Eh, I have been saying this for quite some time that SRK has been steadily ruining his credibility and neutral movie market appeal by acting in awful movies for a long period of time. Like, what was his last meaningful, intelligent, discussion-worthy movie? Chak De in bloody 2007. SRK has not worked in a single good movie in almost nine years. People on this forum are unbelievably obsessive about their favourites and even though SRK is easily one of my favourites, I saw the writing on the wall. Neutral people do not forgive you forever. You have to work to earn back your credibility. SRK's name is involved with awful mediocrity now, which is why people are not giving him an immediate chance anymore.
Salman, I have always said, has a very different fanbase and more raw starpower than any of the Khans. So long he continues to do what is expected of him, i.e, deliver a fun masala fusion of a movie while also doing one Bajrangi Bhaijaan in-between, he will continue to be fine. Salman is written off constantly as being stupid but he is easily one of the smartest of them all, or his PR team is, whatever. He is very aware of people's expectations and has also attached himself firmly to a good director like Kabir Khan to balance his masala stuff with appealing, well-made movies that appeal to the fast-rising multiplex crowd in India.
SRK is far from "over" or whatever IMHO. This forum is reactionary as hell. However, he has lost a massive chunk of credibility and needs to understand expectations and value intelligent scripts and his own talent to earn back his appeal. Akki, with all his faults, has been doing intelligent movies for a long time now and deserves to be in a comfortable position.
No superstar is forever but it's likely that SRK has a battle of sorts ahead. This forum was joking over how Dilwale did well overseas or whatever while it was clear that Dilwale is awful and SRK needs to stop. His fans need to stop making excuses for him. He should treat his fans better. I am sick of him wasting his talent and I hope Fan was a stepping stone.
Edited by Star_girl - 8 years ago
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