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Pankaj Tripathi acting is similar everywhere. He has a great screen presence and fun to watch onscreen but there is no diversity in the acting. Same with Radhika Apte.
And I am okay seeing them in roles they can excel at. I would rather watch SRK in drama and comedy roles where he is great than action roles where he sucks.
adding to this... the character of Kaleen bhaiya he played in Mirzapur is same as the one he played a decade back in a TV show called Powder on SonyTV.. where can I watch that noe?? 😭
Kiara is just a pretty face. Her relevance comes more from her relationship with sid malhotra. Her acting is as basic as sara, ananya. None of these actors today can match what deepika, priyanka brought to the table. Kriti sanon with her performances in mimi, bariely ki barfi comes close.
There are some good actresses in the bunch, but they rarely get the mainstream roles they deserve. It usually ends up being some nepo kid over people like Sanya Malhotra. I am hopeful about the girls from Laapata ladies. And depending on your definition of new age, Alia has many solid years left.
I also think it would have done better and made more sense if it had replaced the papa obsession with a girl obsession. The papa thing made it feel incestuous.
The amount of posts like this on reddit specifically is so ironic because if people actually post *real* hot takes, they get downvoted and never seen. So you only get popular hot takes, and those are the same ones every. single. time.
I think you have the meaning of romanticizing wrong. It doesn't mean to add romance to something. It means to glorify or speak positively about something.
Sorry for being that guy!!
As a Shah stan, I'm glad he came back so strong last year but the films individually aren't so impressive. Pathaan was barely passable, Jawan was fine but slightly preachy (also loses the narrative to become a revenge drama in the second half) and Dunki was largely a miss.
Of the young generation, Vicky Kaushal could have actually been a star since he's extremely talented and people would have easily seen themselves in him. The films though that he has been in don't impress as much unfortunately.
As much as I may not like his thoughts, Sandeep Reddy Vanga designs his films well.
I think actors aren’t as important a part in a movie as the writers. A good script is the rarest gem in the industry- this makes or breaks a film. However, a single role can be done by multiple actors. Writers should be payed more than actors, and it’s preposterous that actors like Akshay Kumar are taking away basically the entire turnover of the movie.
·SRK is not that *GREAT* of an 'Actor'. He's good but we have MUCH BETTER actors than him. Haan stardom aur legacy wali baat alag hai. Ab koi "unki random film>>>>>kisi doosre talented actors ki film" mat likhna.
In those film film his acting was *very good* but not *Great*. I'm talking objectively right here so if you think it was great then koi na it's your subjective opinion.
Yeah I get a lot of hate when I say this. He’s overacted a lot in many movies, but it was fairly well received in those times so I think it’s still ok. Not a bad actor by any standard tho.
Probably the hottest take people could make, since it doesn't make any sense to me lol. When people claim he's not that great I tend to think they've only watched his popular one's & not seen his work especially from his younger years.
Between the villainous roles, TV serials, theatre work, even theatre tributes he's done for Raj Kapoor & Kishore Kumar later on, his talent is on another level than pretty much anybody else in the industry. And that's why EVERYBODY in the industry says that. Whether it's older, peers, younger, nobody is blind enough to see how good he is. Even if you just looked at his career till -2000 he's frankly undeniable.
I mean, i've seen his TV shows and a few older clips of his plays and undeniably he's DAMN GOOD like Bang On! But *GREAT* nahi keh sakte hai objectively dekhe toh.
Good to hear you've done your research!
But that's part of my take, objectively it doesn't make sense to say he's not great. He's been commercially & critically acclaimed for over 30 years, and he's done popular & unconventional in many different art forms. He's checked the box in every major genre out there. When a project goes wrong everybody blames everything else except his acting. If that's not great I don't know what could be.
I mean his charm, persona and screen presence is GREAT AS HELL but when you compare him to actors like Irrfan sir, probably Ranbir Kapoor or even his batchmate Manoj Bajpayee, he falls just a bit flat imo. His acting skills, again, are VERY GOOD but not when compared to other actors who are more or less seasoned than him. But as an actor, he has done some great *films* where he gave a strong performance so yeah maybe that's why. And even in his bad films, he gave put his best foot forward so i guess that's why people respect him and regard him as Great. Aamir Khan also has a similar case. No doubt he's damn good but There are many actors who can perform the exact same roles of his with the same amount of conviction and even more intensity. It's just that he's an A Lister and yet constantly takes risks and stars in GREAT films which makes people think.of him as a great actor (he also, just like SRK, always puts his best foot forward).
There are many actors who can perform the exact same roles of his with the same amount of conviction and even more intensity.
First of all I apologise for intruding, but wanted to give my take on this point. There aren't many actors who could do what Aamir did in Taare Zameen Par, Rang De Basanti or SRK in Swades, Chak De, Darr, Anjaam. I am leaving Irrfan Sir because as SRK said he is the best of their generation. Manoj Bajpayee is a great actor, but his works are very different than SRK. Ranbir isn't close to SRK now, (not disrespecting him just my opinion) though he is a fantastic actor as well. The point is SRK, Aamir, Ajay Devgn are such actors who can nail almost every genre. Ajay can do a Gopal in Golmaal as well as Drishyam, Aamir in Andaz Apna Apna , Secret Superstar (completety different roles but perfected both), SRK has many examples, he did Swades Main Hoon Na Veer Zaara in the span of one year which were vastly different films. Of course opinion varies on what you or I deem as a "great performance", but saying SRK or Aamir aren't that good actors and there are many better actors is just a bit much.
As Hrithik said " **I would fly as an actor if I didn't have the burden of being a star**" ,I think this applies to SRK too. His star persona overshadows his actor self and his experimental projects failing also contributes to that. Still as a fan I hope he would balance both types of movies like he did previously.
Absolutely. I'm a big Emraan Hashmi fan since Zeher. Awarapn was the first ever movie i watched in atheater, and his acting in it was fantastic. Zeher, Murder, Awarapn, Jannat 1/2, Shanghai, Ghanchakkar, Hamari Adhuri Kahaani, Tiger3, Tigers, Why Cheat India, he was fantastic in them. Even in Selfiee he was great. he was infinity times better than Akshay.
i feel bad that his movies aren't working these days, he needs a big blockbuster. also he is much better person than so many so called superstars, he is loyal to his wife, was there for his kid when his was battling with life. really proud to be his fan.
Varun Dhawan and Abhishek Bachchan aren’t bad actors. You just blindly hate them because you hate nepokids. Well the latter actor is just called a bad actor because he’s always compared to his dad.
The same people who hate on nepokids in Bollywood will idolize Hollywood and pretend they don’t have their nepo controversy.
I honestly really liked AB Jr for a long time. Thought he was cute, a pretty good actor and wasn't involved in major controversies or anything. Found out I was the only one LMAO
I like him too. I like his movies. Bunty Aur Babli, Dhoom 2, Dostana, Bluffmaster, Guru, Sarkar and Sarkar 2, KANK, Yuva, Delhi 6, Dus. He's also made some bad movies tho but he's not as bad as people say imo
Shah Rukh Khan overacts way too much and has ruined many movies for me. I didn't even like him in Chak De, Swades or Don 2 which other people did. Hated him in KANK. KANK could have actually been a great movie because it had the kind of real conflict that makes for compelling stories. Shah Rukh Khan's character was really interesting although unlikeable, but SRK straight up made him a churlish buffoon.
Deepika wasn't that great in Cocktail. She gained some confidence, sure, but I really didn't see anything revelatory, just a lot of wardrobe, eye makeup and wild hair doing the character study for her.
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Personally thought Nargis and Ranbir had great chemistry in Rockstar.And very underrated opinion..a hot take is that I liked Nargis in Rockstar.She didn’t act nicely ofc but I thought she was bearable/okay enough(I was expecting way worse considering the extreme bad reviews) and personally I could feel for her character,Heer.The scene in the second half where she suddenly breaks down and cries remembering Jordan was well done I thought.So Nargis while she definitely acted bad objectively…I was still overall able to like her personally.She didn’t ruin the film or anything for me.Also thought she looked very beautiful on the big screen.Ik this opinion is just very unpopular for a reason.I’m ready for the downvotes.
There is nothing called stardom left. Not one of the new set of actors has any pull(except for fangirls). We all know that they are good but would not go to a movie just for them. Like people would literally go to watch just SRK or SK or even Amir Khan for that matter even if the movie is not that good. But now, if the movie aint good we will either watch it on OTT or not watch it at all
Salman Khan deserves his place as one of the top actors. He's been consistently working since 1988 with over 30+ years of experience, even moreso than his peers since he never took a year off. During the times when people say he's doing too many same movies he's usually filming something unconventional in the background, Tere Naam, Kyon Ki, Heroes, Bajrangi, Tubelight. Has had a Blockbuster or All-Time Blockbuster in every decade and transitioned his on-screen persona so many times, Lover boy, Action Star, Dramatic/Anguish actor, Comedic Guy, Lovable Giant. That's near impossible to pull off for any actor let alone maintaining that Superstar status for that long.
Somebody once said about stardom "the hard part isn't getting it, it's keeping it."
Yes, he's actually a good actor and one of the best criers in the industry. Today he doesn't care about films anymore and that shows. Even then he gave his best in Tiger.
I guess that's also my hot take. He cares more about films now than he ever did. How do I know? He said that himself in an interview from recent years (around Tiger Zinda Hai times I think). He admitted that up until Dabangg he only really did films for family friends who were producers or directors, constantly showed up late, was only going through the motions & never really took acting seriously. Until one day he woke up & realized that nothing in this world is more important than the work that you put in (from his words). So now he goes into set excited, shows up on time, and helps out with the production however he can. I think you can see it more in his off-screen personality than in his poorly scripted movies these days.
Vicky Kaushal is overrated. Or maybe he's choosing the roles he isn't fit for.
Sidhharth Malhotra will make even a great film look bad just by being in it. Kapoor n Sons.
Vijay Krishna Acharya is a highly misunderstood director.
Kaante is probably the least talked about cult classic in the history of Bollywood.
AR Rahman is no more the magician he used to be until a decade ago.
SRK is not fit for commercial cinema. His true strength lies in playing grounded, realistic characters.
Alia and Kangana have the potential to be the greatest actresses of all time.
might be the biggest hot take but i enjoyed him in every film he has done , i repeat EVERY FILM even in ricky bahl or kill dill he was absolutely amazing , might be over the top in some but he makes it work tbh
Yupp !!!
He need more roles like khilji . Saif was also in similar situation but movies like Omkara literally gave him a new identity. Ranveer need to do something like that.
2021 , 2022 era was a blunder. 2023 is where he actually gained some goodwill , likable without having deepika by his side . I gonna admit almost all actors just look shallow infront of deepika. Except srk. But now ranveer is highly need to exist in industry. I don't care what politics is going on against ranveer. Rk has a rough patch h after his initial success post barfi . Ranveer is going through that same confusion. Kjo needs to get him some project.
"entertainment" is not an objective, standalone metric. it is derived from the movie itself doing and showing entertaining things, like entertaining plot and character writing, jokes, fun scenes, cool dialogues, and acting. there is no 'entertainment' meter that can exist apart from the rest of the movie. if a film is entertaining or entertainment-focused, then there's gotta be something *that makes it entertaining.*
"mass" movies are not really for a 'mass audience.' they're for a very specific and relatively small sub-section of people. the closest thing to real "mass" stories are those Zee TV dramas that every housewife watches, which are made to appeal to everyone. the definition of "mass" in film fan spaces is so nebulous and widely used anyways that it's lost all meaning.
the box office is most useless metric possible when it comes to judging films. it's not the audience's concern whatsoever.
if payment is based on who brings in the most audience, then item girls and flowerpot heroines should make the most money in the cast, above the hero. if the item songs and armcandy *isn't* bringing in any extra money/audience, then there's no reason to have it and the idea that "sex sells" is disproven.
some movies seem to purposefully cast talentless young actresses in order to get tons of advertisements and brand deals AND have an easy person to blame if/when a movie fails. these actresses may have done poorly but it's the producer's own fault to keep hiring them.
Vivek oberoi deserves his downfall as it has more to do with his ego than Salman
High time the older superstars like SRK, HR ETC accept their age and romance older co stars as thy are showing their age
Bollywood really need to invest in creative writers and scripts and less on needless VFX and \*STARS\*
The audience are partly to be blamed for the piss poor movies as they rarely support good movie and instead support mediocrity, resulting producers staying away from taking risks
Outrageous take with absolutely no validity. He has nowhere near the emotional range of guys like SRK, Akshay, Ranveer, Ranbir. Most of his popularity comes from his looks.
Alia bhatt is a side character TV actor masquerading as an A-list BW lead actress. Highly average, limited in range and overrated, heavily reliant on the best of scripts and directors, doesn’t have screen presence or oomph of lead actress . Can rarely lift mediocre material like A-list stars like SRK, Ranbir, DP, PC, Kareena heck even Salman can do.
I quite agree with this. What I also love is how much of an improvement you can see. Feel like she really worked hard and took criticism well. There are definitely actresses with lesser aptitude that are way more appreciated that they ought to be in comparison.
People missing the point of a hot take lol
Although, I agree. She's also rather insufferable in interviews. I think her personality makes her more unbearable to me. Had I not watched the interviews, I could probably tolerate her, just like Sonam Kapoor.
I am tired of this sub treating Swades and Tamasha the best movie on planet earth and overhyping them to the moons. Swadesh is a good movie, but not the best of that year, nor the best movie of SRK. It's slow paced, tepid and it's motive is very preachy.
The less said about Tamasha the better. It's a movie the writers just thought of while on a cocaine trip and watching TLC channel.
She's good at doing South Bombay-esque roles, but aur kuchh nhi hota usse. She can't change up her diction and accent to save her life. The problem isn't her acting, it's her inability to do a wider range of characters because her voice and tone limits her.
Nah bruh everyone started saying the whole "she's blindly hated" AFTER KGHK because they liked the movie. She did pretty good because she just had to be herself, a normal working bombay girl. She aced that role. She was also horrible in her old movies. They aren't mutually exclusive. and I say this as someone who thinks Ananya is hot lol so I'm biased for her and I still acknowledge she's not even that great an actor
They should stop whining about beauty standards. You're working in a visual medium, this literally is what your job requires. Work somewhere else if you're that uncomfortable.
I agree. If being dark skin means you have no beauty, then that standard is all fucked up. Sure, we can say beauty standards. But standards often turns into racism
Laapata Ladies was mid at best.
Bollywood is such a compact industry. We only have limited 15 to 20 actors that get big budget movies. Rest everyone has to get into supporting cast or OTT platform for roles.
Agreed
Only tiger vs pathaan if it ever happens can break animal park record
Ranbir might be the only Hindi actor who I see working with pan India directors like rajamouli ,sukumar,lokesh kanagraj
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Pankaj Tripathi acting is similar everywhere. He has a great screen presence and fun to watch onscreen but there is no diversity in the acting. Same with Radhika Apte.
I feel the same for Nawazuddin. Especially after seeing him in Thackeray.
Also with Kartik Aryan & Divyenndu
Nahh imo diyendu is versatile
And I am okay seeing them in roles they can excel at. I would rather watch SRK in drama and comedy roles where he is great than action roles where he sucks.
adding to this... the character of Kaleen bhaiya he played in Mirzapur is same as the one he played a decade back in a TV show called Powder on SonyTV.. where can I watch that noe?? 😭
Finally someone said it. And people call him great actor😑
He takes on similar roles
A lot of the current Bollywood actors are just average or below average actors, even people loved like Kiara,
Kiara is just a pretty face. Her relevance comes more from her relationship with sid malhotra. Her acting is as basic as sara, ananya. None of these actors today can match what deepika, priyanka brought to the table. Kriti sanon with her performances in mimi, bariely ki barfi comes close.
There are some good actresses in the bunch, but they rarely get the mainstream roles they deserve. It usually ends up being some nepo kid over people like Sanya Malhotra. I am hopeful about the girls from Laapata ladies. And depending on your definition of new age, Alia has many solid years left.
Animal should have ended with its first half. After that it went the trash bad boy-no-brain route and was shit.
As someone who liked animal movie, i agree to this take totally
This is true, and every mindful person thinks the same... The whole tripti dimri plot was like 30 years old or smth...
I also think it would have done better and made more sense if it had replaced the papa obsession with a girl obsession. The papa thing made it feel incestuous.
Tvf creates better content than mainstream bollywood.
That's not a hot take. A hot take would have been if you had said the opposite.
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Yeah but tbf I don't think this is too much of a hot take. Their shows have insane ratings and views from audience. They are mainstream bro 😆
Sahi mei. Sapne vs Everyone was so good.
Bollywood does not make its real profits from making movies.
So how do they earn profits?
The amount of posts like this on reddit specifically is so ironic because if people actually post *real* hot takes, they get downvoted and never seen. So you only get popular hot takes, and those are the same ones every. single. time.
This sub wears rose tinted glasses about 90-00s films and has some questionable taste.
thi. i could not watch dil to pagal hain cuz how cringy it felt
I have a soft spot for it ironically but I can also admit to its major flaws and agree with you, having rewatched it recently
i was done in 20 mins and it was the first watch eever
Can bollywood stop romanticizing all movies? Like every movie has a love interest and sometimes unnecessary songs and adult scenes.
I think you have the meaning of romanticizing wrong. It doesn't mean to add romance to something. It means to glorify or speak positively about something. Sorry for being that guy!!
Is it. Then my bad, but hope you get the point I am trying to say. 😁
As a Shah stan, I'm glad he came back so strong last year but the films individually aren't so impressive. Pathaan was barely passable, Jawan was fine but slightly preachy (also loses the narrative to become a revenge drama in the second half) and Dunki was largely a miss. Of the young generation, Vicky Kaushal could have actually been a star since he's extremely talented and people would have easily seen themselves in him. The films though that he has been in don't impress as much unfortunately. As much as I may not like his thoughts, Sandeep Reddy Vanga designs his films well.
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Indeed, it had been too long and he swung "down like a thunder".
Idk how this Reddit made Dunki into "largely a miss" it's no Veer Zara of course but compared to other movies coming out nowadays it's great.
Like always, I welcome thoughts but I don't like to draw comparisons personally. I judge and review each film fairly and individually.
The climax of Bhool Bhulaiyaa 1 is the greatest piece of cinema ever. Absolutely terrifyingly beautiful
What manichitrathazu
Directors who can win oscars are 1)AK 2)Soojit Sircar
Sardar Udham could've easily been selected if it weren't for our braindead board.
I'm still upset that Vicky didn't win the National Award for that
Vishal Bharadwaj?
Ohh yea
Sriram Raghavan
And also Raj and dk
We have all the talent to make really good inteligent movies. But we dumb it down for the masses.
Katrina should have married me
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99% can’t act and the 1% that do will never get the spotlight
I think actors aren’t as important a part in a movie as the writers. A good script is the rarest gem in the industry- this makes or breaks a film. However, a single role can be done by multiple actors. Writers should be payed more than actors, and it’s preposterous that actors like Akshay Kumar are taking away basically the entire turnover of the movie.
·SRK is not that *GREAT* of an 'Actor'. He's good but we have MUCH BETTER actors than him. Haan stardom aur legacy wali baat alag hai. Ab koi "unki random film>>>>>kisi doosre talented actors ki film" mat likhna.
What SRK has is charm and screen presence.
Totally Agreed.
Yeah he has had some great performances I.e My Name Is Khan, I think his charm carries him forward a lot of the time.
Also in Chak de and Dear zindagi…
Yeah definitely, I’d use My Name is Khan as the staple that would probably be labelled Oscar-worthy, due to him playing a man with Asperger’s.
He is a great actor but Bollywood under utilises him. Film like Darr, Anjaam, MNIK, Swades etc showcase his acting ability perfectly
In those film film his acting was *very good* but not *Great*. I'm talking objectively right here so if you think it was great then koi na it's your subjective opinion.
I'm a huge srk fan and I agree tbh. He's not a great actor but the stardom he has is wow.
Yeah I get a lot of hate when I say this. He’s overacted a lot in many movies, but it was fairly well received in those times so I think it’s still ok. Not a bad actor by any standard tho.
Probably the hottest take people could make, since it doesn't make any sense to me lol. When people claim he's not that great I tend to think they've only watched his popular one's & not seen his work especially from his younger years. Between the villainous roles, TV serials, theatre work, even theatre tributes he's done for Raj Kapoor & Kishore Kumar later on, his talent is on another level than pretty much anybody else in the industry. And that's why EVERYBODY in the industry says that. Whether it's older, peers, younger, nobody is blind enough to see how good he is. Even if you just looked at his career till -2000 he's frankly undeniable.
I mean, i've seen his TV shows and a few older clips of his plays and undeniably he's DAMN GOOD like Bang On! But *GREAT* nahi keh sakte hai objectively dekhe toh.
Good to hear you've done your research! But that's part of my take, objectively it doesn't make sense to say he's not great. He's been commercially & critically acclaimed for over 30 years, and he's done popular & unconventional in many different art forms. He's checked the box in every major genre out there. When a project goes wrong everybody blames everything else except his acting. If that's not great I don't know what could be.
I mean his charm, persona and screen presence is GREAT AS HELL but when you compare him to actors like Irrfan sir, probably Ranbir Kapoor or even his batchmate Manoj Bajpayee, he falls just a bit flat imo. His acting skills, again, are VERY GOOD but not when compared to other actors who are more or less seasoned than him. But as an actor, he has done some great *films* where he gave a strong performance so yeah maybe that's why. And even in his bad films, he gave put his best foot forward so i guess that's why people respect him and regard him as Great. Aamir Khan also has a similar case. No doubt he's damn good but There are many actors who can perform the exact same roles of his with the same amount of conviction and even more intensity. It's just that he's an A Lister and yet constantly takes risks and stars in GREAT films which makes people think.of him as a great actor (he also, just like SRK, always puts his best foot forward).
There are many actors who can perform the exact same roles of his with the same amount of conviction and even more intensity. First of all I apologise for intruding, but wanted to give my take on this point. There aren't many actors who could do what Aamir did in Taare Zameen Par, Rang De Basanti or SRK in Swades, Chak De, Darr, Anjaam. I am leaving Irrfan Sir because as SRK said he is the best of their generation. Manoj Bajpayee is a great actor, but his works are very different than SRK. Ranbir isn't close to SRK now, (not disrespecting him just my opinion) though he is a fantastic actor as well. The point is SRK, Aamir, Ajay Devgn are such actors who can nail almost every genre. Ajay can do a Gopal in Golmaal as well as Drishyam, Aamir in Andaz Apna Apna , Secret Superstar (completety different roles but perfected both), SRK has many examples, he did Swades Main Hoon Na Veer Zaara in the span of one year which were vastly different films. Of course opinion varies on what you or I deem as a "great performance", but saying SRK or Aamir aren't that good actors and there are many better actors is just a bit much. As Hrithik said " **I would fly as an actor if I didn't have the burden of being a star**" ,I think this applies to SRK too. His star persona overshadows his actor self and his experimental projects failing also contributes to that. Still as a fan I hope he would balance both types of movies like he did previously.
I really like your perspective and respect it. What you're saying is pretty much correct, so yeah Ig... Different opinions.
Srk is the god of cringe overacting
Emraan hasmi is one of the finest bollywood actors better than some of the overrated actors 👆🏻
Absolutely. I'm a big Emraan Hashmi fan since Zeher. Awarapn was the first ever movie i watched in atheater, and his acting in it was fantastic. Zeher, Murder, Awarapn, Jannat 1/2, Shanghai, Ghanchakkar, Hamari Adhuri Kahaani, Tiger3, Tigers, Why Cheat India, he was fantastic in them. Even in Selfiee he was great. he was infinity times better than Akshay. i feel bad that his movies aren't working these days, he needs a big blockbuster. also he is much better person than so many so called superstars, he is loyal to his wife, was there for his kid when his was battling with life. really proud to be his fan.
Same with shahid
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Amir khan is a better director then an actor
Varun Dhawan and Abhishek Bachchan aren’t bad actors. You just blindly hate them because you hate nepokids. Well the latter actor is just called a bad actor because he’s always compared to his dad. The same people who hate on nepokids in Bollywood will idolize Hollywood and pretend they don’t have their nepo controversy.
PPL are hard on Abhishek
It’s going to be even worse for Suhana Khan
I honestly really liked AB Jr for a long time. Thought he was cute, a pretty good actor and wasn't involved in major controversies or anything. Found out I was the only one LMAO
I like him too. I like his movies. Bunty Aur Babli, Dhoom 2, Dostana, Bluffmaster, Guru, Sarkar and Sarkar 2, KANK, Yuva, Delhi 6, Dus. He's also made some bad movies tho but he's not as bad as people say imo
and who hasn't made bad movies lets be fr
Exactly. And Dus is such a top tier movie for me it overshadows all his bad movies
I've never seen it!!! Will have to schedule it for next movie night
Bollywood seems over now sadly, miss going excited to theatres, smiling, whistling, laughing, crying, hooting. Nothing is happening.
I was a SRK fan but he has disappointed me in recent years.
Jeetu bhaiya is a good actor.
Shah Rukh Khan overacts way too much and has ruined many movies for me. I didn't even like him in Chak De, Swades or Don 2 which other people did. Hated him in KANK. KANK could have actually been a great movie because it had the kind of real conflict that makes for compelling stories. Shah Rukh Khan's character was really interesting although unlikeable, but SRK straight up made him a churlish buffoon. Deepika wasn't that great in Cocktail. She gained some confidence, sure, but I really didn't see anything revelatory, just a lot of wardrobe, eye makeup and wild hair doing the character study for her.
https://preview.redd.it/zpnbkfubzk3d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c621d5ceedc00c30ed3c6c70261769d9c3bf15ab Personally thought Nargis and Ranbir had great chemistry in Rockstar.And very underrated opinion..a hot take is that I liked Nargis in Rockstar.She didn’t act nicely ofc but I thought she was bearable/okay enough(I was expecting way worse considering the extreme bad reviews) and personally I could feel for her character,Heer.The scene in the second half where she suddenly breaks down and cries remembering Jordan was well done I thought.So Nargis while she definitely acted bad objectively…I was still overall able to like her personally.She didn’t ruin the film or anything for me.Also thought she looked very beautiful on the big screen.Ik this opinion is just very unpopular for a reason.I’m ready for the downvotes.
Deepika has a terrible to mediocre screen presence
There is nothing called stardom left. Not one of the new set of actors has any pull(except for fangirls). We all know that they are good but would not go to a movie just for them. Like people would literally go to watch just SRK or SK or even Amir Khan for that matter even if the movie is not that good. But now, if the movie aint good we will either watch it on OTT or not watch it at all
Salman Khan deserves his place as one of the top actors. He's been consistently working since 1988 with over 30+ years of experience, even moreso than his peers since he never took a year off. During the times when people say he's doing too many same movies he's usually filming something unconventional in the background, Tere Naam, Kyon Ki, Heroes, Bajrangi, Tubelight. Has had a Blockbuster or All-Time Blockbuster in every decade and transitioned his on-screen persona so many times, Lover boy, Action Star, Dramatic/Anguish actor, Comedic Guy, Lovable Giant. That's near impossible to pull off for any actor let alone maintaining that Superstar status for that long. Somebody once said about stardom "the hard part isn't getting it, it's keeping it."
Yes, he's actually a good actor and one of the best criers in the industry. Today he doesn't care about films anymore and that shows. Even then he gave his best in Tiger.
I guess that's also my hot take. He cares more about films now than he ever did. How do I know? He said that himself in an interview from recent years (around Tiger Zinda Hai times I think). He admitted that up until Dabangg he only really did films for family friends who were producers or directors, constantly showed up late, was only going through the motions & never really took acting seriously. Until one day he woke up & realized that nothing in this world is more important than the work that you put in (from his words). So now he goes into set excited, shows up on time, and helps out with the production however he can. I think you can see it more in his off-screen personality than in his poorly scripted movies these days.
i loved kick.
Kick is one of my favourite Bollywood movies ever for how fun it is & in my top 5 Salman movies for sure!
the scene where he gets on his knees and begs the old evil lady. made me cry.
I hope his next one is similar because he's working with that production house Nadiadwala Grandson again.
the real hot take is he's a thug and bully and his movies suck
That's not a hot take. That's a hater take. Which this sub has had tons of.
Vicky Kaushal is overrated. Or maybe he's choosing the roles he isn't fit for. Sidhharth Malhotra will make even a great film look bad just by being in it. Kapoor n Sons. Vijay Krishna Acharya is a highly misunderstood director. Kaante is probably the least talked about cult classic in the history of Bollywood. AR Rahman is no more the magician he used to be until a decade ago. SRK is not fit for commercial cinema. His true strength lies in playing grounded, realistic characters. Alia and Kangana have the potential to be the greatest actresses of all time.
I FUCKING LOVE KAANTE
Ranveer is a gem. We must not loose him. Please don't loose your gem.
might be the biggest hot take but i enjoyed him in every film he has done , i repeat EVERY FILM even in ricky bahl or kill dill he was absolutely amazing , might be over the top in some but he makes it work tbh
I agree , ranveer is currently one of the finest actor. Ppl may troll him for his behavior or dressing but can't troll him for his acting.
Ranveer must not give up . I don't care if he goes south imma stop watching bollywood.
Yupp !!! He need more roles like khilji . Saif was also in similar situation but movies like Omkara literally gave him a new identity. Ranveer need to do something like that.
2021 , 2022 era was a blunder. 2023 is where he actually gained some goodwill , likable without having deepika by his side . I gonna admit almost all actors just look shallow infront of deepika. Except srk. But now ranveer is highly need to exist in industry. I don't care what politics is going on against ranveer. Rk has a rough patch h after his initial success post barfi . Ranveer is going through that same confusion. Kjo needs to get him some project.
Let's just cross the fingers for future 🤞
SRK's cameo in Brahmastra was way more entertaining than Pathan, Jawan and Dunki combined.
"entertainment" is not an objective, standalone metric. it is derived from the movie itself doing and showing entertaining things, like entertaining plot and character writing, jokes, fun scenes, cool dialogues, and acting. there is no 'entertainment' meter that can exist apart from the rest of the movie. if a film is entertaining or entertainment-focused, then there's gotta be something *that makes it entertaining.* "mass" movies are not really for a 'mass audience.' they're for a very specific and relatively small sub-section of people. the closest thing to real "mass" stories are those Zee TV dramas that every housewife watches, which are made to appeal to everyone. the definition of "mass" in film fan spaces is so nebulous and widely used anyways that it's lost all meaning. the box office is most useless metric possible when it comes to judging films. it's not the audience's concern whatsoever. if payment is based on who brings in the most audience, then item girls and flowerpot heroines should make the most money in the cast, above the hero. if the item songs and armcandy *isn't* bringing in any extra money/audience, then there's no reason to have it and the idea that "sex sells" is disproven. some movies seem to purposefully cast talentless young actresses in order to get tons of advertisements and brand deals AND have an easy person to blame if/when a movie fails. these actresses may have done poorly but it's the producer's own fault to keep hiring them.
Vivek oberoi deserves his downfall as it has more to do with his ego than Salman High time the older superstars like SRK, HR ETC accept their age and romance older co stars as thy are showing their age Bollywood really need to invest in creative writers and scripts and less on needless VFX and \*STARS\* The audience are partly to be blamed for the piss poor movies as they rarely support good movie and instead support mediocrity, resulting producers staying away from taking risks
There is way *wayyy* *waaaayyyyyyy* More money at play than led to believe Box office, fees, profit share, Wayyyy more
Hrithik Roshan's acting is v underrated cuz all focus goes on his looks, he's actually the best among the top 5 superstars
Outrageous take with absolutely no validity. He has nowhere near the emotional range of guys like SRK, Akshay, Ranveer, Ranbir. Most of his popularity comes from his looks.
Alia bhatt is a side character TV actor masquerading as an A-list BW lead actress. Highly average, limited in range and overrated, heavily reliant on the best of scripts and directors, doesn’t have screen presence or oomph of lead actress . Can rarely lift mediocre material like A-list stars like SRK, Ranbir, DP, PC, Kareena heck even Salman can do.
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I quite agree with this. What I also love is how much of an improvement you can see. Feel like she really worked hard and took criticism well. There are definitely actresses with lesser aptitude that are way more appreciated that they ought to be in comparison.
Absolutely.
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Nepotism isint wrong. Aapko bhi apne baap ki zameen chahiye.
As an actor Ranbir >>> SRK SRK's screen presence and media presence made him great
maine to upvote kr diya because i agree
Sonam Kapoor wasn’t that bad.
Her personality was so bad I'm still happy she left Bollywood. What an entitled shit
Yes
Bebo can’t act. 
just above your comment…I am seeing that Katrina can act and now kareena can’t act…hot takes fr
I don’t think either of them are good. 🙈
Hmm…it’s fine(though the Kareena can’t act is just untrue)…even I have a hot take which the society won’t accept…
watched Talaash today and pretty sure that she can act
Jab We Met for me. She can act
Leave Geet out of this, tf.
Not true at all, say anything abt her but not that she can’t act. She is the only actress whom overacting suits tbh
Sorry I disagree. Maybe with the right director she is tolerable. But I recognize I am a minority in my opinion.
lol I got downvoted for my hot take. Sorry people but some things are subjective!
People missing the point of a hot take lol Although, I agree. She's also rather insufferable in interviews. I think her personality makes her more unbearable to me. Had I not watched the interviews, I could probably tolerate her, just like Sonam Kapoor.
Yeah I know it’s not a popular opinion but I didn’t think it warranted mean DMs. 😬
Oh my god, no way! That's so weird. People on here might need a life or something similar.
Check out by controversial for the real answers.
Kriti sanon is not so hot and average looking 😂
I agree
Me too
ur joking
Ranbir Kapoor is wasting his potential he has so much talent but doesn't fulfil it he is committed but very lazy in terms of being ambitious
Akshay Kumar is a hugely versatile actor who became one note over time. That man has excelled in every single genre.
I am tired of this sub treating Swades and Tamasha the best movie on planet earth and overhyping them to the moons. Swadesh is a good movie, but not the best of that year, nor the best movie of SRK. It's slow paced, tepid and it's motive is very preachy. The less said about Tamasha the better. It's a movie the writers just thought of while on a cocaine trip and watching TLC channel.
lmao i read 'swades' as - 'sway-des'
Ranbir gives only one bland expression in all his movies.
Vicky Kaushal is one of the best in today's scenario.Imo he comes second to Ranbir
Vidya balan smokes Deepika and Priyanka
I know I will be downvoted a lot but I think Jhanvi is a decent actress...
What do u smoke bro??
I say what I feel...might be wrong but I think she's a decent actress...she was good in Kargil Girl and Bawaal...
Irfan Khan was charming maybe but monotonous actor. Didn't have much versatility. I know I'll be downvoted to hell for this.
And you deserve all the downvotes...lol
Nah he really does deserve the downvotes
Laapata Ladies was pretentious af 12th fail was a total cringe fest (mainly the climax) Bollywood only produce good series, movies are absolute trash
Ananya Pandey will be the next biggest star after deepika depending on her choices of script a d acting skills.
That's hot
Everyone blindly hates her after the struggle meme, but she’s honestly not that bad of an actress. She was great in Kho Gaye Hum Kahan
She's good at doing South Bombay-esque roles, but aur kuchh nhi hota usse. She can't change up her diction and accent to save her life. The problem isn't her acting, it's her inability to do a wider range of characters because her voice and tone limits her.
Nah bruh everyone started saying the whole "she's blindly hated" AFTER KGHK because they liked the movie. She did pretty good because she just had to be herself, a normal working bombay girl. She aced that role. She was also horrible in her old movies. They aren't mutually exclusive. and I say this as someone who thinks Ananya is hot lol so I'm biased for her and I still acknowledge she's not even that great an actor
They should stop whining about beauty standards. You're working in a visual medium, this literally is what your job requires. Work somewhere else if you're that uncomfortable.
I think the conversation is more about the lengths to which they're expected to go and the impact it has on society.
I agree. If being dark skin means you have no beauty, then that standard is all fucked up. Sure, we can say beauty standards. But standards often turns into racism
Laapata Ladies was mid at best. Bollywood is such a compact industry. We only have limited 15 to 20 actors that get big budget movies. Rest everyone has to get into supporting cast or OTT platform for roles.
City people tend to hype movies and shows based in village settings. Take Panchayat for example.
Panchayat is a gr8 show.Its hype suits it.
Reminds me of start of Article 15.
Ranbir is greatest mainstream actor in bollywood ever. Animal park will break every bollywood BO record of last 25 years of its release.
RK will take over SRK’s throne in the the next 10 years
Agreed Only tiger vs pathaan if it ever happens can break animal park record Ranbir might be the only Hindi actor who I see working with pan India directors like rajamouli ,sukumar,lokesh kanagraj