Yesteryear stars who'd have been successful now

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Posted: 13 years ago

Which stars from yesteryear era (pre-80s/pre-90s) would've managed to succeed even in today's era?

Some stars (like Dilip Kumar IMO!) are ones who seem good only for their era and even for their era they make you wonder how they succeeded. Whereas some stars are ones who seem good/watchable even now.

My list:

Amitabh Bachchan (no brainer really!)

Mumtaz

Rekha

Vinod Khanna

Dharmendra (only his style may not have found takers today perhaps)

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Posted: 13 years ago

Amitabh Bachan widout a doubt...😎

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Saira Banu
Waheeda Rehman
Jeetendra
Dhharmendra
Rekha

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Posted: 13 years ago

Zeenat Aman was to the 80's what Katrina is to now. Beautiful, hugely popular, topmost heroine with questionable acting skills. So, she would have fitted right in.

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Posted: 13 years ago

Hema malini ji ,Rajesh khanna and kishore kumar ji( both as an actor as well as singer)😃

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Posted: 13 years ago

Rekha - she is a very powerful performer the only actress in bollywood to take up action roles successfully.

the few films i saw of her the first time were - khoon bhari maang, phool bane angaare, nishaana and udaan...and she was superb. i didn't even realize she had already covered a huge milestones in bollywood earlier. i was just about 7 or 8. but rekha was an idol for me.

i can't believe i used to mimic her on a toy boat and a hunter the way she does in the climax of khoon bhari maang.😆 oh man she was a hero for me. too bad bollywood has changed for the worst and talented actresses like her are doing nothing. its a shame but i would love to have her back giving strong performances she is known for

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Posted: 13 years ago

Originally posted by: enjoyurself
Hema malini ji ,Rajesh khanna and kishore kumar ji( both as an actor as well as singer)😃

With all due respect to your choices I think Rajesh Khanna would've been absolute misfit in modern times. His style faded even in 70s itself.

Hema Malini - maybe due to looks? But I doubt if people would've accepted her style, her voice and *that* dialogue delivery.

Kishore Kumar as a singer -yes. As an actor - I don't think so. He looked too old fashioned and plain. I don't think much of Kishore the actor.

Just my opinion.

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Posted: 13 years ago

Dharmendra
Rajesh Khanna
Sharmila Tagore
Hema Malini
Vinod Khanna
Amjad Khan
Nirupa Roy

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Posted: 13 years ago

Originally posted by: SingularlyGood
Zeenat Aman was to the 80's what Katrina is to now. Beautiful, hugely popular, topmost heroine with questionable acting skills. So, she would have fitted right in.

zeenat's acting was also questioned?

i thought she was an average actress

and sexy she was for sure but she was never a conventionally beautiful face like kat! i mean i don't see her being a yashraj heroine neither back then nor now (not judging, just in comparision to kat)

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Posted: 13 years ago

Zeenat Aman, if anything, was a worse actress than Katrina. She was revered as a sex-goddess because of her bold dress sense and unconventional looks. Her dialogue delivery was as bad as Katrina's (as she too came from another country). She was a Raj Kapoor heroine..no less than a YC heroine.
So.. yeah.. I think Zeenat Amanis similar to Katrina to a very large extent.