Originally posted by: breathing_irony
Have you not seen Abhi's earlier movies.....i suggest u go see Shararth, DKPK, Tera Jadoo....and all of the other 17 crap movies abhi did b4 doing Yuva. Tht'll probablly give u a more realistic idea abhishek's performance graph.
As for the whole issue abt Hrithik's father always coming to his rescue: I just dont see the logic behind it. YAsh Chopra happens to be the most successful director in India and yet Uday CHopra is not a sueprstar. A director can extract a god perforamce only if the actor has the skills in the first place.... Besides, if were to use the same logic, then Mani RAtnam has alwys managed to rescue Abhishek as well....it was Mani who proved to every1 tht Abhi could act with Yuva and after all teh flak tht Abhi got during D2, it was MAni who saved him with Guru. In other words ,Abhi clicks only with MAni Ratnam....
And hrithik's best performances have NOT come with his dad (barring KMG).....pls go watch FIza, k3g, MIssion Kashmir, Lakshya (and even NTJNH actually) again. And hrithik's most commercially successful movie came with YAshraj (D2) !
As for looks....it's not hrithik's fault he's good-looking......if looks mattered so much then all models would be top actors. And Hrithik has worked hard to look good.....he used to be a stick before; he had to build the muscle from scratch. And if I'm paying so much money then I might as well see some1 visually appealing.....if I want to see the 'boy next door' then I'd just go next door not to the theatre!
Wow. You wrote exactly what I felt. And I completely agree with you about the commercial success aspect. Commercial success is not equivalent to good acting sometimes. I personally believe SRK's best work was in Swades- that was the first time I saw SRK the actor and I believe he even won the filmfare award for best actor that year, which he totally deserved. Swades was a good movie yet not a hit.
I personally believe Hrithik is a much better actor then Abhishek. I can't imagine Abhishek playing the sexy guy in Dhoom 2 or Rohit from Koi Mil Gaya or Karan from Lakshya. But I can imagine Hrithik playing every role Abhishek has played so far. Infact Bunty aur Babli and even Yuva was offered to Hrithik before Abhishek but he didnt do it because he didnt have the dates.
If Hrithik was limited as an actor why would great actors such as Anil Kapoor, Rishi Kapoor, Salman, Aamir, Saif call him the best among the current lot. Infact even directors be it Rakesh Mehra, Subhash Ghai, Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Kunal Kohli, Ashutosh, Aditya Chopa, Karan Johar, and even Shekhar Kapur find him really talented. Not many actors could have played Hrithik in Koi Mil Gaya. Even SRK was all praise for Hrithik.
Abhishek is talented no doubt and a very good actor. He was amazing in Guru and I'm sure he'll be doing great work in the future as well. But personally, Hrithik is the better actor for me as he has everything thats is required in an actor - great acting capabilities, good looks, great dancing skills and a very pleasing personality.
Edited by r_tvfan - 17 years ago
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