Ranbir Kapoor is Bollywood's most underrated and misunderstood actor
Saddled with good looks and financial privilege, Ranbir Kapoor's stardom comes in his way of taking up a roles that an actor of his calibre should take but cannot because a movie star has too much to lose.
By Devarsi Ghosh |
November 4, 2016
Sometimes beauty and financial privilege can be a burden. Especially, when ugliness and stories of struggle make for an inspiring underdog tale in the badlands of Bollywood. As such, a Nawazuddin Siddiqui making it as a people's star amidst a sea of tall, broad-shouldered, fair heroes is an inspiring tale. Every frown, every twitch and every snarl that Nawazuddin Siddiqui makes is a bit more special because stories of his struggle, or that of actors like Manoj Bajpayee, Irrfan or Anupam Kher have become myth. And India, predominantly being a country of the poor and the aspirational young, loves stories of struggles. Here, where does a Ranbir Kapoor stand?
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Born with a silver spoon, in every sense of the word, Ranbir Kapoor is the conventional Bollywood hero. He is tall, good looking, fair, born in a film family and is known to be a serial casanova. He also happens to be a great actor and his performance in Ae Dil Hai Mushkil shows that he is capable of surprising you at any time. He cries in ten different ways in the film. In a recent interview with Anupama Chopra, Karan Johar revealed that for every take for any scene, Ranbir would ask for one word from Karan Johar that would describe the moment. So, he would be given, anything from 'rage' to 'jealousy' to 'disappointment', and he would go and do his thing.
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