Originally posted by: anonymous39
I'm just a disappointed fan because I feel like SRK's star is waning and it's all his own doing. When he came into the industry, he put all those old fogies out of business by being so different and refreshing. He did villain roles when nobody else wanted to touch them. Then he did romance when people though he could only be evil. In between, he threw in arty movies like Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa or Dil Se. He brought all these new directors with him like Adi Chopra, Karan Johar, Santosh Sivan, even Mani Rathnam was new to Hindi films.
He brought professionalism in terms of how a movie looked, with costumes and sets finally coming out of the 70s and 80s tackiness. Heck, even in a simple film like Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, he was only 30 years old but happy to play the father to an 8 year old. Who would do that. Nobody even does that now. It would be like Ranbir Kapoor playing the father to an 8 year old now.
Unfortunately what was once new and different has become old and boring. The same old luxurious sets and stories about rich people, the same NRI movies and views of NY and London or some world city, the same old romances and family movies, it's all become tired and cliched after 20 years. Now he has become the old guard who keeps the doing the same things while new people are coming out and changing the business like he did once upon a time. I wish he could clearly see what's happening and turn things around but all his choices make it look like he's a speeding train that doesn't see the upcoming wreck and cannot stop or turn around. It's sad for me as a longtime fan.
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Great evaluation!👏
But its also the luck factor. He DID experiment with Paheli and Swadesh. Both flopped.
Then he produced a formulaic Chalte Chalte and it clicked. In between there was a
Chak De. But it was a risk which fortunately clicked.
Trouble is SRK is so insecure about his stardom. he is so scared to lose what he thinks
he has earned over the years. And what scares him even more is losing to someone else.
What youre scared of, happens. He's focusing on not losing his stardom instead of
trying to move forward and evolving. I mean, if an SRK who never has to worry about
getting poor, wont take risks, who will?
Aamir is the only one who seems determined not to go the trodden path and break
new ground by making movies he believes in. and boy, has be been lucky and
also rewarded for his guts.
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