The last decade in Bollywood and the abysmal quality of stars - Page 5

Originally posted by: capricornrcks

Many of them barely made a splash. They faded out as soon as they came. Who remembers the work of Karen Kapoor, Suneil Anand, Puru Rajkumar, Rahul Bhatt and Tejaswini Kolhapure despite the first three having legends as their fathers who could inveigle them into more roles? They were quickly weeded out. Shabrani Mukherji had only that blind girl music video going for her. I don't recall any of her movies. Rajiv Kapoor is only remembered for Ram Teri Ganga Maili. Jyothika made her way south after only one movie. Kumar Gaurav and Uday Chopra were the only ones who persistently tried to come back. (KG at least delivered the solo superhit Lovestory, though he milked it for a long time. The less said about Uday the better). The others all gave up and went their way. This is unlike the current crop of starkids who will be sticking around for a long long time.

The point of my post listing those 51 names was to illustrate to the quoted member that this idea of "new influx of star kids" is not new. And that it was arguably far more pervasive in the 90s.

I wasn't arguing that all of those people on the list had "made it big".

"Quickly weeded out" you say? Vinay Anand made his film debut in 1984, and as of 2012 had been working on his next project. Whether he made it to Hrithik Roshan level stardom or not is besides the point. The point is, they got a seat at the table, even if it was for 15 minutes.

Also, I don't think it's wise to say "current star kids will be sticking around for a long time" - because we simply don't know that. What is it based on? Janhvi having 5 films on hand? She could still be gone in 4 years.

[The fact that I shine a light on the ins and outs of nepotism in Bollywood, doesn't mean that I detest it's products. I am a huge fan of Alia Bhatt, Karisma Kapoor, Kajol, Rani Mukerji, Tabu and many many others. Just saying].

We talk about Stars and We have fans of Ananya Pandey here.. Like seriously....these star kids are the reason.

If you count stars it sounds bleak. However, if you look at good performers and quality actors this decade has given us dozens. Cinema in India in general has shifted away from the age-old song and dance routine and cliched star to more content-based films.

Originally posted by: return_to_hades

If you count stars it sounds bleak. However, if you look at good performers and quality actors this decade has given us dozens. Cinema in India in general has shifted away from the age-old song and dance routine and cliched star to more content-based films.

very true. I especially like Pankaj Tripathi. His song O Beta Ji from Ludo was so bad that it stayed with me for weeks afterwards. 😂 Loved Criminal Justice too.

I cant stand the corny stuff the khans and others put out.