Is Juhi underrated? - Page 4

Juhi Chawla outwitting Govinda in comedy is quite comic. Kadar Khan might have outwitted Govinda a few times and some others but not Juhi. She laughs and smiles a lot, even when she delivers simple lines that gives the false impression that she has comic timing.

I have not seen much of her latest work so cannot comment on it but she was ok in 90's though was never a threat to anyone.

A good actress who is correctly rated as such.

Originally posted by: atominis

The films you named, Juhi did them all much later post mid 2000s.

Juhi rarely stepped out of her comfort zone in 90s. Her rejecting Mrityudand and Border is biggest example of this. The former film single handedly won Madhuri and Shabana huge accolades for their acting in that film. I understand Border may have felt like a men's film to Juhi and she must have assumed there was not much for heroine to do in that film. But rejecting a solid woman dominated film like Mrityudand shows how she chickened out from doing a challenging role as an actor. She did regret not doing that film later.

I am not doubting her talent or potential. But she always played it safe when she was at her prime. She knew she was admired for her innocence, chirpy, cute, bubbly, childlike, gentle, vulnerable damsel in distress image and she milked it like no tomorrow.

I am sure Jaya and Rishi praised her potential and comic timing but to audience, nothing was seen in 90s except 2 types of roles she used to do. Chirpy girl or gentle girl in distress. And for that, Juhi has no one else except her own poor choices to blame. She never made serious effort to step out of her comfort zone even when she had best of offers at her door.

I am surprised she chose to do faltu films like Gang, Andaz, Loafer, Jhooth Bole Kauwa kate, Karobar over Mrityudand, Raja Hindustani, DTPH, Border back then.

She still often agrees to do faltu roles like Son of Sardar (though she was good in it) or Bhootnath.

3 Deewarein, My Brother Nikhil, Gulaabi gang showed a new side of her only later. She completely played it safe in 90s.

Juhi is a classic actress. Her worst films are better than Aishwarya Rai. Aishwarya’s filmography is embarrassing compared with Juhi 😲

Juhi seems to be overrated on this forum considering how much other popular actresses are bashed. She was great but never dominated much, her movies often flopped. Madhuri and Kajol made a bigger impact in the 90s and in the early 2000s Aish, Rani etc. took over.