BW actors - A complete lack of variety

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Posted: 12 years ago
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You could probably count them on your fingers, maybe fingers and toes, but the point being is that Bollywood has such a lack of actors, we see the same ghisse pitte faces repeatedly.

First you've got the leftover monkeys from the paleolithic era (the Khans, Uglay Devgan, Akshay etc), then you have your Shahid, Ranbir, Emraan, Imran, somehow trying to stay afloat eagerly waiting for the demise of the chimps, then you have Hrithik, who isn't from the KhanGan Kumar era, nor does he quite belong to the latter group of neanderthals.

Now you have your have your newcomers, Varun Dhawan, Sid, Ranveer, ARK etc

From the girls, you've got Katrina, Kareena, Priyanka, Deepika, Vidya, and your handful of B-grade actresses.

That pretty much sums up Bollywood, what a dearth of choice.
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Posted: 12 years ago
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You are right we do need some kind of novelty.. its really getting boring fighting for the same lot always 😆
On a serious note even if we have actors like Irfan Khan, Manoj Bajapai ( who wants to go watch their movies, hardly 10 % of the movie goers, right?)

And all the actors jump onto the band wagon if they think certain genre of movie is going to mint them money.. Strictly my POV 😃
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Posted: 12 years ago
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Originally posted by: Heisenberg.

You could probably count them on your fingers, maybe fingers and toes, but the point being is that Bollywood has such a lack of actors, we see the same ghisse pitte faces repeatedly.

First you've got the leftover monkeys from the paleolithic era (the Khans, Uglay Devgan, Akshay etc), then you have your Shahid, Ranbir, Emraan, Imran, somehow trying to stay afloat eagerly waiting for the demise of the chimps, then you have Hrithik, who isn't from the KhanGan Kumar era, nor does he quite belong to the latter group of neanderthals.

Now you have your have your newcomers, Varun Dhawan, Sid, Ranveer, ARK etc

From the girls, you've got Katrina, Kareena, Priyanka, Deepika, Vidya, and your handful of B-grade actresses.

That pretty much sums up Bollywood, what a dearth of choice.

ROFLMAO🤣🤣🤣🤣
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Posted: 12 years ago
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i don't know how actors can be blamed when the content in bollywood itself lacks variety. its not that every actor or actress produces his/her films, they are being taken by producers and directors for their shitty scripts.
its a stupid norm here that when ever a movie becomes a hit, atleast a dozen films of the similar theme bounces over 2-3 years. people who want to make good films don't have money and they don't get any financial support either. and this is not even hollywood where they make movies on tight budgets and recover their investments through Video and DVD sales and turn them into a 'cult' status.

Indian Audiences too aren't supportive. Why don't they go and watch movies that enlighten instead of entertaining. Why legends like Bhagat Singh, Surya Sen and all the other revolutionaries faces only flop movies after their names. Its the case of Demand and Supply. There is a variety in actors with IRfan, nawazzudin, konkana, naseer, but these people too are disappointed. what can one do if there is hardly any content.
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Posted: 12 years ago
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I can not believe I'm agreeing with you, but I do!
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Posted: 12 years ago
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That was the most accurate description of Bollywood ever. 😆
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Posted: 12 years ago
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And what makes it even more boring is that they insist on doing the same types of roles/films as each other, and things they have already done before... I sometimes wonder if these actors would know their films from another actor's. 😆

Is it weird to only be looking forward to the newbies films? At least those faces aren't as been there done that...😆
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Posted: 12 years ago
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I blame it majorly on neoptism. You close the doors of a house and dont let anyone in easily so obviously there wont be variety. That way television is better with large number of actors though content there is bad too.
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Posted: 12 years ago
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Newbies are ugly, arrogant, opportunists. Their PRs are annoying: They compare new pile of dung with the old pile. I don't want any variety. Old desiccated piles smell less: We can live happily ever after with all of them.
Edited by eeyoretel - 12 years ago
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Posted: 12 years ago
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No offense but you just named 18 different people


Salman
Srk
Aamir
Ajay
Akshay
Hrithik
Ranbir
Emraan
Shahid
Imran
Varun
Ark
Sid
Ranveer
Vidya
PC
Bebo
Kareena
Deepika


That is a like 18 different films you can watch???????? I don't see the issue ????

It's like 18 flavors of ice creams

Or better yet 18 different breakfast meats you choose from





All I see is 18 different times to be entertained 👍🏼
Edited by VictorLordJr - 12 years ago

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