Akshay Kumar Doing Different Types Of Movies| Why doesn't SRK try ?

the problem with SRK these days is SRK think his name is enough to sell the film like it used to be in his good days ...he makes any stupid kind of movie and start promoting it and expect public to make it hit ...i am his great fan but with his few year released i am not satisfied he is losing his grip ... raees was good as far as acting is concern but script wise it was average or below average infact i didn't got the purpose of the film too

He has to find the films that suit him
He has to choose the right scripts too

He won't try anything If he kept running after box office records

Isn't he doing that after Dilwale??? It's another story that the content of his movies aren't up to the mark but he's surely doing different type of movies. Fan was a thriller with a unique storyline. Raees was a crime drama along with masala entertainment. Rehnuma will not be a typical love story either. SRK-Anand L Rai movie is about a dwarf with huge budget. All these movies are different in genre and except Fan all other 3 movies look like Blockbuster on paper, that can be liked by all sections of audience. Fan and Raees could have worked with a better script and direction.Currently, SRK is doing everything to get back the trust of audience. The problem with SRK is he can't do romantic roles anymore, coz of his age and isn't able to find his niche. Salman's niche is masala movies. Akshay's niche is patriotic movies. Aamir has script sense and that's why the movies of these 3 superstars are working nowadays. SRK either has to find his niche or has to get better in his script sense.Also he needs to create his own holiday weekend and make it big as he's not getting solo releases. Eid and Christmas were not always big holiday weekends until Salman and Aamir started releasing their films in that period and made it big. That's why they own those holidays now.

Originally posted by: Luna46

Isn't he doing that after Dilwale??? It's another story that the content of his movies aren't up to the mark but he's surely doing different type of movies. Fan was a thriller with a unique storyline. Raees was a crime drama along with masala entertainment. Rehnuma will not be a typical love story either. SRK-Anand L Rai movie is about a dwarf with huge budget. All these movies are different in genre and except Fan all other 3 movies look like Blockbuster on paper, that can be liked by all sections of audience. Fan and Raees could have worked with a better script and direction.Currently, SRK is doing everything to get back the trust of audience. The problem with SRK is he can't do romantic roles anymore, coz of his age and isn't able to find his niche. Salman's niche is masala movies. Akshay's niche is patriotic movies. Aamir has script sense and that's why the movies of these 3 superstars are working nowadays. SRK either has to find his niche or has to get better in his script sense.Also he needs to create his own holiday weekend and make it big as he's not getting solo releases. Eid and Christmas were not always big holiday weekends until Salman and Aamir started releasing their films in that period and made it big. That's why they own those holidays now.

I don't subscribe to this view at all. I mean all one has to do is look at his last few releases. FAN, Raees, Dear Zindagi are all movies that are content driven. What worked at the BO and what didn't is a different question altogether. He got universal praise for FAN when it comes to his performance. To take up something like FAN which is darn off beat is a big deal man. From no angle it can be called your typical movie as it didn't have songs, didn't have a female lead neither is it a romantic genre. Dear Zindagi as well was darn different and he was brilliant as Jug. He appears in the second half of Dear Zindagi yet it is a performance that stays with you long after the movie is over. Raees had the elements of commercial cinema in it but it was very grounded in reality when it comes to the performances as well as the script.

If one is judging his film choices only through BO then perhaps the above movies will be considered not as successful as compared to some of the huge blockbusters out there. But is there an attempt on his part to do different roles? Hell yeah! I think that's something that has been evident throughout his career. It's darn easy to basically just tag him as a romantic hero. And he excels in that genre man. He has been part of some iconic movies when it comes to that genre so one understands why he's called the king of romance. At the same time the guy started his career with negative roles and owned that genre too. To me it says a whole lot about an actor when they can be darn effortless in any genre and he has that ability.

One has to look at his filmography and see that if he has done a OSO then he has also done a Swades. If he has done a Pardes then he has also done a Dil Se. If he has done a Karan Arjun then he has also done a Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa. That balance between popular genres/cinema and doing roles that are content driven, that have substance to them has always been there. It just so happened that a HNY, Dilwale and CE came back to back. If I'm not wrong post production on FAN took longer than they thought it would otherwise FAN would have released before Dilwale probably.

I understand the point some are trying to make here but at the same time I don't think it's that easy to find films that work both at the BO as well as are content driven and have substance to them. He did a Chak De and Swades way before the trend of so called patriotic movies started. One worked at the BO and one didn't. But both will be remembered everytime one discusses his filmography. So like I was saying it ain't that easy to find films that have the balance of commerce as well as art. Having said that, as a fan of his I'm effing glad he did FAN, Dear Zindagi as well as Raees. I hope he continues to do roles that have some meat to them. As for the BO, no one can really predict that but yeah one would of course want his movies to work at the BO as well. But to compare the BO of a Dear Zindagi or a FAN to your commercial potboilers is a bit unfair. Raees I can still understand being compared as it did have elements of commercial cinema within it but I don't get when the BO of a Dear Zindagi or FAN is compared to a film that belongs to a popular genre.

FAN is off beat😆, and I am mix of Tom Cruise&Brad Pitt😆.


On serious note: SRK is doing okay atleast for me. His last two ventures: DZ and Raaes, were enjoyable movies. Although not a fan of recent Imti movies, but hope he can work his magic in Rehnuma(or Ring). And ALR's drawf movie looks promising for a masala entertainer.

If FAN ain't off beat then they perhaps need to redefine off beat! 😆 It had no female leads, had no songs, didn't belong to your popular genre of romance or as is the trend now "patriotic movies", was a film that was quite dark when it comes to the storyline yet it's supposed to be not off beat...oh okayyy!

Originally posted by: zaroonkashaf

If FAN ain't off beat then they perhaps need to redefine off beat! 😆 It had no female leads, had no songs, didn't belong to your popular genre of romance or as is the trend now "patriotic movies", was a film that was quite dark when it comes to the storyline yet it's supposed to be not off beat...oh okayyy!

yeah lets call all action thrillers off beat.