as respected today as he is.

I was not the one who started the comparison - you did, i.e. between today's Katrina and Madhuri. You said "And Katrina wouldnt survive if Madhuri was still in the industry" and I elaborated on that stance, showing how flawed it is. When you state "if Madhuri was still in the industry" - you are essentially comparing the present Madhuri with the present Kat.

She can't act? Yes, but that makes zero difference to her star power.
She can't dance? Yes, but that makes zero difference to her star power.
She has zero oomph factor? Really? 😆 Ask the average man from the street, they'd pay their whole annual income to just meet her face to face. She has topped "Who's the sexiest Indian lady" several times, voted by men.
The real question is, is she a star? And the answer is a obviously resounding "YES!".

I am the last person to care for Kat, but let's give the credit where it is due. I don't care about Madhuri either, so you can see I am pretty much neutral about them both. Yes Kat can't come anywhere close to a Madhuri in terms of acting, emoting, dancing et al - but when it comes to star power, she is the only star in the last 15 years who has that crowd-pulling ability in her. That does not mean she can accomplish (going by her previous record) what Madhuri has accomplished. But only in the "crowed pulling" factor, she is the closest to what Madhuri had accomplished in the past.

As for Mr. Chopra, I can't talk about his previous films much, as I haven't seen all, and the ones I did see (Lamhe, Silsila and a few others), I can't remember them much. However, he was a very reputed director, so he must have been good. But there is a universally acknowledged opinion that the quality of his films (and all the ones that YRF churned out) dropped since DTPH. My point was, Yash C. knows people hardly cares for him or his films anymore, critics aren't going to drool over his heart-shaped balloons or Harlequin dialogues either, he is probably skeptical about SRK's crowd-pulling ability too...so what can he do to make sure the film receives a good opening? Right. Cast Kitty Kat into it. He is a business man first and then a director - at least that is what he has become now.

Maybe her next lifetime. In this life , she can only look upto Madz' delicate stilettos. Argue as much as anyone wants - Madhuri was , is and will always be THE MADHURI DIXIT. 😍

and i find it ridiculous how people are stating she has zero oomph factor! in their opinion she doesnt, fair enough! but dont state it as a fact! its an opinion, i think she has that factor and yes ask an average person or even kids and they'll tell you what they can do to even see a glimpse of katrina for a second!

Originally posted by: Beyond_the_Veil

I was not the one who started the comparison - you did, i.e. between today's Katrina and Madhuri. You said "And Katrina wouldnt survive if Madhuri was still in the industry" and I elaborated on that stance, showing how flawed it is. When you state "if Madhuri was still in the industry" - you are essentially comparing the present Madhuri with the present Kat.

She can't act? Yes, but that makes zero difference to her star power.
She can't dance? Yes, but that makes zero difference to her star power.
She has zero oomph factor? Really? 😆 Ask the average man from the street, they'd pay their whole annual income to just meet her face to face. She has topped "Who's the sexiest Indian lady" several times, voted by men.
The real question is, is she a star? And the answer is a obviously resounding "YES!".

I am the last person to care for Kat, but let's give the credit where it is due. I don't care about Madhuri either, so you can see I am pretty much neutral about them both. Yes Kat can't come anywhere close to a Madhuri in terms of acting, emoting, dancing et al - but when it comes to star power, she is the only star in the last 15 years who has that crowd-pulling ability in her. That does not mean she can accomplish (going by her previous record) what Madhuri has accomplished. But only in the "crowed pulling" factor, she is the closest to what Madhuri had accomplished in the past.

As for Mr. Chopra, I can't talk about his previous films much, as I haven't seen all, and the ones I did see (Lamhe, Silsila and a few others), I can't remember them much. However, he was a very reputed director, so he must have been good. But there is a universally acknowledged opinion that the quality of his films (and all the ones that YRF churned out) dropped since DTPH. My point was, Yash C. knows people hardly cares for him or his films anymore, critics aren't going to drool over his heart-shaped balloons or Harlequin dialogues either, he is probably skeptical about SRK's crowd-pulling ability too...so what can he do to make sure the film receives a good opening? Right. Cast Kitty Kat into it. He is a business man first and then a director - at least that is what he has become now.

Madhuri's career was already dwindling in late 90s/early 2000s. So, really her career was over 12-13 years ago. To add insult to injury, she was in her early 30s then. Aishwarya was still doing well in her 30s. Kareena too will at least for the next few years. So, its not like it was her age.

The thing is people tend to revere the past and decry the present actresses. Perhaps, it has to do with nostalgia or perhaps it has to do with delusional expectations. But Madhuri wasn't as much of a hot property towards the end of her career as people would like to believe. Her career was already on the down low when she married...except for Dil toh pagal hain (1997), she really hadn't had a hit since so she tied the knot as most actresses did back then.