Rani is way too overrated as a star.She always lacked the starpower to make a movie hit by herself.Black had AB Sr in the lead and SLB was so much hyped up and acclaimed back then(it was his movie right after biggies like HDDCS,Devdas.) .If she was a crowd puller,movies like LCMD,Paheli,Babul,DBH wouldnt not have bombed.She is a good actress but sucks in bubbly spontaneous roles.Gave me a headache in BnB and NOKJ with her loud OTT performance.She definitely gets lesser flak for her bad roles especially in BS .Rani's best performance till date imo is Yuva,Hum tum and Saathiya NOT Black.
If Vidya lacks competition so did Rani.Rani was always considered a better actress than Aish(who had such a strong hate base after Sallu issue and she even migrated to HW),Preity(she was mainly offered bubbly roles in Romcoms) and Kareena(till JWM changed the game) like now Vidya is ranked above Kareena,Katrina,PC..Rani got many roles refused by Kajol and when Aish was kicked out from some projects.A role rejected by Kareena will go to PC or Katrina,but not vidya till the near past. Also Rani had the full backing of 3 Khans,YRF,Dharma from the start..Vidya had none from the industry supporting her after debacles of KK and those controversies over her fashion sense.Manish Malhotra who is number 1 chamcha of Kajol,Rani and Bebo insulted her in public platform..She started dating Siddharth Roy Kapoor only after Ishqiya.So no way her success can be attributed to UTV or anyone else.Its all her talent,diligence and hardwork.Ofcourse she cant play flowerpot roles in commercial BW movies and that prompted her to attempt a different genre.But again props to her for brilliant script selection.Without majorly sucking up to the who's and who's BW she has finally made it to the top 5 actresses list.Kudos to Vidya! 👏
On topic,I would say Vidya would be a better choice:)
Edited by Nonchalant - 13 years ago
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