He is super talented and his film choices are even better.
He has the advantage that he's young and is open to experimenting because he hasnt been tied down in a niche.
These superstars' super stardom is their downfall. The constant pressure around them from audiences had confined them in a certain niche.
They want Salman to always give them those action masala flicks. If he strays outside, audiences reject him.
They want Shahrukh to be the eternal romantic Yash Raj hero. Rarely do they accept Srk outside that image.
Akshay is the slapstick mindless comedian king and that's how audiences wanna see him. He attempted a serious thriller in between, and was rejected.
I see a similar kinda pressure on Kareena as well now. She experimented with amazing roles like Chameli, Yuva, Dev, Omkara when she was younger. She had nothing to lose. Now with the whole numero uno tag and whatnot, she only does films that have a chance at doing well.
Needless to say, these superstars also had their versatile moments when they were younger. Shahrukh experimented a lot with negative charactesr and excelled. Salman played the subtle romantic hero very beautifully, and Akshay used to rock in serious action flicks. They've been through their moments, that phase of them being great actors. Now...they have to choose between that or retaining their superstardom, and unfortunately, they choose the latter.
Biru doesnt have that pressure right now. HE's young, talented, and can explore the actor inside. Hope he stays away from that stardom and maintains that actor.
In that regard, perhaps I want him to go down the Ajay Devgn, Saif Ali Khan route.
Ajay and Saif arent on the same league as the Khans and Akshay, but they're still big enough stars with versatility.
Edited by desigal90 - 13 years ago
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