Originally posted by: HugeScarcity
Quite the opposite I feel. Actors did more films back in the day so they had many more opportunities and chances to prove themselves. As the main male lead, Zayed has no success, Fardeen has 1, and Tusshar 2 films yet they continued for many years. Even Esha with a lackluster box office record didn't quit because she stopped getting films but because she wanted to focus on her family. Abhishek's first hit film was his 16th film! In comparison, Sooraj Pancholi, Harsh Kapoor, Athiya Shetty are nowhere near as relevant today just after a couple flops. People complain about Arjun but he has 4 successes behind him in the same or shorter time span and most of them came at the start of his career so it was clear why producers were investing in him.
Exactly! Doing more films gave newbies a twofold benefit.
1.Learning the ropes quickly and improving their craft. Forget the expensive foreign film-school education.There's nothing as good as experience on the ground. Provided the newbie had talent and was willing to learn.
2. The public quickly forgets about their previous flop/bad performance and moves on to the next film where (hopefully) the actor gives a better performance.
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