What are some of the biggest career mistakes of Bollywood stars?

 1. When Saif Ali Khan went all out against his film Humshakals and said that 'it was a mistake'. In a report by the Times of India, he was reported as saying:

“The film was very regressive. In fact, while watching it, I asked myself what I was doing in it. I knew I had let my fans down and underestimated their intelligence. I've been introspecting a lot and will never repeat a mistake that was Humshakals.”

2. When Emraan Hashmi said that 'kuch filmein kitchen chalane ke liye bhi karni padti hain', hinting at his movie Good Boy Bad Boy. He further added.

“Good Boy Bad Boy toh aisi movie thi ki kitchen hamesha ke liye band ho jaaye.”

3. When Shahid Kapoor said he wished he hadn't done Shaandaar, Chup Chup Ke and Vaah! Life Ho To Aisi. Elaborating on the third, he said:

“I think it was trying to be an international film and we didn’t have the kind of expertise to do that kind of computer graphics.”

4. When Ajay Devgn critiqued Sajid Khan's way of making Himmatwaala, a movie he said he knew will be a flop.

“I thought the film (Himmatwala) will be shot the way Once Upon A Time in Mumbaai was shot in retro style. What Sajid did is he took 80s film and shot it in 80s style only. Himmatwala would have worked if it would have been made in today's styling and punch lines but it went back in time.”

5. When Govinda said he took up the role in Kill Dil only because his family said he'll be left behind.

“I asked my wife and my children about it. They very honestly told me that I didn't have much of a choice. The kind of roles I wanted to do were not coming my way and I wasn't keen on the kind of offers I was getting. My family told me to take up the offer, or I'll be left behind.”

Source: www.scoopwhoop.com

What was the most controversial moment in Shah Rukh Khan's career, and how did he handle the situation?

 There are many controversial moments of his career. Some of them are -

1)Beating a journalist - Shahrukh did a movie “Maya Memsaab” in which he did some intimate scenes with Deepa Sahi, wife of film director Ketan Mehta. This is quite normal in Hollywood to appear nude in films either by actors or actresses. And this movie was adaptation of Bollywood movie “Lady chatrerlee’s lovers”. Shahrukh was a newcomer and media took him to task for this. One journalist went overboard and wrote things about him in a tabloid. Shahrukh grabbed his collar and slapped him. There was a police complaint and Shahrukh had to go to police station and was detained for couple of hours before released on bail.

2) Rivalry with Hrithik - Shahrukh had acted in three movies of Hrithik’s father Rakesh Roshan Karan Arjun, King Uncle and Koyla even before Hrithik arrrived on the scene. But once Kaho Na Pyaar Hai (KNPH) was released, Hrithik became an overnight sensation and super Star. It rang a warning Bell for SRK who was reigning superstar that time. Hrithik got all the awards that year and SRK’s films (Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani, Badshah) were not doing well at that time. Rivalry took bitter form in advertising. Coke ad was done by Hrithik and Pepsi was endorsed by SRK. SRK as made fun of Hrithik look-alike. Roshans took an umbrage to this and it took some time for this controversy to die down. Later they patched up and two acted together in movie “Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Ghum”.

3) Tussle with Amitabh Bachchan - SRK attended an award ceremony in Dubai hosted by Zee telefilms. Amitabh and Amar Singh were also invited. Amar Singh felt that they were not being treated properly by the hosting team. On this, Zee owner Subhash Chandra called event manager Kareem Morani and slapped him. SRK saw this and as he was friend of Kareem Morani, he intervened. He said, “Amar Singh aap Gundagardi kar rahe hain” to which Amar Singh replied that he was not in a mood for dark humour of Shahrukh. This led to Tussle between Shahrukh and Amitabh Bachchan. This was mainly created by Amar Singh. But once it happened they both acted as enemies to the point that Amitabh didn't invite Shahrukh in Abhishek Aishwarya ‘s wedding. Later he did KBC and acted in movie Don. This was supposed to annoy Amitabh. Karan Johar has a hard time as he casted both Amitabh and Shahrukh for his movie “Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna”. Somehow shooting was completed and Karan heaved a sign of relief with the promise that he will never cast them together again. But later Big B and King SRK patched up and now they do ads together.

4) Fight with Salman Khan - On Katrina Kaif’s birthday, Salman and SRK were talking with a group of people. Suddenly, Salman said, “Now we should do some mardon wala kaam” to which Shahrukh with his usual wit replied, “ Jaise tune Aishwarya ke saath kiya tha”. This hit a raw nerve of Salman and he lunged towards Shahrukh. Bodyguards came in between. Finally, Gauri and Katrina had to intervene to take them away. There rivalry continued for years before they patched up with the active involvement of people like congress politician Baba Siddiqui.

5) Wankhede Stadium controversy - Shahrukh went in the dug-out area and started shouting at stadium officials. SRK alleged that they were pushing teenage girls who were friends of his daughter Suhana and Shahrukh reacted for that. There was huge uproar with some officials saying that Shahrukh was drunk and no one is allowed inside the dug-out area. Finally, a compromise was reached and Shahrukh was banned from Wankhede entry for 10 years.

6) Sameer Wankhede controversy - Another Wankhede controversy pertains to other Wankhede which is NCB official Sameer Wankhede. Sameer arrested Shahrukh‘s son Aryan Khan on the charges of drugs possession. SRK even sent text to Sameer Wankhede when Aryan was in jail. Texts were leaked to the media by Sameer Wankhede. SRK maintained dignified silence throughout the ordeal and never spoke to press or public on this issue. Now Aryan is our of jail and all charges were dropped against him.

So, these are major controversies in which Shahrukh was involved and he handled them all with patience and dignity. If you like it, pl follow this space for more such contents. Many thanks..

Did Amitabh Bachchan ever feel like he had lost his career during his struggling days?

 In 1990s, many of his films had underperformed at the box-office. After the big hit of the film Shehanshah in 1988, the films like Ganga Jamuna Saraswati, Toofan, Jadugar, Agneepath, Krodh and Ajooba failed at the box office.

At one point he lost his hopes and was stating before every new release as, 'Yeh film to flop hogi' (This film will be a flop). He felt as if he had lost his career and he decided to quit acting. At that time he took a break for some period.

During the beginning years of his career around 11 of his films had flopped in a row, at that time Amitabh Bachchan had decided to quit the industry forever.

The film Zanjeer, released in 1973, had become his breakthrough film. Even many leading actresses rejected to work with Amitabh in the film Zanjeer because of his flop career. Finally Jaya Bachchan accepted to act in the film opposite Amitabh and the film brought him wide popularity with the role of Inspector Vijay Khanna.

After Zanjeer many of his films were superhit and he became a superstar with the films Deewaar, Don, Amar Akbar Anthony, Shakti and many more.

In his filmy career of more than 5 decades he starred in more than 200 films. Saat Hindustani was his debut film released in 1969. In his long career he struggled a lot for 2 times to keep up his career.

In his second innings, film Mohabbatein in 2000 gave him a good break, after that he never turned back. Since 2000 he is continuously acting in leading character roles. Some of his best performances in character roles are Black, Satyagraha, Piku, Pink, Paa and 102 Not Out.

He is now 82 years old but his passion towards acting is as it is, there is no limitation for that. Amitabh Bachchan has starred in over 200 films in over 5 decades of his filmy career. In 2003 Time magazine called him the 'Star of the Millenium'. The list of his accolades is very big, a few important awards of Bachchan are, 6 National Film Awards, 16 Filmfare Awards, Dada Saheb Phalke Award, he is the receipient of Padma Shri, Padma Bhushan and Padma Vibhushan.

In the recent film Kalki, his character was widely appreciated. Recently Amithabh Bachchan made his Tamil debut with the film Vettaiyan which was released on 10th October 2024 in which he did the role of Justice Dr. Satyadev Brahmadutt Pande, National Human Rights Commission of India.

Amitabh Bachchan completed the shooting for his upcoming films Section 84 and Be Happy which are scheduled to release in 2025.

Did Sunil Shetty's choice of films negatively affect his career growth compared to his peers like Ajay Devgn and Akshay Kumar?

 Suniel Shetty couldn't maintain his stardom what he had attained in 1990s. Like his contemporaries Ajay Devgn or Akshay Kumar he failed to show his versatility in acting, failed to select the right scripts and to select the roles which are appropriate to him.

Suniel Shetty attained stardom by working mainly as an action hero and people liked him to see him in that image rather than in other genres. But he couldn't give constant box office hits, many of his films failed at the box office. Gradually he switched on to do supporting roles and also negative roles in a number of films.

In an interview he stated that his last 30 years in the industry was purely because of his action image that gave him an opportunity to do comedy films.

He admitted that staying away from his established image as an action hero didn't always work in his favour.

Suniel Shetty tried to do different types of roles rather than action roles but people didn't welcome it. The audience or his fans preferred to see him as an action hero, so his decision to switch over to other various roles had become a main reason for his downfall. He also accepted with wrong scripts, it became a blow for him, he lost his stardom and also his films miserably failed at the box office. Suniel Shetty also felt that, it's better not to do anything.

When his films failed, he started to concentrate more on his business, he gave more importance to his business when he didn't get good opportunities and so he couldn't work consistently in the films. He also failed to give quality films, so because of all these reasons a gap generated between him and the audience.

Even in the initial stage of his career Suniel Shetty faced rejections from several actresses and producers due to his dark complexion. He was also advised by the industry people not to get married so early which may affect upon his career. He got married even before when his first film got released.

Since 2000 he began to do negative roles with the first negative role in the film Dhadkan in 2000, for that he won Filmfare Award also. After the film Dhadkan he did negative roles in a number of films like Khel: No Ordinary Game in 2003, Baaz: A Bird In Danger in 2003, Mai Hoon Na in 2004, Rudraksh in 2004, No Problem in 2010 and A Gentleman in 2017.

One cannot forget that Suniel Shetty was one among the most successful actors of 1990s. He gave big hits like Mohra in 1994, Gopi Kishen in 1994, Dilwale in 1994, Border in 1997 and comedy films like Hera Pheri in 2000, Aawara Pagal Deewana in 2002, Phir Hera Pheri in 2006, One Two Three in 2008 and De Dana Dan in 2009.

Suniel Shetty has acted in over 100 films in 3 decades of his filmy career, he made his acting debut in 1992 with the film Balwaan.

He became a producer in 2003 with the film Khel: No Ordinary Game, further he produced, Rakht, comedy film Bhagam Bhag, Mission Istaanbul EMI and Loot.

Apart from Hindi he acted in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu, Marathi, English and Turkish films.

Though he couldn't maintain his stardom in the film field, as an entrepreneur he is very successful by becoming the owner chain of restaurants, he owns clothing boutiques, R House, a luxury furniture and home lifestyle store and owns many other business ventures.

Why did Amisha Patel's career end in Bollywood despite doing so many hit films?

 After giving three consecutive hit films in the beginning of her career, Amisha's career almost ended suddenly. Amisha is one of the few Bollywood actresses who is well educated. She has done graduation in Economics and has also worked as an Economics Analyst.

You may not know, but Aamir Khan was impressed by Amisha's IQ level and offered her the film Mangal Pandey. Aishwarya was supposed to play that role initially, but Aamir recommended Amisha.

The reason for the downfall of Amisha's film career has been her boyfriend and to some extent her own family. Let's know how:

1- Amisha's parents are conservative, hence Amisha had to take consent from her parents before joining the theatre group and also before working in films.

2- Amisha had initially rejected the offer of Kaho Naa Pyar due to her studies. But she did the film later. Rakesh Roshan and Amisha's father studied in the same school. That is also the reason why Amisha accepted the film.

3- Now talking about career, Amisha made the biggest mistake by getting into a relationship with Vikram Bhatt. Vikram Bhatt has played a big role in ruining Amisha's career.

4- Vikram Bhatt himself said that when he was in a relationship with Amisha, he was only after her. And Amisha was after her career. Vikram also said that I am not going to take this relationship to heart because I have been hurt by doing this before.

5- Vikram Bhatt was in a relationship with Amisha for 5 years and he was not interested in Amisha's career. After the breakup, Vikram said that both of us mistook friendship and good mutual understanding as love. We never loved each other.

6- When Amisha was at the beginning of her career, there was a lot of tension between her and her family. Amisha's parents did not like her relationship with Vikram Bhatt at all. Amisha had told that because of this there used to be a drama in her house every day and her mother used to beat her with slippers.

7- In 2004, Amisha accused her father of withdrawing 120 million rupees from her account and also stealing more diamonds from her account. Amisha said that she wants her money back. Amisha broke off relations with her family. However, in 2009, there was a reconciliation between her and her family.

8- During this time many of Amisha's films flopped. But in 2008 she again came into a relationship with Kanan Puri, but this relationship lasted only 2 years. Amisha was heartbroken again. And instead of focusing on her career, she got entangled in her personal life.

9- Ameesha's name was also linked with Ranbir Kapoor.

10- Amisha never got the support of her family and boyfriend, which could have helped her in her career. So she became lonely and due to wrong choice of films, she almost disappeared from Bollywood.

However, now he also has a production house, and is a partner in various businesses.