Fardeen Khan
The more I think of Fardeen Khan I cannot help but wonder if I hated his films more or his acting. One film after another, Fardeen continued to amaze me with his acting abilities (er… or the lack of them) right from films like Jungle, Om Jai Jagdish, Ek Khiladi Ek Haseena to Pyare Mohan. But most definitely the finest of the lot was that gem from Ram Gopal Varma called Darling! These days I see a lot of him, but mostly off the screen wearing dapper suits, flaunting his wife and that double chin he seems so proud of. So Fardeen, dahling simply for being the kind of actor you are and the films you've worked in, you're number five on my list of heroes who must say ta-ta to Bollywood.
| | | Zayed Khan
Looking at Zayed Khan's films makes me wonder if time has indeed gone by so slowly. It's been just about five years since he made his debut but it seems like ETERNITY! Chura Liya Hai Tumne or Vaada, Shabd, Dus or even Cash, each film seemed to have time travelled from the 90s straight into this millennium with Zayed sleepwalking all along. And if that's not enough there are his other films… with titles being borrowed from English films – Fight Club, Rocky... and the latest Speed [PICS], where neither the story nor the title was original. And then there are all those stories about him turning hours late on the sets and not even bothering to behave off them. Why, I can't recall too many instances when Zayed actually didn't stir up a controversy at the parties he went to. For the lack of originality… and the spoilt brat that he seems to be, Zayed is at number four on my list of heroes who must say ta-ta to Bollywood!
| | | Sohail Khan
There's just one reason I absolutely look up to Sohail Khan – his consistency. I just have to give it to him for delivering one flop after another with a consistency that could put Michael Phelps' swimming routine to shame. In fact he is so good, that even a multi-starrer Salaam-E-Ishq (that starred him) bombed miserably at the box office. In the seven-odd years he has been in the industry, he has done just about dozen and a half projects. And the only film that actually did well was the one where he just had a cameo - Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na. Oh, of course he must've been choosy and probably that's why he has managed to get the choicest names for some of his films, names that range from the profound (Anubhav: An Experience) to the existential (Maine Pyar Kyun Kiya?). And just for that, Sohail is number three on my list of heroes who must say ta-ta to Bollywood.
| | | Bobby Deol
When he was being launched, Bobby was made out to be the coolest Deol ever to step in Bollywood. And much was written about his flamboyant Italian looks and stylish avatar, a far cry from Sunny Deol and Dharmendra's son-of-the-soil image. But almost all of Bobby films have been such disasters it is unbelievable how he has managed to survive for about a decade and a half in Bollywood. And if you thought his expressions and acting were the only things that were repetitive, think again. Bobby has even acted in two films by the same name – Raj Kumar Santoshi's Barsaat, which was his debut vehicle and Suneel Darshan's Barsaat, which probably did the same amount of business. Nonetheless, for surviving in Bollywood with exactly three expressions on his face, Bobby Deol is at number two on my list of heroes who must say ta-ta to Bollywood.
| | | Tusshar Kapoor
Tusshy, I know for a fact, is an absolute sweetheart, off screen. But put him in front of a camera and the guy just seems to freeze. And with the very same frozen body language, Tusshar Kapoor has worked in about 20-odd films. But the one film I totally loved Tusshar Kapoor in was a flick called Gayab, where he was invisible for about half the film. So just for doing something, NO other hero on Bollywood has ever done, Tusshar is number one on my list of heroes who must say ta-ta to Bollywood.
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