Is only overacting appreciated in BW?

Hey!

Trying to play devil's advocate here.

I have seen many complain that most stars of the industry tend to ham and overact. Overacting is appreciated by the audience but are natural/understated performances disliked?

Is the BW brand of acting 'overacting'? Is it because people want fantasy and not reality when they go to watch movies?

Give me examples of performances where you thought the actor overacted but got accolades for it.

If you don't think so, which natural performances have been liked by the audience and critics alike?

Even when it comes to off screen personalities, do people prefer those who are hyperactive? Does it relate to them preferring extroverts and not introverts?

What is your opinion?

Shahrukh in Devdas is prime example of hamfest getting away with all accolades.

I don't get overacting or underacting 😆 Ya tou mujhe acting achi lagti hai ya nahi lagti.. I don't like Amir's acting as much but he never gets awards and neither is his performance much talked about so no complaints😆

Varun tends to get hyper at times but is appreciated always 🥱

I know what you mean. Most either underact or overact. It's like they don't know the concept of subtlety.
It explains why people love those bubbly Punjabi girl caricatures and and then on the other end of the spectrum- mannequins.

I can answer only part of your question. I think Ranbir Kapoor is someone who is a subtle actor, which is at the other end of the spectrum from over-acting. I have always found his performance to be very natural, and he does get a lot of appreciation for his acting abilities.

Natural performance I loved and so did the critics and the rest of the audience too
Barfi both RK & PC!!They were love!!
I can think of quite a few more..

Extroverted celebs
I have noticed it too, and it applies to my own taste too.. for some reason the sunny happy personalities aer endearing to me when it comes to celebs.. Kinda cute in a way specially in a girl.. than a cool and composed type per say..
With men both types I find interesting lol cz I like them brooding on screen at least 😆

Hamming overload
K3G!! Jesus both Kareena and HR!! Specially Kareena even thinking of the word Pooh makes me cringe!

Irrfan Khan under acts is most of his movies, so much so..I don't understand what he is trying to emote. He looks the same to me always. 😕 Still he is considered to be one of the finest actors. So no I don't think only overacting is appreciates.

Well not always...

If overacting was always appreciated then Aishwarya and Shraddha would have been multiple national award actresses.

But most of the time, hammy performances by the Khans (especially Shah and Aamir) are praised too much..

Out of their recent performances I found Fan and PK OTT.

Varun Hrithik ham a lot