Do directors not look for acting anymore?

If u look at films in Hollywood, many times u wud see the director choose an actor that can best execute the role, they even choose someone who physically fits the bill aswell. Many times they wud hav auditions to find a new face who can do that.

When the audience doesn't care about acting...why would the directors?? They are giving the audience what it wants...simple...business hai...jo bikega wahi banega...

Originally posted by: blue-ice

When the audience doesn't care about acting...why would the directors?? They are giving the audience what it wants...simple...business hai...jo bikega wahi banega...

hmm thats true, its sad really, those kids who r going to acting schools and really want to be in a project that has true art and substance in it r really struggling in the industry.

Originally posted by: zarak65

hmm thats true, its sad really, those kids who r going to acting schools and really want to be in a project that has true art and substance in it r really struggling in the industry.

And there r people who do care about acting and want quality cinema, but ur rite the majority of Bollywood watchers don't really care bout that.

In today's time, acting doesn't have much importance anymore. At least I genuinely feel that. Let alone acting, the scripts are disastrous too. But if the actor sells and if he or she has a huge fan base, its evident that the movie will do well no matter how bad the script or acting was. Sad fact about Bollywood.

Originally posted by: blue-ice

When the audience doesn't care about acting...why would the directors?? They are giving the audience what it wants...simple...business hai...jo bikega wahi banega...

Originally posted by: blue-ice

When the audience doesn't care about acting...why would the directors?? They are giving the audience what it wants...simple...business hai...jo bikega wahi banega...

I don think you can blame the directors..If an SRK or a Salman get them 200 crores, why will they bother casting a Rajkumar Rao or a Nawaz? Its business at the end of the day..Even Hirani chose someone like Aamir ( and his first choice was SRK) to play a college student in 3 Idiots..Its a different thing that Aamir played the role well but why dint he go for a younger actor who suits the role? Because 3 Idiots, despite being a well made film, would have probably made a 90 or 100 crores instead of the 200 it eventually made with younger actors..Look at Karan..How can you go from HR to a Ranveer or Salman or SRK for the same role? 😆 To me, the kinda roles a Salman or HR fit in are poles apart..I cant see HR doing a Dabangg or Kick..Same way, i cant see Salman doing a Jodha Akbar..But Shudhi has been offered to both..That simply shows ppl don care about whether an actor suits the part..Its only about their star power and BO potential..A Katrina is on everyone's wish list not because she is a great actor or suits all the roles but simply because she has great BO pull..Thats all matters at the end of the day..There are very few directors who actually go for actors who suit the role..Even Ayaan who was brave enough to cast Koko with Biru has succumbed & is casting Alia in his next..She might suit the role for all we know but we all know the main reason why he is actually casting her 😆

Rather I feel...that now the directors and actors are becoming braver..that's why we find the distinction between mainstream and art films disappearing..whereas previously actual acting only got done in art films..now all sorts of subjects are being experimented with...and mainstream heroes are acting in it and audience are accepting it...more heroine centric movies are coming out...