Originally posted by: Rekha_ji
Just curious... Have you actually even seen any of Madhubala's films?? She was the most criticised mainstream actress of her time. During her career she was known as a pretty face that can't act. But nowadays people love pulling her name up to make a point that's literally giving me secondary embarrassment.
What's your Top 5 performances of Nargis? Mother India, fine. And??? Nargis was very good, but she wasn't even on the level of Nutan or Meena.
And according to you, which of Waheeda Rehman's legendary roles are better than or even as good as Raazi, Gully Boy, Highway, Udta Punjab, Darlings, and Gangubai Kathiawadi? Waheeda is a living legend and a lovely woman, but she's nowhere near Alia Bhatt in terms of performance
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Ainvayi.
Wow. Is this sarcasm? I hope it is otherwise this kind of blind fanfare will get Alia trolled so bad.
First of all, whatever you're trying to say here about those particular actresses not being that great and getting criticised in their own time, I'm pretty sure those who compare Alia to those actresses are not aware of it. In their mind, they are comparing her to the best of the best. So, if you're saying that whoever is criticising Alia doesn't know that those yesteryear actresses weren't that great either, then be assured that whoever compares Alia to them to praise her, also doesn't know shit.
Second, the bar was set pretty high back then, if those actresses were criticised. Madhubala, by today's standards would be considered a stupendous talent, and if she was just a pretty face back then, it only says so much about the general talent going around. Nargis, especially in Mother India, was a class apart, and I will never agree that whatever Alia has done till now, was anywhere close to that. And yes I have seen all the abovementioned movies except probably Highway.
Third, if you know so much about their filmography, why don't you tell us examples of which movies they were good or bad in? Did Nargis not do anything of note, other than Mother India? Which movies was Waheeda so bad in that she can't even be bothered with? Why don't you tell us names and show off how much you know, since you seem to have lived through the times when those actresses' had active careers? If your age is not more than 70 years old, then I think what knowledge you have is probably based off selective journalistic articles that you might have read here and there, and a few movies you might have watched and have a personal opinion about. Which is the same for all of us, except we may not have read those critiques of certain movies like you, but we have heard enough or read enough to know what value these actresses have, for the general audience.
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