When did you feel an actor went beyond the script?

When was the last time you watched a film and felt that an actor had surpassed what the script demanded of him/her? Like, the acting was so powerful that you felt somehow the actor had gone beyond what was expected of him/her? And the film was elevated by the acting alone?

For me:

Shahid in Kabir Singh -- He really went beyond what was expected of him. What a superb performance!

Kangana in Queen -- The drollness and quaintness of her expressions were beyond powerful❤️

Vidya in Kahaani -- She really transformed herself into her character!

Sushant Singh Rajput in MS Dhoni -- He was flawless!

SRK in Chak De India -- His best perf. till date

Saif in Omkara -- Can't think of the last time when a villain was so good!

Saif gave an exceptional performance in Omkara. The entire movie was good with wonderful performances from all the cast.

Govinda in most movies

I loved the list mentioned by you. Agreeing with all of them. Want to add some :

Raj Kummar Rao in Trapped

Manoj Bajpayee in Aligarh

Pankaj Tripathi in Newton

Sanjay Mishra in Masaan ( the whole cast was awesome though but want to mention him)

Deepak Dobriyal in TWM and Hindi Medium

Jimmy Shergil in TWM

Irrfan in Maqbool

There is an endless list 😂😂

Very recently, Vidya in Shakuntala Devi, especially when her character started ageing. The way she balanced the maturity that a 70+ woman would have while staying true to Shakuntala Devi's full of life fun loving nature was worth the time spent watching the film.

Shah in FAN. He really brought some life in that soulless film.

Sunny Deol in damini

Rani and ayesha in black

Ranveer Singh in bajirao (he over acted in padmavaat)

Deepika in piku

Hrithik in guzaarish and jodha akbar

Amrish puri in gardish

Tapsee in pink and tappad

AB in pink

Ajay in company

Manoj bajpai in satya

Rajkumar rao in trapped

Tabu in andhadhund

Saif in Omkara

Manoj Bajpayee in Aligarh

Shahid in Kabir Singh

Saif Ali Khan - Lal Kaptaan

Those are poor examples cited.All of those were due to the good script.The Screenwriters should be given credit.

Srk and Jaya in k3g.