Lara was never even half as good as PC. She lacked acting chops and hardly worked hard to improve her acting and lacked screen presence too.
She cannot be compared to PC.
Nor did she choose good scripts.
PC suddenly stopped getting work with big banners and big stars after reports of that fling began to do rounds.
She was left to work with Shahid, Ranbir, Ranveer or do woman oriented offbeat films. This is when she tried her hand at music and going abroad.
Press had labeled her a man eater and hinted how star wives are afraid of her and labeled her a vixen and someone ready to anything for ambition. Twinkle and Gauri were especially reported to be wary of her Twinkle putting her foot down and ensuring Akshay never worked with PC again.
It is her global achievements and surprise success of Fashion, her surprise show stealer act in Bajirao Mastani makes people think she has had decent career in BW and forget the boycott and how suddenly big brands and big banners dropped her in early 2010s.
Success and changing paths later, winning National awards and making it to global power lists, erased that phase in public memory it seems. Kudos to PC for that.
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