Dearth of legit superstars among the millennials?

Except for Tiger who has the ability to pull mass audiences, the rest of Gen Y has not been successful in carving a special place for themselves in terms of being superstars. Most of the films work on content and WOM and not the actor's name. There is no Salman Khan or SRK like superstar who can attract audiences even in mediocre films.

Ayushman, Ranbir, Ranveer, Varun are all STARS bt are thye superstars? Can they ensure audiences flock to see whichever movie they star in? Sadly, I don't think that's the case. They are good at their craft but lack connect with mass audiences.

I see content being prioritized these days over stars.

Discuss.

Originally posted by: mintyblue

Except for Tiger who has the ability to pull mass audiences, the rest of Gen Y has not been successful in carving a special place for themselves in terms of being superstars. Most of the films work on content and WOM and not the actor's name. There is no Salman Khan or SRK like superstar who can attract audiences even in mediocre films.

Ayushman, Ranbir, Ranveer, Varun are all STARS bt are thye superstars? Can they ensure audiences flock to see whichever movie they star in? Sadly, I don't think that's the case. They are good at their craft but lack connect with mass audiences.

I see content being prioritized these days over stars.

Discuss.

There have been times where Varun/Ranbir had these run of 2/3 straight big hits. Ranveer is on a good run. If that cricket film is another 250/300 hit than id say Ranveer is getting to that level

Isn't content being prioritized a good thing?🤔

tiger is so not good looking and his voice so weak to be a superstar, no personality either.

Ranveer has personality and at times looks handsome but then at times so not, same with Ranbir and Varun too

no one with the swagger of srk and Salman and the wit of all three khans.

Ranveer singh is like Amitabh Bachchan an all rounder can do emotional, comedy or action or historical and still fit in but has no great looks just like AB

Ranbir Kapoor is like Dilip Kumar or Amir Khan (OK dilip Kumar acting capability is million times better than Ranbir Kapoors just look at mughal e azam or shakti movie) mostly does brooding and diff roles

Tiger Shroff is like Akshay Kumar of 1990s all raw action no acting ability

Ayushman is like Amol palekar

Manoj Bajpai is like Om Puri/Naseerudin Shah

Varun Dhawan, arjun kapoor etc have no acting skills or looks etc they are here bec of their parents and contacts only

Other than Ranveer Singh none will match SRKSalman/Amir stardom of 1990s atleast in their life time

Ranveer Singh can match their stardom if he remains consistent like from Ram Leela times few more years

Ranveer Singh is better actor than SRK and Salman and can match Amir in acting ability (amir became known as good actor only in 2000s onwards bef that he was avg actor)

But Charisma is what all miss none have

All 90s actors had IT factor most of them thats why even when movies was bad ppl would make it hit.

SRK could act but had no great looks, Salman had no acting ability but had great looks, amir had both looks and acting ability, ajay devgan had no looks but had acting ability(i think hes done face surgery lot of diff in early ajay and now) akshay kumar no acting but great action ability, sunny deol avg looks bur great acting ability, sanjay dutt good acting and good looks, anil kapoor avg looks good acting, bobby deol great looks good acting, akshay khanna avg looks good acting, hrithik great look good acting etc but all these people had IT factor. That is charisma, charisma cannot be taught in any class its either exist from birth or not there at all. Most actors had it in 1990s the extra "IT" factor. Today thats missing in all most all actors the "IT" factor.

Ranveer Singh tries to bring it out the "IT" factor but hes so in your face and has no sophistication while talking unlike all 90s heroes (most) everyone was as diff as chalk and cheese. Like you cannot replace a akshay with ajay or sunny deol or sanjay dutt and get similar movie although all are action heroes. Same way SRK cannot replace a salman or amir or a bobby deol or akshay and get same movie although story is same love story. Because all had "IT" factor so the way movie would look changed although story same.

Today you can change any actor wth any other still get same movie bec none have "IT" factor that will make them look diff from other actors in same story

Even dancing you take all dress and dance same way

In 90s everyone danced differently, none followed other. If step is shown all can say this is salman step, srk step, sunny step, bobby step, akshay step etc but not today's actors

The era of superstardom is over...the Khans, Akki, Hritik and Ajay are the last bunch of superstars we have.....the reason being that people do not connect with the younger generation unlike they did with the superstars....that emotional connect is not there.....especially the fans of Salman Khan and SRK are on a different level .😆...AB Sr fans were a level higher than the 2 Khan fans.😆..AB Sr still gets this massive crowd in front of his home still.....you can see a crowd outside Mannat and Galaxy 24/7.......SRK has not announced a single movie for the last one year...his last few films didn't do well...yet the fandom is intact......Salman fans make even his shittiest movie cross 100 cr.....😆

today's star thrive on content(which is good) but that is why they will never be superstars...they don't have that kind of fandom.

Hrithik is truly the last 'millennial' superstar this industry saw. None of the younger ones will be able to touch him or the Khans. EVER.

There is a saying that you aren't a real superstar if the heartlands of India don't love ya.

Even the samosa sellers analysts are fully on the hype train now. I hope for competition's sake that Tiger doesn't fully figure out this "emoting" thing coz god bless y'all once he fully polishes that up. 😆

https://twitter.com/SumitkadeI/status/1232710750252281857?s=20

BTW this was BOI on this topic a year ago in terms of THE next superstar.

If we look at the scenario today if one guy can have the popularity of Ranbir Kapoor in North and Tiger Shroff in Maharashtra, Nizam / Andhra and Bihar then that actor would be the top star in the country. The age factor is going to hit the Khans soon where it will be a struggle to play characters with huge appeal for the youth and at that time the younger stars must have the correct films to capitalize on this and take the holiday spots. The mega stardom will never come from a biopic though as the actor is unable to leave his stamp on the character like a Shahrukh Khan did in DDLJ or Salman Khan in Dabangg. The next year or two these stars and others like Varun Dhawan and Ranveer Singh must have the right films which work in a big way all over as if only they work then they will have those high budget films when that transition comes of the old guard handing the torch the young guard. The only thing is the young guard will not be so young when it happens (unless someone comes out of the blue) due to hugely sustaining innings by the Khans.

https://boxofficeindia.com/report-details.php?articleid=4088

An industry without stardom doesn't last long. Content means nothing in the long run. French, German and Iranian movies have great content, award-winning type films, but their industries are in tatters and totally consumed by Hollywood.

The same will happen to BW if some real stars don't emerge. Nobody from the younger lot really has any real pull.

Tiger should go the Salman way and keep on making those crap masala movies because that is what builds stardom.

Edit really . Many of them are quite young and doing well on BO.