The Actresses Roundtable 2017

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Posted: 8 years ago

#21

I rarely watch videos..I prefer reading..or maybe I am just lazy.

I watched 1 hr 21 minutes..it was great.

All were fab!

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Mallika-E-Bhais

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Posted: 8 years ago

#22

Hantel: Wait Bhumi actually says in so many words, "I am from a well-off family"??

Idk why Bhoomi wouldn't like Swara, she's so much more real, intelligent & well-educated!! And a highly talented actress! Maybe she's threatened by her. Bloomi so wants to be a glamour-puss but doesn't really have that in her.

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cougarTown

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Posted: 8 years ago

#23

just my 2 cents

i do feel actors have evolved as well unlike what was said initially

i mean look around..akshay doing a padman..a man selling pads and taking about periods..fawad in kapoor and sons..ayushman playing a guy with erectile dysfunction

i mean would we see all that in the 90s?

that is evolving

i am all for actresses evolving..they surely have

but lets not degrade another sex to up yourself..

both have evolved..actresses may be more but not like actors haven't

yes some actors still do the same thing but then we also have the likes of jacki..nargis..etc etc doing the same what used to happen years ago

i appreciate all the actors and actresss evolving..they surely have..i won't really make it a man vs woman thing and i didn't like when it became so

also bhumi says men don't go through those emotions..that is again judgemental..every person regardless of gender can go through wide range of emotions depending on his own circumstances etc

I hope my statement won't be taken in any wrong way..i am in no way denying the gigantic evolving of female actors..and kudos to them for it

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Seig heil

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Posted: 8 years ago

#24

Pretty bad roundtable.

Majority portion is related to women , men and around it.

Compare to actors roundtable where they are questions is regarding acting character film finance anecodetes etc , question related to actress wld just be a small part of it here the whole thing became only about this limiting the scope of this discussion.

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Posted: 8 years ago

#25

Loved this roundtable. It had to be interesting with Vidya, Ratna and Swara. I could listen to them speak all day long. Great to hear their anecdotes and they made some important points.

And Zaira is just 17 years old. She is sitting with these articulate women, and honestly she is more mature and grown up than I expected. I didn't really like Bhumi here though.

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serendipity_10

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Posted: 8 years ago

#26

Originally posted by: cougarTown
just my 2 cents
i do feel actors have evolved as well unlike what was said initially

i mean look around..akshay doing a padman..a man selling pads and taking about periods..fawad in kapoor and sons..ayushman playing a guy with erectile dysfunction

i mean would we see all that in the 90s?

that is evolving

i am all for actresses evolving..they surely have

but lets not degrade another sex to up yourself..

both have evolved..actresses may be more but not like actors haven't

yes some actors still do the same thing but then we also have the likes of jacki..nargis..etc etc doing the same what used to happen years ago

i appreciate all the actors and actresss evolving..they surely have..i won't really make it a man vs woman thing and i didn't like when it became so

also bhumi says men don't go through those emotions..that is again judgemental..every person regardless of gender can go through wide range of emotions depending on his own circumstances etc

I hope my statement won't be taken in any wrong way..i am in no way denying the gigantic evolving of female actors..and kudos to them for it

I'll have to disagree. Fawad and Ayushman are exceptions to the rule.

KJo had asked 6-8 others for Fawad's role and they all rejected it.

Hardly any actor would have done Ayushman's role in Shubh Mangal. I think Bhumi mentioned it also..

As for Akshay, Padman is glorifying him. The movie is about him. He's certainly the "hero", which is why he's doing the movie. Women's issue, man is the only one on the initial posters. Says quite a bit.

Anything not "manly" is not something majority of today's leading men will even consider.

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cougarTown

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Posted: 8 years ago

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Originally posted by: serendipity_10

I'll have to disagree. Fawad and Ayushman are exceptions to the rule.
KJo had asked 6-8 others for Fawad's role and they all rejected it.
Hardly any actor would have done Ayushman's role in Shubh Mangal. I think Bhumi mentioned it also..
As for Akshay, Padman is glorifying him. The movie is about him. He's certainly the "hero", which is why he's doing the movie. Women's issue, man is the only one on the initial posters. Says quite a bit.
Anything not "manly" is not something majority of today's leading men will even consider.

but today at least some have agreed

in 90s i bet NONE would have

so that is some evolution if anything

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astha36

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Posted: 8 years ago

#28

I wonder what it would've been like if Katrina were sitting with these women here. Especially when they said, the first rule of acting is that you don't care how ugly or pretty you're going to look.

I don't mind flowerpot roles for men or women. I am okay with people just showing their bodies off in movies if that's what they want. But you can't pretend to be a serious actor then. You cannot say that you are genuinely interested in acting or feel excited by a good role. Are you kidding me? Even in Namastey London, her only good role so far, you can't call that acting good by any standards. It's just better than what she has done otherwise but it's not good acting.

Anyway, OT, I loved Ratna. She was extremely articulate and impressive with her knowledge and maturity. I loved the way she replied to others. She was polite but still put forth her point of view beautifully. Loved it.

Vidya and Swara were fine. Swara, a bit too excited, she needs to find a better way to take the lead in the conversation, cuz right now she's a bit abrupt. Vidya had some good points and I liked the way she talked. She also sounded genuine to me, so did Swara, so did everyone other than Bhumi actually.

Zaira was a bit of a misfit really, in this roundtable. She might have acted very well in the movie, but her experience so far is not much to talk about in the film world. Personal experience, out of the movies, is irrelevant here IMO. Everybody would have stories like that. This roundtable should be related to their professional lives more than their personal. But her experience being too little, she had very limited things to talk about. But, I liked her and thought she was mature for her age and also pretty frank, if a bit cocky at times.

Bhumi had very few good points and really went on and on about her privileged upbringing. The way she talked, it seemed pretentious to me, a little arrogant maybe. Having loved her onscreen, it's disappointing to find out her real life personality to be so off-putting.

Still the roundtable was better than some I have seen in the past. Wish it was more technical though. Next time.

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cougarTown

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Posted: 8 years ago

#29

Originally posted by: astha36
I wonder what it would've been like if Katrina were sitting with these women here. Especially when they said, the first rule of acting is that you don't care how ugly or pretty you're going to look.

I don't mind flowerpot roles for men or women. I am okay with people just showing their bodies off in movies if that's what they want. But you can't pretend to be a serious actor then. You cannot say that you are genuinely interested in acting or feel excited by a good role. Are you kidding me? Even in Namastey London, her only good role so far, you can't call that acting good by any standards. It's just better than what she has done otherwise but it's not good acting.

Anyway, OT, I loved Ratna. She was extremely articulate and impressive with her knowledge and maturity. I loved the way she replied to others. She was polite but still put forth her point of view beautifully. Loved it.

Vidya and Swara were fine. Swara, a bit too excited, she needs to find a better way to take the lead in the conversation, cuz right now she's a bit abrupt. Vidya had some good points and I liked the way she talked. She also sounded genuine to me, so did Swara, so did everyone other than Bhumi actually.

Zaira was a bit of a misfit really, in this roundtable. She might have acted very well in the movie, but her experience so far is not much to talk about in the film world. Personal experience, out of the movies, is irrelevant here IMO. Everybody would have stories like that. This roundtable should be related to their professional lives more than their personal. But her experience being too little, she had very limited things to talk about. But, I liked her and thought she was mature for her age and also pretty frank, if a bit cocky at times.

Bhumi had very few good points and really went on and on about her privileged upbringing. The way she talked, it seemed pretentious to me, a little arrogant maybe. Having loved her onscreen, it's disappointing to find out her real life personality to be so off-putting.

Still the roundtable was better than some I have seen in the past. Wish it was more technical though. Next time.

why can't some one like katrina be a part of this? esp.when 90% of the conversation was on things other than acting or craft

and she has full right to feel challenged by a role..who are we to judge..every actor has his or her own challenges..just coz we did not like a performance does not mean she was not excited or challenged by the role..

challenges are diff for everyone..may be for a katrina a kahani be challenging..but may be for Vidya a TZH be a huge challenge (she herself has said how she tried and realized she totally sucks in commercial cinema)

but why can't they all be together and speak about various challenges and how and what they consider and look out for..it be an interesting and contrasting set of ideas..i would take interest in that for sure..

we really tend to underestimate commercial actors..and this is very judgemental to assume that she should not feel excited over the roles she does..

Edited by cougarTown - 8 years ago

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itzMYattitude

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Posted: 8 years ago

#30

Originally posted by: serendipity_10

I'll have to disagree. Fawad and Ayushman are exceptions to the rule.
KJo had asked 6-8 others for Fawad's role and they all rejected it.
Hardly any actor would have done Ayushman's role in Shubh Mangal. I think Bhumi mentioned it also..
As for Akshay, Padman is glorifying him. The movie is about him. He's certainly the "hero", which is why he's doing the movie. Women's issue, man is the only one on the initial posters. Says quite a bit.
Anything not "manly" is not something majority of today's leading men will even consider.

i assume fawad's role was rejected because mostly heroes are not willing to do a 2 hero film. As rohit shetty too mentioned that he is not doing ram lakhan remake because no male actors are willing to work with each other.