Originally posted by: Maroonporsche
He made Hollywood Hits that Bollywood could never reach. Yet he wanted Dhoom 4 😆
Indian stardom is a completely different beast. The kind of hero worship a leading star gets in BW is so major that none of those small character roles in HW can match it. HW is just using Indian actors in small bits and pieces to get the Indian audience to watch their movies. Nothing more than that.
I remember Hrithik had gotten a HW agent more than a decade ago. His name was Jai Khanna. That guy had appeared on some panel discussion and said the big Indian stars actually have zero interest in HW because they can make way more money in India. If they took out time to go work in HW, they would actually be losing money. It's also not satisfying for their fans to see them in small roles.
Irrfan wanted the Indian fame and that's why he kept doing movies in BW instead of just moving to HW. Those HW roles just enhanced his BW resume and it could be used to differentiate himself from his peers so it worked for him.
His role in Hindi Medium >>>>> his roles in Life of Pi or Jurassic World
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