Does a character make a actor succesful

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Samreen

@friskysam

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Posted: 18 years ago

In one of the interviews,Ekta told tht Rajeev became famous after playing the character of Sujal....which is indeed true but he played it to a perfection added depth

My question is :- Does a character make an actor successful or the actor makes the character successful😊

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neha_bbsr2005

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Posted: 18 years ago

If an actor potrays the character beautifully,then both the actor and the character becomes successful..

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Mansi bhatia

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Posted: 18 years ago

Hmmm uve got a very intresting question...I feel both are right...its like 50-50.... 😊

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187214

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Posted: 18 years ago

Now thats an interesting question.
I think it can never be as simple as an opposition between character and actor.
Truly good actors do characters so well that it becomes difficult to say where the character begins and ends and where the actor begins and ends.
This does not mean that all actors identify with all the characters that they play, i mean one cannot play a 'flesh eating, humanity hating, robot' and identify with all aspects of it.
But for most part, acting is a coming to terms with, an understanding of a particular character... of an entire human life or of a certain point in its destiny... acting, writing, direction are all activities that require deep empathy... an understanding of another mind, another life, another self.
So ideally an actor becomes a character, understands what drives him and doesn't, while not necessarily agreeing with everything the character does or represents...
Of course, in the real world this process may be faster or completely non existent...
For instance, to use my fav eg., the reason i like Gaurav so much is because he became Samay... not just for me but for all adhm fans... and Gaurav himself wrote that he found it difficult at times to distinguish the two, he became Samay so completely... thats why i would love to see Gaurav in a role that he does not identify with at all, to see him push his acting abilities to the fullest!!

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superbike

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Posted: 18 years ago

Originally posted by: friskysam

My question is :- Does a character make an actor successful or the actor makes the character successful😊

Hey friskysam .... very interesting question ..... but I think answer to your question cant be objective.... Its a very subjective question....😊

When a character is essayed..... it has to be defined very clearly.... So it depends a lot on the creative team.... how they portray a character.... only then a good actor connects with the character and can play it on screen quite well.... If a character is not defined well...and his scenes are vague then nobody can do justice to the character.... however good might be the actor.....

So first of all the character should be written very well.... for the people and actor to get connected with it.... secondly... I feel that not every actor can play every character..... Depending on the shades of a character.... you have to choose an actor.... I have seen many shows..... where the character is diverse..... but the choice of the actor is not good .... so the actor has to be changed when the character changes its shade....

So I think in reality both the character and actor compliment each other.... A good actor will not go for the characters which he can not connect with..... And characters are well written for good actors..... like Amitabh Bachchan... at the age of 64 .... characters are written for him..... Now the characterisation is so accurate and unique that he has no problem in understanding a character and playing it to full perfection.... and people remember him for all the characters he played way back in 70's and as a good actor....😊

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187214

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Posted: 18 years ago

Originally posted by: superbike

When a character is essayed..... it has to be defined very clearly.... So it depends a lot on the creative team.... how they portray a character.... only then a good actor connects with the character and can play it on screen quite well.... If a character is not defined well...and his scenes are vague then nobody can do justice to the character.... however good might be the actor..... Teena i completely agree... if the actor is working with an inefficient team, then there is very little that he or she can do about it.

So first of all the character should be written very well.... for the people and actor to get connected with it.... secondly... I feel that not every actor can play every character..... Depending on the shades of a character.... you have to choose an actor.... I have seen many shows..... where the character is diverse..... but the choice of the actor is not good .... so the actor has to be changed when the character changes its shade.... Again completely agree... for instance, i feel that really talented actors like Sanjeev Kumar etc could not do every role... he could not have done the typically masala 'khush toh tum bahut honge' or the 'tumhaare paas kyaa hai?' kind of scene...

So I think in reality both the character and actor compliment each other.... A good actor will not go for the characters which he can not connect with..... And characters are well written for good actors..... like Amitabh Bachchan... at the age of 64 .... characters are written for him..... Now the characterisation is so accurate and unique that he has no problem in understanding a character and playing it to full perfection.... and people remember him for all the characters he played way back in 70's and as a good actor....😊 Teena, aa gayi na hum dono ke fav example pe... mullah ki daud masjid tak... tv pe ghoom phir ke Gaurav, films mein ghoom phir ke Amitabh. 😛

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Sowmya

@*sowmya*

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Posted: 18 years ago

cool nice topic

well first the character depends upon the creative heads...it has to be well streched..n then its come to the actor...n now its totally in the hands of actor...unless n until the actor doesnt portray the character wth full justification it cnt mke a impact on the viewer...it may rch but somehow viewers cnt relate to...its wholly in the hands of the actor...whatever may be the character unless n until the actor justify the role it cnt make a mark...a character must b the baby of the producer or director but ultimately it grows only in the hands of the actor...he or she must put his or her own soul in the character so that the character becumes livley n humanly n audience cn relate it to well...if an actor/actress doenst play it well then whatsoever may b the character it wll fail...director can only say this is the scene this what u hve to do n all but its the actor's duty/responsibility to play it well...an actor must put himself/herself in that situation so that the character becume so lively coz then only the exact quantity of emotions/expressions cums...u must play it frm heart n not do just for the sake of it n for that an actor must know how to act..

has anybody thought ke sujal wuld becum very popular..even kekta wuldnt hve thought...but it became successful why n how? wholly coz of rajeev he not acted but became sujal...he eat lke sujal, slept lke him, walked,talked,cried,smiled everythng everythng lke him...he hasnt put his own soul on sujal then sujal wnt b a sucessful character n now he is dng the same wth captain...if character becumes successful then automatically actor also becum successful...even a small character may becum a big one if the concerned actor/actress plays it well eg: major bhargav if rajesh wuldnt hve done justice to the role then character wuld hve vanished frm the screen...whatever may b the character be it +ve or -ve the actor be able to portray it well reachng the audience n we the audience can relate to n ultimately actor becumes successful..its not necessary fr the actor to connect wth the role coz in vamps roles the artist cnt connect wth them but they must understand the role..

for me an actor becumes the character thus mkng character a big hit...its in the hnds of the actor to mke a character hit or flop..coz if the actor doenst play it wth full conviction then automatically the character wll fail whch inturn shows the path of his failure...audience wuldnt hve to reject the character or actor coz he the actor himself is responsble for his/her downfall.

so its Actor who mkes the character

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shweta

@scorpiongal

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Posted: 18 years ago

as all of u hv spoken so perfectly that nothing concrete has left .but as per my view i would say...

i feel that an actor & a character compliments each other. A weak & improperly sketched character couldn't make an efficient actor to prove his skills & leave a profound impact in the minds of viewers as it will not give the actor an opportunity to explore his creativity... similarly a weak actor can't justify a role ...no matter how good it is or how much scope of appreciation by the viewers, it contains. if he can't blend himself into the role , it could not etch a place in the heart of a viewer.

😊 😊