Some brilliant pics posted here - the old ones of initial episodes that I missed
I had no intention of watching JA ever as I rarely watch TV and daily shows may be one show here there and mostly comedy never drama and rarely hindi ones.
As a kid I did not even watch PRC as it came in weekend and we watched saregamapa etc on weekends. So I have never watched Rajat till JA.
Even JA I saw promo, I put one day to check and Rajat ordered cutting off a leg of his soldier that put me off and I never ventured back to daily TV serials again.
One day while flipping TV and news channel stopped at zee tv for few seconds between news break and the scene is Akbar comes to know maham has killed his child by poisoning Ruqaiah and he goes to a kid Rahim to ask and when confirmed goes to his room and cries. That was first scene and episode that I watched of JA and then I and my family were hooked to show. Rather than flipping serials in between news breaks or Animal planet etc we started watching JA.
Regarding Rajat all I can say Rajat is a brilliant actor if only he had great looks and height he could have reached even more heights in serials. Paridhi is brilliant, her act as a princess and Queen is to be seen, someone once told me she reminded them of meena kumari. And truly paridhi can do films like jodha Akbar, bajirao mastani, barfi etc she will do it brilliantly.
Regarding Rajat becoming a Bollywood hero, its very difficult to break the cartel of Bollywood, its by family for family and of family of actors. Mandy you talk of ajay devgan and shah rukh khan. Both are from very privileged background. Ajay devgan would never have got a chance to act in serials forget movies if he was not veeru devgan's son because first looks matter in industry especially for outsider. Ajay devgan was not a great actor recently I was watching some movie of his with akshay kumar on TV for a while, he was not great neither the movie was good. The only reason he survived was because he got some great characters to play like zakhm by Mahesh bhat, company etc the characters he chooses are powerful, larger than life and 70% work is done there acting is only 30% more work. Look at paridhi who knew her she acted in 2-3 serials if she had not got JA who would have recognized her, her talent would be lost.
Next you talked of shah rukh khan, he is from theatre background, his father was freedom fighter and he had big connections, and he knows acting a bit- I do not consider his acting as great he messes up with all characters by over acting, look at devdas etc. So what clicked for shah rukh again like ajay devgan he choose path less travelled and choose anti hero roles which was unique then(now it will fail as its common) and he is a brilliant media manager. Shahrukh used media very well to publicise himself and his songs are great and locations brilliant and great sets( all the story's are similar and repetitive usually) and his friendship with Aziz mirza, karan johar etc worked for him.
So its not easy breaking this family and friends cartel group and becoming a great superstar. Look at naseerudin shah, amol palekar, om puri, nawazuddin Siddiqui, manoj bajpai etc all brilliant actors average looks and height, despite giving brilliant performance they are not super stars they struggle for roles and are side charcaters. So whether you like it or not connections and friendships and manipulation of media and PR etc are all very much required.
Read salman khan interview after maine pyar kiya he did not have work for 6 months, his father requested a producer to lie in press that he had signed salman and only then other producers came to his house. SRK, amir, salman not only have friends and family support they are good media manipulators and know how to remain in news. That is why they have survived 30 years in industry. Hardwork, talent etc is only 20-30% of the actor job rest 70-80% is how to manipulate media, industry, people etc to remain in news and get to top. Who has that talent survives rest wither. Of course luck and naseeb counts but that has less part to play.
I have not seen a superstar in last 40 years who has not come privileged background(may be an akshay kumar, but he used his affairs to stay in news) and without family support who reached on top. For heroines its different, heroines have to do different compromises to get roles and stay on top. Its a murky world out there all hidden under so called glamour.
Edited by myviewprem - 10 years ago
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