Well it’s not like hum tum was like hrithik flashing his abs and flying stunt and showing of his bum shaking dance moves in dhoom 2 then winning best actor award where hardly any acting is involved.
Krrish was a new Superhero genre that still is a huge risk even today. India's first successful superhero. If it is so easy, then everyone wud hv pulled it off.
While they all looked like a clown trying to do it. From Big B to Abhishek to SRK to Tiger. Hrithik kickstarted the genre that too back then when VFX was not even good in India. So, just keep ur "flying stunt" Jibe to urself. Black Panther wud not hv got Max academy Award nominations if it was all that easy. And even there, he played 3 roles. Krishna, Krish and the Old Rohit.
Dhoom 2 was not just about shaking bum dance moves which Saif can't do in this life time even if he wants to but involved changing into different roles like a chameleon from old guy to kid to statue.
Nobody expected these two roles to win NA.
But as far as Saif is concerned, Saif won NA for HumTum for a role which every other star sleepwalks. Even Salman! He got that award only bcoz his Mom was in Congress and Censor Board chief then.
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