Shahid or Ranbir: The better actor?

A difficult choice, I know, as both are extremely good.

I think Shahid is slightly more versatile and also the ability to break his own image more organically.

Shahid. For one, his dialog delivery is superior to Ranbir’s tapori-ish pronunciation that he uses in all his movies whether he was playing a sophisticated Bunny in YJHD or a innocent Raj in Saawariya or an agitated singer in Rockstar.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asAzXzpYpsg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9tHc2EgLU0&t=226s

Even most of the Ranbir fans agree that Shahid is a better actor than their favorite. So obviously Shahid it is, by miles.

Shahid is better at emotion, intensity, action, comedy, romance, dance and looks.

Sasha aka shahid Kapoor. 😈😈😈😈😈😈😈

Ranbir is better imo, but I'm picking him only because he has more acclaimed performances even with less films.

Shahid debuted much earlier and did many more films, but still took a lot of time to grow as an actor.

Picked Shahid, but Ranbir could potentially be better if he got out of the KJo/Ayan gang and did actual cinema. I can see RK doing a Haider fairly easily, even a Kabir Singh. But he will need to quit playing silly games and gossiping and whatnot and go out to ask for work. Ie, forget his Kapoor ego for a bit which I'm not sure he can.

Originally posted by: Harley_Quinn

Ranbir is better imo, but I'm picking him only because he has more acclaimed performances even with less films.

Shahid debuted much earlier and did many more films, but still took a lot of time to grow as an actor.

Shahid in his early days didn't get the kind of opportunities Ranbir got...

https://youtu.be/p9DQINKZxWE

Ps: never liked this movie though but the songs were

Originally posted by: Anjalika01

Shahid in his early days didn't get the kind of opportunities Ranbir got...

Maybe this is true. But it's also true that Shahid didn't take himself seriously as an actor until Kaminey. Leave Shahid, Bollywood and even audience didn't take acting seriously until last decade. Critical acclaim and awards were not at all a priority for mainstream actors.