What Determines a Supporting Actor? - Page 3

Originally posted by: Kal El

It should be determined by the story itself i.e. who is/are the character(s) whose story is being told. But in reality it's more often about star power than anything else. Also the desi awards system have a hard time accepting more than one protagonist of the same gender.

For example, Hrithik received Best Actor nominations for ZNMD while Farhan and Abhay got Supporting Actor nominations) even though all 3 of them are the (male) protagonists of the story.

In Cocktail, Boman and Dimple are supporting actors. Saif, Deepika and Diana are the central characters. In fact Saif really is more of a supporting actor here while the two women are the main protagonists coz it's actually their story. But a "hero" has to be there (another problem with the desi awards/film system) LOL.

What about Karan Arjun? Did they nominate both Salman & Shahrukh?

Irrelevant question. Karan Arjun was not a nomination-worthy movie. 😆

Originally posted by: bambogli

What about Karan Arjun? Did they nominate both Salman & Shahrukh?

Irrelevant question. Karan Arjun was not a nomination-worthy movie. 😆

only salman was nominated

Originally posted by: bambogli

<font color="#ff3366">But, Diana got the hero, still they're calling her the supporting actor. </font>😕

Originally posted by: bambogli

What about Karan Arjun? Did they nominate both Salman & Shahrukh?

Irrelevant question. Karan Arjun was not a nomination-worthy movie. 😆

Originally posted by: koiza.k

Really 😕I have come across some articles which claimed dpad as supporting one! well i guess ill say exceptions exist but this is the attitude generally, don't you feel?

i mean take PC in aitraaz for example, she was nominated as the supporting actress where as she was clearly the hero of the movie, kareena was the supporting one

Bollywood needs to get the concept of supporting cast straight and it will only happen once actors lower their egos and work in supporting roles and stop confusing it with a side kick (asin, sonakshi kinds of roles) because they are totally different!

Here:

https://www.indiaforums.com/forum/post/71994332

&

https://www.koimoi.com/bollywood-news/kareena-anushka-diana-ileana-or-richa-who-supported-the-cast-with-a-stellar-performance-this-2012/

Since last week, almost all the lists I have been reading about supporting casts included Diana as the supporting cast. May be it's PR planted. 🤔

Originally posted by: -Maddy-

In Diana's place if it was a KK 1 or KK 2 or PC or DP then that actress would have been nominated in the best actress category. It's all abt stardom...
Or if it was a year when there were weak performances by the A listers, then actresses like Diana had a chance.
But this year has been a great year for the A listers and Sridevi, so pretty much it's just them in that category this year.

Anyways, this is Bollywood awards... No set criteria that determines the nominations or the winners...

If we consider awards then it's okay. Deepika's was the award-worhty performance, not Diana's. So I think, it's alright to nominate her. I think, media is trying to curtail one from two equal lines to make the other look greater. Shrewd. 😳

@ bold: I meant the categorization though; nominations & winners were not on my mind when I made the topic. 😳

Originally posted by: bambogli

If we consider awards then it's okay. Deepika's was the award-worhty performance, not Diana's. So I think, it's alright to nominate her. I think, media is trying to curtail one from two equal lines to make the other look greater. Shrewd. 😳

@ bold: I meant the categorization though; nominations & winners were not on my mind when I made the topic. 😳

Then what about Hrithik for Dhoom 2? The Dhoom series cleary is about Jai (Abhishek) but why is Hrithik got the Hero tag and John got the supporting tag? 😕