Since Shilpa Anand has come back in DMG, I have seen many posts where her acting skills have been compared to Jenny's. Obviously, Jenny fans prefer Jenny's acting, and Shilpa fans prefer her acting. Also, there have been topics where people have been saying how SA doesn't act that well.
Although I like KaSh together, I like both SA and JW the same. So from an unbiased POV, I just wanted to say something about SA's style of acting.
The little bit of acting experience that I have, I feel that I can slightly (only thora sa) comment on the actors acting skills.
So, I feel that Shilpa Anand is a very good actress. Infact, comparing her to Jenny would be really wrong because are completely different in their approach towards acting. Jenny is brilliant in her own way, and Shilpa is fantastic in her own.
However, I do feel that Jenny's dialogue delivery is better than Shilpa's. And that is where I feel sometimes SA doesn't act as "well". I remember when they were celebrating 100 episodes of DMG, KSG and SA mentionned how she can't even complete a sentence in hindi. In DMG also, the dialogues are prompted at the back. Hence, I think that the fact that she isn't that comfortable with hindi hinders her from giving her best shot. Sometimes she gets stuck. It is as if she can't remember.
Though, if you watch SA without dialogues, her expressions are out of this world. They are very appropriate, and you will know exactly what she is thinking without actually listening to her. Sometimes her facial expressions are OTT, but then everybody's expressions in DMG are OTT.
Also, no matter how different the character your playing is to you, you play the character as if it was you. Which indirectly causes the character to become more and more like you. For example, Jenny's portrayal of Riddhima is more gentle than Shilpa's was or when SA used to get annoyed of Armaan, she used to grit her teeth and shout "erghh", but Jenny used to open her mouth and then close it sort of blow.
Lastly, I would just like to clarify that I think she is a brilliant actress and for me she always played Riddhima the best, but sometimes I feel that she isn't comfortable with the language. Though, she is getting better.
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Edited by ARMaanEet - 15 years ago