Allu Arjun leading Man and Ranveer the actor of the year by GQ India! - Page 3

Originally posted by: 1t1svat1t1s

In terms of privilege he definitely is at Alia and Ranbir level , if not above them. He literally has the entire country’s distributors and producers at his beck and call thanks to his superstar producer dad Allu Aravind. His dad usurped the careers of a couple of the then upcoming stars like Raja, Uday Koran etc to give space to his son. Allu Arjun definitely is a very talented actor now but he didn’t start this way and needed a lot of projects specially curated for him to reach to this level today. Same with Nagarjuna, Venkatesh etc. Hrithik Roshan is the one who is least privileged amongst these and there is no comparison between his journey and Allu Arjun’s.

I am not sure whether Arjun was shoved down our throats the way KJO did with Alia or did Arjun get biggest movies post biggest failures like Bombay velvet the way Ranbir got. According to my knowledge, Arjun’s first breakthrough movie was Arya and that time Sukumar was nobody (now they delivered Pushpa) and post Arya also he did small budget movies till he hit master strokes with Parugu and Desmudru (Puri Jagannath directed). As far as I know, Allu Arjun would always do only one movie at a time and most of them wouldn’t be the biggest or most lavish ones which were only written for him. Having said that, I’m not denying about the privileges which comes to him as being the part of the mega family, infact Arjun himself gracefully accepts that he’s lucky that he had inherited the means to movies but come paring him with Alia or Ranbir is kind of undermining the 20 years of journey. The man is brilliant onscreen when it comes to dance, style and screen presence and can literally pull off any character as I have watched him since I was a kid, the growth impresses me, I think he is one of those few A list heroes who performed and excelled as a supporting character in a woman led movie (Rudramadevi) and got huge praises for it too.

And, no he didn’t need a lot of projects to break through, his second movie was Arya, which escalated his career and we all know Arya is iconic. Later he knew what he had to do, his father might have triggered the process but Arjun wasn’t lazy, and dependent on his dad for the movie choices,


Also, I really wish we in future, Arjun uses his privileges to do a movie with Rajamouli, this combination needs to happen soon.

Not every success is attributable to nepotism. Allu Arjun may have had an advantage at the beginning of his career thanks to the family connections but it's not just family connections that made him what he is today. One can just see from his dance moves how hard he works. He seems to have grown with every film he did right from the time of Arya.

People with connections may get a movie projects but it is the people who watch those movies either make or break their careers.

If nepotism is enough Allu Arjun's brother would not be struggling so hard. Mahesh Babu's older brother was a failed actor despite the push given by his father.

Film families will put in money only if their offspring proves to be successful. Nobody puts money in a flop actor's movie even if he is well connected.

Originally posted by: atominis

Pushpa factor does matter as its one liners became memes and even politicians in North copied those one liners uttered by Allu Arjun.

Prabhas had earlier got ad for a car. IDK what happened to him later. I am surprised Tamannah also gets lot of ads and limelight but Anushka got nothing despite Bahubali or even popularity of Arundhati in dubbed versions on TV.

Prabhas probably messed it with a dud like Saaho.

Ram Charan should never have chosen remake of an iconic Amitabh film like Zanjeer. He wasted it. Surprised despite popularity of RRR, Magadheera he has not gained limelight or mag covers or awards by so called pan India media.

I am totally surprised about Yash being missing despite Yash's humongous success with KGF series and he is young, looks good, has age on his side and is fit. I saw him on India Today summit but no awards like Arjun has been getting for Pushpa. Nor ads like Arjun's got for KFC and a bus or cab service app.

Anyway this is the 80s moment for South stars. Same as when Kamal, Rajini, Sridevi, Jayaprada, Chiranjeevi, Silk Smitha etc got Hindi films and got noticed by national magazines like India Today and Outlook too.

After Rajinikanth's success with Sivaji, Robot, first time I am seeing South films do so well and beat shit out of Hindi films.

Yeah, I am not denying the Pushpa craze, it’s huge and real, and so viral that I don’t remember the last time I’ve seen such massive euphoria around a fictional character, it truly broke the barriers of language and nations. Sometimes stars just align and surprises you, I was watching Rashmika’s interview where reporter asked her that did they anticipate the craze, and she was like none of them including Arjun or Sukumar had any such anticipation and all of them took time to let the success sink in. However, what I meant was there’s a misconception that Allu Arjun wasn’t famous before Pushpa, which is wrong, he was still quite popular across the country and neighboring countries too and with Pushpa everything escalated to a massive level.

About Charan and Prabhas, yes, I don’t know why would they choose such crappy Hindi movies? I really hope Arjun doesn’t repeat that mistake and as much as I know his journey, I’m assuming he won’t. Prabhas’s Adipurush also looks very crappy tbh, I don’t know what was he thinking. Charan on the other hand had Magadheera and RRR courtesy Rajamouli and also RRR has Jr NTR too, it wasn’t a movie driven by only the lead hero unlike in case of Pushpa where the major attraction was Allu Arjun and then the songs. Rajamouli is a brand, he can sell anyone irrespective of Charan or Prabhas, while Allu Arjun sold Pushpa and Sukumar across the country.

I don’t know about Yash though, but all I can say is like me most of us knew about Allu Arjun for years and watched his movies even before Pushpa happened while most of us know Yash due to KGF, atleast I didn’t know about him so yes but no offense to his fans and I’m sure he has many. Another factor which triggered the euphoria around Allu Arjun post Pushpa was that his previous movie, before Pushpa that’s Ala Vaikuntapurumalo itself was viral and a ne of the greatest athlete mdustry hits during Covid which also clashed with Mahesh baba starrer. Ala Vaikuntapurumalo is extremely popular and would remain huge irrespective of Pushpa’s fate and that’s why we’re having a Hindi remake soon.

Originally posted by: aparnauma

Not every success is attributable to nepotism. Allu Arjun may have had an advantage at the beginning of his career thanks to the family connections but it's not just family connections that made him what he is today. One can just see from his dance moves how hard he works. He seems to have grown with every film he did right from the time of Arya.

People with connections may get a movie projects but it is the people who watch those movies either make or break their careers.

If nepotism is enough Allu Arjun's brother would not be struggling so hard. Mahesh Babu's older brother was a failed actor despite the push given by his father.

Film families will put in money only if their offspring proves to be successful. Nobody puts money in a flop actor's movie even if he is well connected.

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I think we one who’s grown up watching Allu Arjun songs can never believe that he’s like that of an Alia or Ranbir, the sheer brilliance he’s on the floor, he practically doesn’t have bones I think 😆

I really like the way he feels shy or gets embarrassed when someone praises his dancing, he’s like ‘not again’ but well with every song, he does sth crazy. I think in Pushpa he didn’t have a dance number and it’s the first time in 20 years when his director took the risk of not showing him dancing 😆

Originally posted by: vcs17

Prabhas is very introverted and except movies which he signed he is barely there in public eye

Same for Anushka and Rana, I think Anushka is not interested, she is also very low profile despite her huge popularity and Rana is also more interested in doing production, off beat or supporting roles and not typical hero type roles. It is actually refreshing to see them in an era when people amplify non existent stardom through sm. It is also the level of ambition.

Yes, allu has the package of a “star” dance,

Acting and charisma and obviously his dad’s super shrewdness and resources but he is social and outgoing unlike the others.

I agree he is more hrithik

Samantha is also similar, though of course an outsider

Ironically, Sam and Arjun are closest friends of each other, and while she was one of the two people only with whom Arjun shared about his then girlfriend and now wife Sneha, he’s the only one who could’ve convinced her for an Oo Antava Mava.

I think Rana excels in larger than life negative roles and I don’t think I can see him in an out and out positive deglam heroic character.

Originally posted by: SteFanSalvaTor

Ironically, Sam and Arjun are closest friends of each other, and while she was one of the two people only with whom Arjun shared about his then girlfriend and now wife Sneha, he’s the only one who could’ve convinced her for an Oo Antava Mava.

I think Rana excels in larger than life negative roles and I don’t think I can see him in an out and out positive deglam heroic character.

Did you watch virata parvam, Deglam, non negative and realistic

He does a good job, especially when he recites the poem, he has very good dialogue delivery and diction, much better than Prabhas

The privilege of Telugu actors is really underplayed on this forum. The film families they come from are extremely powerful either because of the star stature or the producer/distibutor clout. Yes and a big yes to them getting a lot of movies because of that, even after multiple failures, they get to kickstart their career with top directors. All they need to do is to approach them and the top director will be ready to either launch or re-launch them. Fans toh get passed on from generation to other because the hero craze is something else altogether.

Speaking of talent, of course only the talented ones accepted by audience become success stories and this is true for all the industries. For every Alia has been shoved down chants, there are movies where even Ram charan, Mahesh babu have been shoved down audience's throats after multiple failures at the box-office.

Originally posted by: atominis

How is Ranveer getting awards and titles this year despite flops is beyond my understanding.

He is crossing even SRK in buying awards and titles at this rate.

Is it me or has Allu got more credit for Pushpa than Bahubali series brought for Prabhas?

Prabhas never got that much national limelight or titles and awards as Allu Arjun has raked for Pushpa nor have Ram Charan and NTR Jr got that much limelight for RRR or for popularity of Magadheera for that matter. Neither Yash got that much limelight or ads and awards for KGF series breaking records across India. Yash, Ram Charan, NTR, Prabhas are all good looking and charismatic too. Still not same level limelight as Allu got for Pushpa.

Allu is everywhere now. In ads and hoardings too. His KFC hoardings can be seen in Punjab and Haryana too. First for an actor from Southern industry to feature in ads and hoardings in North states.

He got Indian of the year award from CNN too. Good for him.

Allu Arjun has been really famous for a very long time now, even before the whole Telugu film craze that has taken over. Majorly because of his dance chartbusters , it made people recognise his name along with his movies like Arya and not just view and enjoy them like any other random dubbed entertaining film. His identity kept building.

Originally posted by: TheekThaak

The privilege of Telugu actors is really underplayed on this forum.

Originally posted by: vcs17

Did you watch virata parvam, Deglam, non negative and realistic

He does a good job, especially when he recites the poem, he has very good dialogue delivery and diction, much better than Prabhas

I love it how when it comes to telugu films all we end up talking is Charan, Arjun, Rana, Prabhas, and knowing they all grew up together makes it funnier because the nepotism debate is so strong, that unlike how toxic it’s around the Bollywood nepo kids, it’s so cool and filmy around the Tollywood kids, as the Bollywood ones look so desperate and talentless except Hrithik, probably the only major nepo kid star who makes me think differently about Bollywood.