Why do all Millennial actors want to be like Aamir?

Why Ranbir, Ranveer, Varun and Shahid always want to show how great and versatile actors they are by trying different genres and roles? Why all of them want to be like Aamir? Aamir is one unique piece. He became a Superstar without building a specific image in front of the audience, but the rest of them like Salman, SRK, Akshay, Ajay had a specific image which made them Superstars. Salman became an action star. SRK made his whole career doing romantic films. Akshay was the action hero, then became a comic actor. Ajay too was an action star in the 90s before showing people how great actor he is.

But the Millennial generation (I will no longer call them today's generation) before building up their fan base wants to show the audience how great actor they are. That's the reason they are unable to remove Khans from the top spot.

Apart from Aamir it's Hrithik who became a Superstar by not building a specific image. But he too failed to remove the Khans from the top spot because of that despite being a complete package. So if Hrithik failed, who are these RK, RS, Varun and Shahid? They are neither as good actors like Hrithik, nor a complete package of looks, dancing and acting.

🐅 might be a non-actor but he's doing it right by building a specific image in front of the audience. That's what made him the biggest 🌟 after Salman in the single screens

Was this topic inspired by this article lol?!?!

Tiger Shroff Changes The Star Equation

Thursday 12 April 2018 11.30 IST

Box Office India Trade Network

Baaghi 2 released over a few weeks back has changed the equations as far as the star pecking order is considered. Tiger Shroff has come out of the blue with this film to stand on the tails of the big five (Khans, Akshay Kumar and Hrithik Roshan). In fact it could even be said that it will be Tiger Shroff that will be the driver of the untitled Hrithik Roshan / Tiger Shroff film to be released next October.

Tiger Shroff is at that point where a film has created an image and its up to him to either consolidate this over the next 2-3 years to become that big popular box office star or let the opportunity go and remain the normal star or even fade. If we look back over the last 30 years then these moments have arrived six times and three times they have been taken, twice missed and this one remains to be seen. The difference between Tiger Shroff and his contempories after Baaghi 2 is that he has become a man from a boy but the real battle starts now for him as its the consolidation that is harder than that one big opener which gives the chance to be a huge box office draw.

In 1990 Ghayal hit the screens and gave Sunny Deol that huge action image which he consolidated through the 90's with many super hits and if it was action and the film was poor it still opened to full houses. Ghayal released with Dil which was actually a bigger hit in the first six months of the their respective runs but the business of Ghayal went ahead within the next year as repeat runs did huge business as the image got stronger and stronger with time.

In 1995 Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge came and created another huge box office star. Actually it was not Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge that made Shahrukh Khan the big box office star but what happened after with film after film with the image created by Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge busting the box office. Action has dominated the box office since the release of Mera Gaon Mera Desh in June 1971 till today and in those 47 years only Shahrukh Khan managed to create a huge fan following without an action image.

Then came the turn of Hrithik Roshan in 2006 as Krrish and Dhoom 2 hit screens within six months and the industry was on a verge of a huge action / dancing star but there was no consolidation. The next five years saw Jodhaa Akbar, Kites, Guzaarish and Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara, not one film was in the Krrish and Dhoom 2 zone which had created a potential megastar and although films like Krrish 3 and Bang Bang came later, the star draw was not the same as 2006 due to the likes of Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara and Guzaarish pushing the potential superstar down.

In 2009 came Wanted which was not a huge blockbuster but created this action star image for Salman Khan who until then was more of a romantic hero. He consolidated this image with films like Dabangg and Bodyguard and there was no looking back. These film were not the biggest blockbusters of the career of Salman Khan but created an image where the huge openings materialized which was not the case with some of the earlier bigger hits. A hugely popular box office star was created who till today dominates the ticket windows eight years later.

In 2013 it was the turn of Ranbir Kapoor with Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani putting him on a pedestal with the youth going crazy over and it was just a matter of time when another huge star with youth on his side dominates the box office. But the audience has never seen Ranbir Kapoor in that Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani format again and its been five years and those sort of chances rarely come again. A Raj Kumar Hirani film may turn out to be a bigger hit but its a biopic and it will not be your personality on screen but someone else so the impact is nothing like a Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani for the audience. The mega opening of a poor film like Besharam released five months after Yeh jawwani Hai Deewani was a sign of what could have been but it was not to be.

Now its 2018 and Tiger Shroff is in the position where the guys above were and its about consolidating your image over the next 2-3 years if you can. There will be a lot of trashing by the media when you play to an image especially an action one, the films will not get not get stars and you will be told you are not a actor but you will have to rise above that and go by the facts and figures which never lie. All it takes is a mistake or two and you never get that time back again.

The audience will expect different films but with image intact and it remains to be seen if Tiger Shroff goes the Sunny Deol, Shahrukh Khan and Salman Khan way or misses the killer opportunity like Hrithik Roshan or Ranbir Kapoor. There will be stars in the younger generation that see image as a hindrance but it does not work that way as an image still allows you work in other genres as long as long as its in the commercial format. Yes the arty stuff is a risk but you cant have it both ways as stardom creates expectations and these expectations can only be matched or exceeded with popular cinema.

***DISCLAIMER: I don't reply in your topics normally because I personally feel they are made purposefully to incite fan wars , or you like to be controversial, BUT in this topic I think you are RIGHT****

I feel you are right that they should get more action movies and get those single screen through Marvel type heroes like Rambo/Iron Man/any superhero BECAUSE THEY SELL BIG!!- and whomever advised Tiger should get at least half of his earnings and advise him further to his benefit.

I don't know much about BW's history on superheroes but I guess all superstars were a type of superhero with all those surreal, OTT fights or their power of deduction and so on....

In Hollywood we saw, historically, that some of the biggest names were ACTION stars in Box office, even if we DID praise and talk more of a Pacino or Brando or Nicholson as the 'true acting actors'.... Look how massive were Schwarzenneger- he even got to be a senator due to his movie career-, Van Damme, Dolph Lundgren... and more recently Dwaine 'The Rock' Johnson, who is like THE BIGGEST NOW in HW..

We love Johnny Depp for his quircky roles and SOME of his previous movies were hits, yes, but he's got his biggest hits and worldwide love on the POC-Pirates- series. Robert Downey Jr was known as a good actor,but only became a 'megastar' with the Iron Man series- and with further movies from Marvel's superheroes 'stable'..

Every good actor was known as good at their craft.... but -ESPECIALLY in the last 30-50 years - most of the actors got their biggest hits in massive action movies or superhero movies ..rarely in historicals or dramas.

In China we had Jackie Chan that bridged the action star to comedic actor areas and was the only one known across the globe besides Bruce Lee, another action movie star.. (though I am sure Chinese people hail others as truly terrific 'acting actors').

Nowadays people want entertainment: men dominate ticket sales with superhero/action/gaming fandoms, females clamour for romance...maybe superheroes, too, but only with added romance....The Marvel Universe is soo massive that even really bad actors like 'Captain America' guy are hailed as 'great' cause of such role.. Yet...It took a Joker (and a few more of his moviess, true) to make millions realise what a brilliant actor Joaquin Phoenix is.

As for the BW millenials.. I guess Varun has tried to go Salman's route and got a few hits, yet stopped - for whatever reason. But he's coming back with some comedy and could do superheroes too.. Ranveer is trying recently to mix mass and class successfully with Simmba and might do some action after '83, which is another big things in India..sports..especially cricket.. I guess RK is going similar vein with Brahmastra which, I hear, is like Marvel Universe's Iron Man/Spider Man/whatever..so he's trying to get the people that love the superhero movies into his side and get massive success with that side. Shahid might continue to find his 'niche' in the Kabir Singh type- a sort of Indian macho man..I guess......

So yeah, all in all Tiger is going after single screens with all his might and if Rambo is a success (cause of course Baaghi 3 and other sequels will be successful) I wouldn't be surprised that he''s gonna be, in Box Office terms, above the others that try 'acting over action'. (I guess the others try do a mix and some of them try stay in what lane they were best, as in romance guy RK, crazy hero-Shahid, comedic thing Varun.Ranveer is the one that tries to mix and match more, IMO.).

*sorry for long post I hope you get my points.

Originally posted by: Looney86

Why Ranbir, Ranveer, Varun and Shahid always want to show how great and versatile actors they are by trying different genres and roles? Why all of them want to be like Aamir? Aamir is one unique piece. He became a Superstar without building a specific image in front of the audience, but the rest of them like Salman, SRK, Akshay, Ajay had a specific image which made them Superstars. Salman became an action star. SRK made his whole career doing romantic films. Akshay was the action hero, then became a comic actor. Ajay too was an action star in the 90s before showing people how great actor he is.

But the Millennial generation (I will no longer call them today's generation) before building up their fan base wants to show the audience how great actor they are. That's the reason they are unable to remove Khans from the top spot.

Apart from Aamir it's Hrithik who became a Superstar by not building a specific image. But he too failed to remove the Khans from the top spot because of that despite being a complete package. So if Hrithik failed, who are these RK, RS, Varun and Shahid? They are neither as good actors like Hrithik, nor a complete package of looks, dancing and acting.

🐅 might be a non-actor but he's doing it right by building a specific image in front of the audience. That's what made him the biggest 🌟 after Salman in the single screens

Because it seems like Aamir will be the longest sustaining Khan and his movies r anticipated by both mass and class..

Also actors r offered more variety today coz different types of movies r made. So they can experiment..audience is more accepting. If they build up a specific image like Salman and then go on to do a movie like tubelight against their image, their core audience will be disappointed. This happened with tiger in SOTY 2. So better to keep the audience guessing about ur next move rather than building n image.

@ bold..I love Hrithik but RK, RS, Shahid, Varun may not be complete package like Hrithik but they r equally good actors and decent dancers..

Plus Hrithik had this image of a Greek God and dancing star..he is versatile but is so good looking n a fabulous dancer that people wanted to see more of that.

Originally posted by: niyati13

Because it seems like Aamir will be the longest sustaining Khan and his movies r anticipated by both mass and class..

Also actors r offered more variety today coz different types of movies r made. So they can experiment..audience is more accepting. If they build up a specific image like Salman and then go on to do a movie like tubelight against their image, their core audience will be disappointed. This happened with tiger in SOTY 2. So better to keep the audience guessing about ur next move rather than building n image.

@ bold..I love Hrithik but RK, RS, Shahid, Varun may not be complete package like Hrithik but they r equally good actors and decent dancers..

Plus Hrithik had this image of a Greek God and dancing star..he is versatile but is so good looking n a fabulous dancer that people wanted to see more of that.

The thing is Aamir ghost directs his movies which other actors can't. They can only have good script sense like Akshay and Ayushmann but RK, RS, Varun and Shahid don't have that either.

Tubelight failed because it was a crap movie and Salman is a crap actor. RK, RS, Varun and Shahid all are better actors than him.

If you have acting talent and your movie clicks with the audience, it's gonna work, but first make a loyal fan base. Otherwise you will be stuck like Hrithik giving Hits once in a while.