Response to ageing stars in Bollywood & South - Page 3

Originally posted by: blue-ice

I was talking about 3Is...I got my money's worth...I am just saying that if a person can play the role CONVINCINGLY then why can't he...I don't mean a 60 year old who look 60...playing a 30 year old...but if a 60 year old can look 30 then what is anyone's problem if he plays 30 year old...

They do a lot of things to make likes of Rajini and Kamal look young in their films. So if the same make up, special effects and other technology is used to make Amitabh look young (say 30-40ish) and he plays hero like he used to, then will his film work? Will it get accepted?

You asked "what is anyone's problem", I felt same. But if I were to answer this question, I'd say age seems visible no matter how much they try to make the person look young, plus I get tired of the actor trying to do similar heroic roles which I've seen him doing for 2 decades. And even if I love an actor, after a certain age I'd expect him to be different even in his offscreen image, and explore different side to him as an actor (than merely trying to pass off as former self or prove he still has same appeal). When I say age-appropriate I mean different, new, complex and challenging stuff than merely playing dad roles. I don't know about others, but as a viewer I like to see actors show us something we've never seen before from them...or blow us away doing something which we never expected they could do. Amitabh's role in Paa is one fine example.

The Salman Khan Phenomenon will never dies.

He will work with Aaradya Bachchan, Nysa Devgn, and Samara Kapur in love story like he did with their moms

Will do buddy comedy with Aarav Bhatiya, Yug Devgn, Junaid Khan, like with their dads.

Originally posted by: Skepblun

Don't mind but I do find your responses kind of hyper at times, just like the one you gave me in this topic. Your post came across like you were kind of lashing out...I maybe wrong but that's how it seemed to me.

Originally posted by: Maroonporsche

The Salman Khan Phenomenon will never dies.

He will work with Aaradya Bachchan, Nysa Devgn, and Samara Kapur in love story like he did with their moms

Will do buddy comedy with Aarav Bhatiya, Yug Devgn, Junaid Khan, like with their dads.

Originally posted by: Maroonporsche

The Salman Khan Phenomenon will never dies.

He will work with Aaradya Bachchan, Nysa Devgn, and Samara Kapur in love story like he did with their moms

Will do buddy comedy with Aarav Bhatiya, Yug Devgn, Junaid Khan, like with their dads.

🤣 oh my u crack me up so bad!!😆

@blue-ice

Oh it's okay. It's not an issue. 😊 Even I'll keep in mind about your style of writing in future (now that you clarified) and will refrain from imagining that you got hyper. I'm also guilty of making an assumption about your post. Sorry.

Originally posted by: Skepblun

They do a lot of things to make likes of Rajini and Kamal look young in their films. So if the same make up, special effects and other technology is used to make Amitabh look young (say 30-40ish) and he plays hero like he used to, then will his film work? Will it get accepted?

You asked "what is anyone's problem", I felt same. But if I were to answer this question, I'd say age seems visible no matter how much they try to make the person look young, plus I get tired of the actor trying to do similar heroic roles which I've seen him doing for 2 decades. And even if I love an actor, after a certain age I'd expect him to be different even in his offscreen image, and explore different side to him as an actor (than merely trying to pass off as former self or prove he still has same appeal). When I say age-appropriate I mean different, new, complex and challenging stuff than merely playing dad roles. I don't know about others, but as a viewer I like to see actors show us something we've never seen before from them...or blow us away doing something which we never expected they could do. Amitabh's role in Paa is one fine example.

Originally posted by: Maroonporsche

The Salman Khan Phenomenon will never dies.

He will work with Aaradya Bachchan, Nysa Devgn, and Samara Kapur in love story like he did with their moms

Will do buddy comedy with Aarav Bhatiya, Yug Devgn, Junaid Khan, like with their dads.

but looking at the current trend down the south, 50+ actors arent exactly going strong...someone like Mahesh babu, or charan or Surya command better openings...the trend is definately changing...ppl do not want to see 50+ or 60+ actors play "youngsters" even in the south...rajnikanth is the only exception to tht because his popularity and mass hysteria is unmatched and unexplainable...even Kamal hassan films seem to be losing their market (Viswaroopam, the film itself isnt generating much interest despite good reviews)...


but apart from him, none of the 50+ brigade is doing well playing "youth"...in both tamil and telugu atleast...Arjun, sarat kumar and Venkatesh are starting to play character roles to get some success (Kadal and SVSC)...the rest like chiranjeevi(left films for politics), nagarjuna (has had like 5 flops in a row or something), Balakrishna(not even a single hit apart from SImha in the last 10 years), Venkatesh (all recent films were duds except SVSC which had mahesh babu in it and he was playing a character role)...none of them are actually doing well...they r just, there...ppl dunt really wanna see them playing 30 somethings...

Kamal Hassan has always acted as 30 + person in the last decade...and I cannot remember his last movie where he danced and romanced and all those stuff...even in his slapstick comedies..he always played a 30+ man...or married man...