Aishwarya Rai Bachchan's lacklustre second innings

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JackSparrowcraz

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Posted: 7 years ago

Published: Aug 10, 2018

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan's second inning has been far from encouraging as her four films have received a lukewarm response. Immediately after she returned from motherhood, Aishwarya did an author-backed part as a single mother trying to retrieve her kidnapped daughter in Sanjay Gupta's Jazbaa. Unfortunately, she looked ill at ease in the tailor-made role of the traumatised mother while her chemistry with her onscreen daughter was also woefully lacking.

Next came director Omung Kumar's Sarbjit, where she played a real-life character for the first time in her career, that of Dalbir Kaur, the sister of Indian soldier Sarabjit Singh. However, the film bombed in spite of all the effort. Once again, she failed to do justice to her role. After this, she played a Pakistani poetess who has a fling with a younger man in Karan Johar's Ae Dil Hai Mushkil. Though the film did moderately well, it cannot be called a success.

Says a leading trade analyst, "Somehow Aishwarya's comeback films are not working. It could be her selection of roles. It certainly can't be the way she looks, as she is looking better than in any of her films.

Apparently, Aishwarya contributed a whole lot of inputs to her character in Fanney Khan. "Even the idea of the tattoo on her wrist was her's. She hand-held debutant director Atul Manjrekar because she knew they were treading on wobbly ground. But the final outcome was far from appealing, says a source close to the Fanney Khan team.

A prominent filmmaker who has worked with Aishwarya feels that she lacks the emotional depth. "She wants to go from Jennifer Lopez to Meryl Streep, but she doesn't have the range. In Jazbaa, she played a traumatised mother but looked shallow and too taken up with looking glamorous. In Fanney Khan, she is fine singing, dancing and playing the pop diva. But when she has to communicate her character's loneliness, she is at a loss. Aishwarya lacks the emotional depth to pull off 40-plus characters, says the filmmaker.

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Posted: 7 years ago

Were her first innings even that good ??/ 😆😆😆

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Posted: 7 years ago

First of all, to get a second innings without moving mountains and running after producers, directors, heroes is something.

She has had so many meaty role movies offered her. The movies doing well or not have not made any difference. She was the interest point for viewers in Ae Dil ...after director Karan Johar and didn't disappoint.

She has become such a huge megastar. Without really working at it.

Even a Rohit Shetty mainstream like Dilwale with audience darling pair srK Kajol fell at the box office. What's a Fanney Khan. At least it was a different movie.

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Posted: 7 years ago

Originally posted by: Ogreatone
Were her first innings even that good ??/ 😆😆😆

She has better careeer graph than many actresses. Iruvar, Jeans, Kandukondain, HDDCS, Taal, Josh, Devdas,Chokher Bali, Raincoat, Guru, Dhoom 2, Jodhaa Akbar, Raavanan, Endhiran, Guzaarish

She received many awards including popular and critics awards for her performances. She is a great actress. She received following accolades.

Dadasaheb Phalke Excellency Awards

Winner

2017 Dadasaheb Phalke Award for Best Actress Sarbjit ^[61]^[62]

Filmfare Awards

The Filmfare Awards aka Clares are presented annually by The Times Group to honour both artistic and technical excellence of professionals. The Filmfare ceremony is one of the oldest film events in India.^[204]^[205]^[206] The awards were first introduced in 1954, the same year as the National Film Awards. Aishwarya Rai won 2 awards from 11 nominations.

Winner

2000 Filmfare Best Actress Award Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam
2003 Filmfare Best Actress Award Devdas

Nominated

2000 Filmfare Best Actress Award Taal
2001 Filmfare Best Actress Award Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai
2001 Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress Mohabbatein
2005 Filmfare Best Actress Award Raincoat
2007 Filmfare Best Actress Award Dhoom 2
2008 Filmfare Best Actress Award Guru
2009 Filmfare Best Actress Award Jodhaa Akbar
2011 Filmfare Best Actress Award Guzaarish
2017 Filmfare Best Actress Award Sarbjit

Screen Awards

The Screen Awards, is an annual awards ceremony held in India honouring professional excellence in the Bollywood Film Industry. The nomination and award selection is done by a panel of distinguished professionals from the industry.It was originally called the Screen Awards.^[207] Aishwarya Rai won 7 Awards and 18 nominations.

Winner

1998 Screen Award for Best Female Debut Aur Pyar Ho Gaya^[208]
1998 Screen Awards - Discovery of the year
2000 Screen Award for Best Actress Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam^[208]
2003 Screen Award for Jodi No. 1 Devdas (shared with Shahrukh Khan)^[208]
2003 Screen Award for Best Actress Devdas^[208]
2009 Screen Award for Best Actress (Popular Choice) Jodhaa Akbar^[209]
2011 Screen Award for Jodi No. 1 Guzaarish (shared with Hrithik Roshan)^[210]

Nominated

2000 Screen Award for Best Actress Taal
2001 Screen Award for Best Actress Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai
2001 Screen Award for Best Supporting Actress Mohabbatien
2005 Screen Award for Best Actress Raincoat
2007 Screen Award for Best Actress Dhoom 2^[211]
2007 Screen Award for Jodi No. 1 Dhoom 2 (shared with Hrithik Roshan)
2008 Screen Award for Best Actress Guru^[212]
2009 Screen Award for Best Actress Jodhaa Akbar^[213]
2009 Screen Award for Jodi No. 1 Jodha Akbar (shared with Hrithik Roshan)
2011 Screen Award for Best Actress Guzaarish^[214]
2016 Screen Award for Best Actress (Popular Choice) Jazbaa.^[215]
2017 Screen Award for Best Supporting Actress Ae Dil Hai Mushkil

Zee Cine Awards

The Zee Cine Awards (ZCA) is an awards ceremony for the Hindi film industry. Aishwarya Rai won 6 awards and 10 nominations.

Winner

2000 Lux Face of the Year
2000 Zee Cine Award for Best Actor Female for Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam^[216]
2003 Zee Cine Award for Best Actor Female for Devdas^[217]
2003 Zee Cine Awards True Indian Beauty Award^[217]
2005 Zee Cine Critics' Best Actor Award- Female Raincoat^[216]
2011 Zee Cine Critics' Best Actor Award- Female Guzaarish^[218]

Nominated

2000 Zee Cine Award for Best Actor Female for Taal
2001 Zee Cine Award for Best Actor Female for Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai
2005 Zee Cine Award for Best Actor Female for Raincoat
2007 Zee Cine Award for Best Actor Female for Umrao Jaan
2008 Zee Cine Award for Best Actor Female for Guru
2011 Zee Cine Award for Best Actor Female for Guzaarish

Stardust Awards

The Stardust Awards is an award ceremony for Hindi movies, which is sponsored by Stardust magazine.^[219]^[220] The first ceremony was held in 2004 for films released in 2003.^[219]^[220] Aishwarya Rai won 4 awards and 9 nominations.

Winner

2007 Stardust Star of the Year Award - Female Dhoom 2
2011 Stardust Award for Best Drama Actress Guzaarish
2015 Stardust Power-packed Performer of the Year Jazbaa ^[221]
2016 Stardust Editor's Choice Most Iconic Performance of the Year Sarbjit ^[222]^[223]

Nominated

2005 Stardust Star of the Year Award Female for Raincoat
2008 Stardust Star of the Year Award Female for Guru
2009 Stardust Star of the Year Award Female for Sarkar Raj
2009 Stardust Star of the Year Award Female for Jodha Akbar
2011 Stardust Star of the Year Award Female for Guzaarish^[224]
2016 Stardust Best Supporting Actress Award Ae Dil Hai Mushkil ^[225]
2016 Stardust Performer of the year (Female) Sarbjit ^[226]

International Indian Film Academy Awards

The International Indian Film Academy Awards (also known as the IIFA Awards) are a set of awards presented annually by the International Indian Film Academy to honour both artistic and technical excellence of professionals in Bollywood, the Hindi language film industry. Instituted in 2000, the ceremony is held in different countries around the world every year. Aishwarya Rai won 7 awards and 10 nominations.

Winner

2000 IIFA Award for Best Actress Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam
2003 IIFA Award for Best Actress Devdas
2005 IIFA Global Indian Media Personality Award
2007 IIFA Glamorous Star Award
2007 IIFA Most Searched Personality on MSN India
2009 IIFA Star of the Decade Female^[227]
2009 IIFA Outstanding Achievement by an Indian in International Cinema^[227]

Nominated

2000 IIFA Award for Best Actress Taal
2005 IIFA Award for Best Actress Raincoat
2007 IIFA Award for Best Actress Dhoom 2
2008 IIFA Award for Best Actress Guru
2009 IIFA Award for Best Actress Jodhaa Akbar
2011 IIFA Award for Best Actress Guzaarish^[228]

Producers Guild Film Awards

The Producers Guild Film Awards (previously known as the Apsara Film & Television Producers Guild Award) is an accolade given by the Apsara Producers Guild to recognize excellence in Indian film and television.^[229] Aishwarya Rai won 2 awards and 3 nominations.

Winner

2010 Critics' Choice Cinematic Excellence for Best Actress Guzaarish^[230]
2013 HTC Honour (Won Along with Abhishek Bachchan)

Nominated

2008 Best Actress in a Leading Role Guru^[231]
2009 Best Actress in a Leading Role Jodha Akbar^[231]
2011 Best Actress in a Leading Role Guzaarish^[232]

BIG Star Entertainment Awards

The BIG Star Entertainment Awards are presented annually by Reliance Broadcast Network Limited in association with Star India to honour personalities from the field of entertainment across movies, music, television, sports, theatre and dance. The award is touted to be a completely viewer driven award where in audience participation right from nominations to the final winners through SMS and online voting across the categories is used for deciding the winners.

Winner

2010 BIG Star Film Actor (Female) of the Decade^[233]

Nominated

2010 BIG Star Most Entertaining Film Actor (Female) for Guzaarish^[234]
2015 BIG Star Most Entertaining Actor in an Action Role - Male/Female for Jazbaa^[235]

V. Shantaram Awards

Winner

2003 V. Shantaram Awards for Best Actress Devdas^[26]
2009 V. Shantaram Awards for Best Actress Jodhaa Akbar^[30]

Anandalok Puraskar Awards

Anandalok Puraskar' or Anandalok Awards (Bengali: )^[236]^[237] ceremony is one of the most prominent film events given for Bengali Cinemas in India.^[237] The Anandalok, only film magazine in Bengali language, published from Ananda Publishers and Ananda Bazar Patrika presents this Award (Puraskar).

Winner

2003 Anandalok Puraskar Awards Anandalok Best Actress Award for Chokher Bali
2010 Anandalok Puraskar Awards Anandalok Award for Best Actress (Hindi) for Raavan^[238]

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fivestars

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Posted: 7 years ago

^ this !!

In short she cant emote well to impress audience ! The frozen diva !

Btw who is that filmmaker summarized her so well ?😆

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First innings:

Caught Shahrukh Bowled Salman - 3 runs

Second innings

Retired Hurt: Crashing into partner batsman Abhishek Bachan

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Originally posted by: Mugda

She has better careeer graph than many actresses. Iruvar, Jeans, Kandukondain, HDDCS, Taal, Josh, Devdas,Chokher Bali, Raincoat, Guru, Dhoom 2, Jodhaa Akbar, Raavanan, Endhiran, Guzaarish

Yeah I saw some of these 😆😆

Some were good and some sucked 😆😆

Her accent in Dhoom 2. Get her hooked on phonics 😆

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pakeezah

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Originally posted by: fivestars
A prominent filmmaker who has worked with Aishwarya feels that she lacks the emotional depth. "She wants to go from Jennifer Lopez to Meryl Streep, but she doesn't have the range. In Jazbaa, she played a traumatised mother but looked shallow and too taken up with looking glamorous. In Fanney Khan, she is fine singing, dancing and playing the pop diva. But when she has to communicate her character's loneliness, she is at a loss. Aishwarya lacks the emotional depth to pull off 40-plus characters, says the filmmaker.

^ this !!

In short she cant emote well to impress audience ! The frozen diva !

Btw who is that filmmaker summarized her so well ?😆