I have grown up watching Amitabh Bachchan,my childhood was incomplete without Cinema and to me Cinema meant Amitabh Bachchan. Muqaddar ka Sikandar, Sholay, Mr.Natwarlal, Namak halal, Laawaris, Coolie, Sharaabi, Satte pe Satta, Trishul, Deewar, Do aur do paanch, Main Aazaad hoon, Hera Pheri, AAA, and even the not so famous Mard, Geraftaar, Shahenshah , to name a few . No other actor had the kind of impact on me other Than Amitabh. He used to make me laugh, he used to make me cry, he used to ENTERTAIN me.
When he decided to Quit films after Khuda Gawah I was depressed. It But it happened Bachchan left bollywood. Thank gawd I eventually found another favourite after Baazigar, but thats another story.
When Amitabh decided to stage a comeback in 1997 ,I was elated. But after films like Mritydaata,Bade miyan Chote miyan, Lal baadshah, Boom, Babul, Eklavya, Hum kisise Kum nahin, KANK, K3G, , Nishabd, Ek ajnabee, Aetbaar, Deewar I feel Where's The Amitabh Bachchan whose comeback I was awaiting! (Khakee and Mohabbatein are exceptions)
Esp Take a look at all his recent films, Eklavya, Nishabd, Babul. Such boring performances. They might be good performance wise but where's the entertainer. Cant believe this is the same Amitabh whose films however crappy they may be, he made them fun with his brilliant performances.
My main complain with Bachchan is why did he loose his Comic streak, that was his trump card. I cant believe Amitabh doesnt have even one good Comic performance since his comeback in 1997.Every time he tried to do comedy he has failed. Like Bade Miyan Chote miyan where he looked like poor man's raju Shrivastav and Govinda took the cake, Hum Kisise kum nahin, even the awful Ajay devgan was better than Amitabh, The OTT and artificial comedy in Waqt, C'mon Charlie crap in Kyun Ho gaya na and the Sexy Sam sh** in KANK. Bachchan looks so fake doing comedy these days. What has happened to him. Where is the Bachchan who was known as the God of Masses.
Masses used to greet Amitabh's appearance on Screen with Whistles, Claps and Cheers. They used to go into raptures when they saw their Idol. I was soo sad to see when I went to see Eklavya Last week and the trailer of Talisman was unleashed during the intermission.The frontbenchers booed off the screen with yawns. Its Shocking but its the truth. they are bored of Bachchan thats because Bachchan bores them these days.
Amitabh has lost one of his most loyal Fan following and that is Masses. And Bachchan himself is responsible for that. Once in a while Serious Dark cinema is good but every friday seeing Bachchan in a new Boring Crap in the name of Quality Cinema is exhausting. There are many other "actors" to do all this. Bachchan is not cut out for such Cinema. He is a Star for the masses. But Bachchan has sadly ignored this fact .
Bachchan era ends with Nishabd. And its no ones fault except the Bachchan himself, he himself is responsible for this pitiful situation.
The actor who was welcomed with whistles, cheers and claps whenever he appered on the screen, is reduced to a joke nowadays. People are seen joking about Bachchan and his forthcoming films. Amitabh never had it soo bad even when he gave disasters like Mrityudaata, lal Baadshah, Kohraam and many others.
And Nishabd further adds to the woes. A disaster follows within 2 weeks of a disaster called Eklavya. I was disgusted with the characater named Vijay in Nishabd which spelt magic in 80's. He has completely tarnished the "VIjay" image after Nishabd. Vijay was one of the most heroic heroes but Vijay in Nishabd is a pervert, a man lacking in self control and a man lacking in Character. Amitabh Bachchan had the potential to turn a dry subject like Nishabd into an engaging film with his histrioinics but today's Amitabh Bachchan added to th woes and made Nishabd a far more boring film it actually is with his same one dimensional act in Nishabd.
I never imagined an actor like Bachchan could bore me. I always ridiculed boring actors like Nasser, Om puri, farroque Sheikh compared to the entertainer called Bachchan. But today they seem better because Bachchan has lost his identity.
The Greatest Entertainers of indian Cinema is nearly dead and we wont get to experience the cinema we expect to see from him with films like Talisman,Cheeni Kum, Alladin.
A depressed AB fan
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