SRK mein Rab Dikhta hai .....
Once in a lifetime an actor comes who has the special gift of connecting with the audience
Such an actor does not need to do anything, he just needs to appear on screen and the audience thinks he is one of them. He cries the audience cries, he laughs the audience laughs, he woos his ladylove audience thinks of their own ladyloves. He steals someone else's girlfriend wife, audiences cheer for him
He trains a hockey team for girls, he lights a bulb in the village he drinks and dies to death, whatever he does audiences can’t help but get mesmerized.
Shahrukh is one such actor..... Intellectuals may hate him, Critics may call him an overactor ; coffee table movie enthusiasts may accuse him of being only a smart businessman and not experimental at all
But the truth is that SRK is special and even those who hate him can’t deny that they hate his typecast roles more than SRK the actor himself
If anyone had any doubts about his acting potential they should watch this movie Rab ne Bana Di Jodi
Rab ne Bana Di Jodi is an average entertainer in spite of a strong soulful story with a message from Aditya Chopra
However Shahrukh takes it to another level altogether
His portrayal of Surinder Sahani is peerless ..... It puts him into the rank of topmost actors (and I mean actors not stars India has / had). Earlier Anil Kapoor in Eshwar , Kamal Hassan in multiple attempts, Amol Palekar in Golmal, Raj Kapoor in Anari / Shri 420 have attempted to play a simple boring man but in all these attempts the focus usually shifted to how much humor / laughs can be derived from this derision of the simple man
However SRK’s portrayal has balanced this simplicity with subtle humor marvelously.
In addition to Surinder Sahani his own avtaar of Raj Kapoor is a brilliant take on the Rajs and Rahuls we have seen a million times. SRK now with both Om Shanti Om and Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi is trying to bury what made him a superstar. I don’t know whether it’s his conscious decision but the audiences are mostly agreeing with him.
The faster he is moving away from the age old Raj / Rahul and the meatier his roles are becoming (Swades,Chak De India) and now Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi; the better his connection with the audiences is becoming
This blog is not a review of Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi, its not also a sudden awakening to SRKs talent and stardom. This is a long due humble acceptance of SRKs special talent and acting skills from an avid Indische movie fan
Me a hardcore Amitabh Bachchan fan ; and somebody who thinks that Naseeruddin Shah's peer is not born in India and will never be; has to humbly accept today that SRK is special in his own way
He has God's gift and probably people see God in him ...
And this is only appropriate as the famous lines from his latest movie say
Tujh mein Rab dikhta hai ... Yaara main kya karoon
Sajde Sir jhukta hai ...... Yaara main kya karoon
Bring on Ghajini let the throne owner be decided once and for all ;)
Such an actor does not need to do anything, he just needs to appear on screen and the audience thinks he is one of them. He cries the audience cries, he laughs the audience laughs, he woos his ladylove audience thinks of their own ladyloves. He steals someone else's girlfriend wife, audiences cheer for him
He trains a hockey team for girls, he lights a bulb in the village he drinks and dies to death, whatever he does audiences can’t help but get mesmerized.
Shahrukh is one such actor..... Intellectuals may hate him, Critics may call him an overactor ; coffee table movie enthusiasts may accuse him of being only a smart businessman and not experimental at all
But the truth is that SRK is special and even those who hate him can’t deny that they hate his typecast roles more than SRK the actor himself
If anyone had any doubts about his acting potential they should watch this movie Rab ne Bana Di Jodi
Rab ne Bana Di Jodi is an average entertainer in spite of a strong soulful story with a message from Aditya Chopra
However Shahrukh takes it to another level altogether
His portrayal of Surinder Sahani is peerless ..... It puts him into the rank of topmost actors (and I mean actors not stars India has / had). Earlier Anil Kapoor in Eshwar , Kamal Hassan in multiple attempts, Amol Palekar in Golmal, Raj Kapoor in Anari / Shri 420 have attempted to play a simple boring man but in all these attempts the focus usually shifted to how much humor / laughs can be derived from this derision of the simple man
However SRK’s portrayal has balanced this simplicity with subtle humor marvelously.
In addition to Surinder Sahani his own avtaar of Raj Kapoor is a brilliant take on the Rajs and Rahuls we have seen a million times. SRK now with both Om Shanti Om and Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi is trying to bury what made him a superstar. I don’t know whether it’s his conscious decision but the audiences are mostly agreeing with him.
The faster he is moving away from the age old Raj / Rahul and the meatier his roles are becoming (Swades,Chak De India) and now Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi; the better his connection with the audiences is becoming
This blog is not a review of Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi, its not also a sudden awakening to SRKs talent and stardom. This is a long due humble acceptance of SRKs special talent and acting skills from an avid Indische movie fan
Me a hardcore Amitabh Bachchan fan ; and somebody who thinks that Naseeruddin Shah's peer is not born in India and will never be; has to humbly accept today that SRK is special in his own way
He has God's gift and probably people see God in him ...
And this is only appropriate as the famous lines from his latest movie say
Tujh mein Rab dikhta hai ... Yaara main kya karoon
Sajde Sir jhukta hai ...... Yaara main kya karoon
Bring on Ghajini let the throne owner be decided once and for all ;)
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