Amitabh
Bachchan,
Ram
Gopal
Varma
Ki
Aag
Doesn't
matter
how
intently
one
associates
the
‘angry
young
man'
epithet
with
him,
Amitabh
Bachchan's
superstardom
could
never
keep
him
away
from
gratifying
the
artist
within. Of
course,
he
went
a
little
too
extreme
there
by
agreeing
to
portray
Gabbar
in
Ramgopal
Varma's
remake
of Sholay.
Irrfan
Khan
and
Divya
Dutta
in
Hisss
Think
Irrfan
Khan
and
such
fine
films
come
to
mind
- The
Lunchbox,
The
Namessake,
Paan
Singh
Tomar,
Sahib
Biwi
Aur
Gangster
Returns. The
eternally
in-form
actor's
presence
wasn't
enough
to
endure
the
god-awful
supernatural
snake
horror/fantasy, Hisss starring
Mallika
Sherawat.
Naseeruddin
Shah
and
Sunny
Leone
in
Jackpot
One
can
breathlessly
rattle
off
a
long
list
of
the
actor's
best
works
-- Nishant,
Aakrosh,
Bhumika,
Bazaar,
Katha,
Sparsh,
Masoom,
Albert
Pinto
Ko
Gussa
Kyon
Aata
Hai,
Jaane
Bhi
Do
Yaaron,
Ijaazat,
Mirch
Masala,
Mirza
Ghalib,
Sarfarosh,
Ishqiya.
Having
said
that,
his
reckless
selection
of
films
can
often
leave
his
best
of
fans
confounded. And
his
dreadlock-sporting
Boos
in
the
deservedly
slammed Jackpot is
right
on
top
of
that
list.
Aamir
Khan
and
Twinkle
Khanna
in
Mela
The
audience
trusts
him,
something
few
superstars
can
boast
of.
And
that's
why
it
is
particularly
painful
to
witness
his
judgement
backfire
in
the
ultra
shoddy, Mela --
a
doomed
reworking
of
Nasir
Hussain'sCaravan from
start
to
finish.
Anil
Kapoor
and
Juhi
Chawla,
Andaz
Another
actor
who's
taken
a
conscious
approach
to
work
in
unique
films
and
expand
his
range
is
Anil
Kapoor.
But
he
too
faltered
with
David
Dhawan's
grossly
vulgar, Andaz.
Even
after
20
years,
the
embarrassment
lives
on.
Pankaj
Kapur
and
Kareena
Kapoor
in
Main
Prem
Ki
Diwani
Hoon
And
while
he's
simply
incapable
of
delivering
a
bad
performance,
his
mild-mannered
daddy
to
Kareena
Kapoor
in
the
shrieking
romance, Main
Prem
Ki
Diwani
Hoon is
one
film
he
could
do
without.
Rishi
Kapoor
and
Neetu
Singh
in
Besharam
He
won
a
National
award
for
his
portrayal
of
a
tubby
teenager
infatuated
by
his
schoolteacher
in
his
debut,Mera
Naam
Joker.
Sadly,
the
terrific
actor
got
it
terribly
wrong
with
the
worst
film
of
last
year
--Besharam that
teamed
him
up
with
wife
Neetu
and
son
Ranbir
Kapoor.
Paresh
Rawal
in
Maan
Gaye
Mughal-E-Azam
'Mark
idhar
hai,'
insists
Paresh
Rawal
and
there's
no
refuting
it
either.
But
even
he
is
reduced
to
a
screaming
moron
in
that
travesty
co-starring
Mallika
Sherawat
and
Rahul
Bose
-- Maan
Gaye
Mughal-E-Azam.
Anupam
Kher
in
Yamla
Pagla
Deewana
2
From
Bollywood's Saaransh,
Daddy,
Karma,
Maine
Gandhi
Ko
Nahin
Maara,
Dilwale
Dulhania
Le
Jayenge,
Lamhe,
Chaalbaaz
to
international
hits
like
Bend
it
Like
Beckham and Silver
Linings
Playbook,Anupam
Kher
has
many
a
feathers
in
his
hat.
And
the
recent
entrant
in
that
infamous
lot
is
the
Deol
baloney
-- Yamla
Pagla
Deewana
2, which
features
him
dressed
as
loon
in
Lucius
Malfoy's
wig
who
refers
to
himself
as
Dude
and
cracking
witless
jokes
that
wont
make
a
four-year
old
laugh.
Om
Puri
and
Mukesh
Tiwari
in
Buddha
Mar
Gaya
As
the
imposing
presence
headlining
some
of
our
best
films
in
addition
to
acclaimed
international
projects,
it
would
be
unfair
to
overlook
his
past
achievements
in
light
of
recent
disappointments
like Kamal
Dhamaal
Malamaal and
Policegiri.
But
his
rock
solid
presence
is
dumbed
down
to
play
a
ludicrous
‘baba'
with
bisexual
tones
in
the
offensively
bad, Buddha
Mar
Gaya.