'Today's actors have to face stiff competition'Ranbir Kapoor - Page 3

Originally posted by: oblivious.

I agree with him because there's much more pressure as well due to the media. I mean the Khans have had so many flops in the past but look at where they are today. These days, if an actor has a flop, he's written off immediately.

Originally posted by: rogerrocks

Honestly i don think Ranbir can ever have as much star power as any of the Khans..Like someone said, the era of super stardom is over..But then, i don get what we mean when we say a film has to cater to all sections of the audience..I assumed a YJHD comes close..Even Barfi cos it made 100 crores at the end of the day..I don think a masala film caters to all sections of the audience either..Am sure there are many who dislike the genre cos everyone has different taste at the end of the day..So how can you make a film which caters to everyone? If by that we mean a 3 Idiots or a Munna Bhai, Ranbir can pull it off with ease IMO..

I think Ranjha's point is that there is a weakness in RK's CV as of now.. He hasn't done actions, masalas, periods etc. Salman has done all of that including RK's one and it worked successfully except his period movie. For this, RK has to come out of Ayan, Kjo, Anurag syndrome and work with other directors 😆. Why not try Vishal Bhardwaj, Rohit Shetty, Vikram Aditya etc? Many of RK fans might like him for his coming of the age movies but i am also a RK fan and i want to see him work with all sorts of directors. Otherwise there will be no creative satisfaction on actor's mind as well as his fanbase. Because looking at the history, SRK had to force himself into DON late in his career to be called versatile..action was always a thorn in his CV. RK should attempt it early so that he is not type-casted later on. One or 2 flops don't affect actor's career but limited roles will.

Originally posted by: -Ranjha-

Roger Rocks

U r confusing my post... i would give examples of films like from 90's - Baaghi, Karan Arjun, Dil, Ishq, Josh... and then PKTDK, MHN, OSO, Ghajini... Khans have a long list of films which were having all things - Romance, Action, Comedy, Emotional drama - A complete Entertaining package.

Now Khans were giving Big hits as well these kind of films, so it added a huge impact on Audience & now a Khan film comes, irrespective of audience thinking what kind of film it is... They storm the cinema halls.

I ain't ignoring what Ranbir has achieved, i am asking him 2 excel all over, not just stereotype in films like Barfi or YJHD. Barfi is huge hit in today's times, while u visit earlier days, u will have long list of those art house kind of films which tanked badly at BO coz no audience was there. So Ranbir is lucky to have Plex audience, a favourable critic group which will support every art house film blindly coz they believe in those kind of films only.

Sooner or later he will also give same kind of films which Khans gave, just he is bit late in it.

YES, very good points. Barfi would have failed big time if not for the plex audience. Imagine who would watch Barfi in 90s if there was Mohra, HAHK, Baazigar... single screens would have forced it out of theatre in days.
My point is just because he gave a Barfi doesn't mean he should do same type of films whole his life because he has a huge section of fans who want to see him in different roles. You have to enjoy the art and do all kinds of movies before you are typecasted.

KST

He's working with Kashyap who's known for Neo-noir. Also directors can be versatile too. Basu directed both Barfi and Gangster. Ayan also moving to fantasy genre from Romantic flicks.

Originally posted by: tantal

@Ranjha:
Only a really foolish person will believe that Ranbir is anywhere close to the Khans in terms of success or fan following. I don't think anyone can even reach the heights the Khans have achieved in near future - or maybe ever. Audience is more fickle nowadays.
But Ranbir is being smart and bold in his choices of films, by treading an uncommon path (Besharam was an aberration). Now - whether his choices will keep him at the the top of the pack of new actors or bring him down needs to be seen.

I will never called Besharam aberration. He was good in it. One shouldn't stop doing different genre of movies just because 1 movie flopped.

Originally posted by: Scorpio_Velvet

KST

He's working with Kashyap who's known for Neo-noir. Also directors can be versatile too. Basu directed both Barfi and Gangster. Ayan also moving to fantasy genre from Romantic flicks.

yes, agreed.. my wish is to see him work with them on other genres.. i hope they will do it. i don't want another barfi or YJHD from those directors with ranbir. If they do it, it could be BO success but fans won't be excited.

Originally posted by: KhanSinghTomar

I think Ranjha's point is that there is a weakness in RK's CV as of now.. He hasn't done actions, masalas, periods etc. Salman has done all of that including RK's one and it worked successfully except his period movie. For this, RK has to come out of Ayan, Kjo, Anurag syndrome and work with other directors 😆. Why not try Vishal Bhardwaj, Rohit Shetty, Vikram Aditya etc? Many of RK fans might like him for his coming of the age movies but i am also a RK fan and i want to see him work with all sorts of directors. Otherwise there will be no creative satisfaction on actor's mind as well as his fanbase. Because looking at the history, SRK had to force himself into DON late in his career to be called versatile..action was always a thorn in his CV. RK should attempt it early so that he is not type-casted later on. One or 2 flops don't affect actor's career but limited roles will.

Common he is just 7 years old..And am genuinely happy with the kinda films he has done so far 😆 And i don think he is getting typecast..Barfi, Rockstar, YJHD & Rocket Singh gave him scope to play diverse characters and i believe he nailed it every single time..I dunno why there is a perception that RK only does 'coming of age' films..And now he is working with Anurag Kashyap & i do think his role in BV is gonna be a very challenging one too..Its true he keeps repeating directors & i have always mentioned how i'd love to see him work with someone like Motwane but i also think the directors he repeats are good ones at the end of the day 😆 YJHD was mediocre but i think Ayaan is a brilliant writer..Imtiaz is overrated but then again, i think Ranbir's best performance was in Rockstar so i can see why Ranbir keeps working with him..I don want him to work with Rohit Shetty though 😆 Its fine if he sticks to these kinda films and refrains from doing action/ masala flicks cos not everyone call pull off everything..Am totally okay with that so long as i get a performance like Barfi every once in a while 😆

Originally posted by: rogerrocks

Common he is just 7 years old..And am genuinely happy with the kinda films he has done so far 😆 And i don think he is getting typecast..Barfi, Rockstar, YJHD & Rocket Singh gave him scope to play diverse characters and i believe he nailed it every single time..I dunno why there is a perception that RK only does 'coming of age' films..And now he is working with Anurag Kashyap & i do think his role in BV is gonna be a very challenging one too..Its true he keeps repeating directors & i have always mentioned how i'd love to see him work with someone like Motwane but i also think the directors he repeats are good ones at the end of the day 😆 YJHD was mediocre but i think Ayaan is a brilliant writer..Imtiaz is overrated but then again, i think Ranbir's best performance was in Rockstar so i can see why Ranbir keeps working with him..I don want him to work with Rohit Shetty though 😆 Its fine if he sticks to these kinda films and refrains from doing action/ masala flicks cos not everyone call pull off everything..Am totally okay with that so long as i get a performance like Barfi every once in a while 😆

agree to ur views... it's true he has elevated mediocre movies with his acting.. that is a true pehchaan of a great actor...
but i will take leap of faith to see him in Rohit Shetty movie some day 😆.. i don't want to say he can do this, he can do that, until he tries them few times... if the movie doesn't work after few times, then i will accept that my actor cannot pull off such roles..

Some comments are really hilarious🤣

Today's actors r having the biggest advantage of PR media reach, high allocation of a movie budget on publicity and marketing. It is easy for survival even average movie can be a hit. Which was not a case say prior to few years back . They have more unsucessful actors bcoz everything depends on performance. The diff. between plex nd single screne is total capacity nd number of srenes. Like diff movies can cater diff segment of audience even niche audience. Like it is feasible to run a movie even with few viewers which is not possible in single screne , this is also one advantage for today's actors. People have more choice at the same time in a plex which is having both advantage so also disadvantage . Disadv. somehow negate with high ticket price and high spending by people on entertainment due to higher disposable income.