What if cricketers were Bollywood actors?

 Rohit Sharma as Shahid Kapoor

Both of them are talented but performs only once!

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Shikhar Dhawan as Ranveer Singh

Just look at their energy and mustache!

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Virat Kohli as Salman Khan

Once they enter, fans go crazy!

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MS Dhoni as Shah Rukh Khan

Have millions of followers and thousands of haters!

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Yuvraj Singh as Ranbir Kapoor

Just compare their past and present!

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Rahul Dravid as Irfan Khan

The Underrated!

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Sachin Tendulkar as Amitabh Bachchan

Legends!

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Edit:

Based on the suggestions, adding some more:

Ajinkya Rahane as RajKumar Rao

Another set of Underrated!

Credits: Maitreya Khanapurkar

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Kapil Dev as Nasseruddin Shah

Legends again!

What are some examples of casting actors/actresses either too young or too old for their parts?

 IN the movie Taken.

Maggie Grace plays this 17-year-old daughter:

First off, she acted like a hyper 13 year old more than a 17 year old in the park.

But also, she was visibly older looking than 17—because she was. At the time, she was 25 years old.

The most egregious example was in Grease:

They are all playing teenagers and basically none of them look like teenagers.

Stockard Channing (on the right):

Was playing a teenager while being 33-years-old.

Weird scene, bro. Not sure why studios can’t find more age appropriate people to play these parts.

Has a movie ever ruined the careers of promising actors and actresses?

 Quite often yes and one actress certainly comes to my mind when it comes to this subject:

Anyone who grew up in the 90s would no doubt remember this promising young actress who was famous for a short brief period of time named Alicia Silverstone.

Yeah that’s her in both pictures but anyways she was a very young actress at the time who made her acting debut in this psychological thriller called The Crush (1993).

Think Fatal Attraction only this time the psychotic dame is a 14 year old girl played by Alicia Silverstone who has an obsessed crush on a guy who’s an adult and way older than she is and is already romancing a grown woman but just like Glenn Close she doesn’t take to being rejected very well and starts to seriously stalk this guy and goes so far as to try to kill him and his girlfriend.

Well the movie didn’t quite get big ratings (Rotten Tomatoes gave it a 25 percent) but it did jumpstart Alicia’s career as a promising actress in the 90s who would later on become extremely popular when she starred in the movie Clueless (1995).

A popular teenage flick to where she played a rich, self-centered, teenage drama queen who’s living the highly popular social life with her teenage friends in high school who becomes a matchmaker for this one girl played by late actress Brittany Murphy by giving her a complete makeover only for this girl to become more popular than she is and throughout the movie she pretty much learns that when it comes to love and romance she’s completely CLUELESS. Well the movie became such a popular cult hit and for a short time it became a major franchise to where a TV series spinoff came on shortly after the movie came out which ran for a few seasons. (Unfortunately Alicia did not star in it nor did Brittany Murphy) And girls everywhere thought it was cool to act like those girls in the movie quoting phrases like “Whatever” or “As if” in those extremely sassy ANNOYING tones and the movie itself pretty much made Alicia one of the most popular actresses in Hollywood at the time who pretty much had a promising career ahead of her if it had not been for the fact that she starred in the very abomination known as…….

Batman & Robin (1997)

Yep unfortunately that’s her on the left as Batgirl alongside George Clooney as Batman and Chris O’Donnell as Robin. Well anyone who remembers the 90s would certainly know that this Grade A Disaster of a superhero movie directed by Joel Schumacher who obviously didn’t know anything about Batman was a complete box office flop that would become known as the absolute worst superhero movie ever made that not only sent the first Batman movie series into the grave but completely DESTROYED Alicia’s short lived movie career after her disastrous role as Batgirl. In fact her version of Batgirl was so bad that all these fans went so far as to constantly refer to her as Fatgirl because of her extremely bad costume but that wasn’t her fault because if there’s anyone to blame for everything that was wrong with the movie it’s none other than Joel Schumacher of course. But nevertheless very shortly after the movie BOMBED at the box office bigtime her career went completely downhill and by the 2000s she pretty much completely faded out of sight. At one point though she did try to make a comeback with a TV sitcom on NBC called Miss Match but unfortunately the show was a ratings flop which got canceled after a few episodes and once again she completely faded out of sight so while you may see her every now and then it’s obvious she hasn’t at all made a successful comeback since the 90s ended and Batman & Robin pretty much destroyed her very short lived career which is such a sad shame considering she certainly had a promising career after The Crush & Clueless.

Additional Note: I should also mention that not only did Batman & Robin ruined Alicia Silverstone’s career but also before that movie actor Chris O’Donnell had quite a very promising career going for him as well after starring in these movies in the 90s but after his role as Robin in Batman Forever and Batman & Robin which many fans came to hate his movie career also went straight downhill as well but unlike Alicia he did manage to make a successful comeback with the TV show spinoff NCIS Los Angeles along with LL Cool J who he stars alongside with. So while his movie career may have ended he at least still has a career with a TV show.

What are some strange facts about some popular Bollywood actors?

 

• He is not into acting because of his father or Bollywood Connection, but because he was involved in theater since school. "At 18, I decided to take the plunge. It took me 10 years because I didn't want to leave my education to get into films”.
• Abhay Deol’s Nickname is ‘Dimpy’.
• He does not follow anyone’s footsteps and only do things which he likes.
• He loves Traveling a lot.
• In 2014, he bear huge losses in his home production One By Two, and challenged music labels and industry insiders for existing corrupt practices.

Which Bollywood actors are against Modi?

 As per the below assessment—Samajwadi Party’s Jaya Bachchan & TMC’s Mimi Chakraborty are smartly playing their cards against Hon’ble Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Bollywood stars-celebrities, Kangana Ranaut to Jaya Bachchan: 5 actress-turned-political leaders are playing a vital role in the Minister led by Hon’ble Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi.

1. Samajwadi party’s Jaya Bachchan—A member of the Samajwadi Party, has been serving as the Rajya Sabha MP since 2004 to date. Recently, Bachchan was in the headlines over her name controversy in the Rajya Sabah
2. TMC’s Mimi Chakraborty, Member of Parliament 23 May 2019 to 4 June 2024—of the ruling Trinamool Congress party in West Bengal, Mimi Chakraborty has also served as an MP from May 2009 to June 2024 from the Jadavpur seat. Early this year, in February, Chakraborty resigned from her post. Known for Bengali films such as ‘Bapi Bari Ja,’ Chakraborty has also acted in Hindi movies including ‘Shastry Virudh Shastry’ and Bangladeshi film ‘Toofan.’
1. Present status—on February 15, 2024, she resigned from her position, citing dissatisfaction with the party leadership and expressing her struggles within the political environment.
3. BJP party Hema Malini—before officially joining the BJP in 2004 had campaigned for the political party when late actor Vinod Khanna was contesting for the Gurdaspur seat in the Lok Sabah election.
4. BJP party Kangana Ranaut, Member of Parliament June2024 till present—The latest entry of a Bollywood actress into the political world, announced as the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Lok Sabah the General Elections 2024 from Himachal Pradesh’s Mandi constituency.
5. BJP’s Kiron Kher, former Member of Parliament 16 May 2014 to 4 June 2024—The two-time National Film Awards-winner was twice elected as the BJP’s Lok Sabha MP from Chandigarh constituency. She served on the post from 2014-2024. Though she is no longer an MP, Kher continues to be a member of the BJP, which she joined in 2019. During the 2019 general election that she contested, Kher won her seat by a margin of 46,970 votes.

Which famous Kannada movie actors have acted in Malayalam movies and vice versa?

 Shruti

This kannadiga actress has acted in few couple of movies in Malayalam like oral matram, swantham Malavika, CI Mahadevan 5 Adi 4 inch etc. However she was known for her portrayal as Dr. Ambili in Kottaram veetile apputten opposite Jayaram.

Sudha Rani

This Karnataka state award winning actress has acted only in one movie opposite Jayaram in Adythekanmani. This movie was a big blockbuster and remade into Hindi as beti number 1. The actress was loved by Malayalee audiences for her natural beauty and good acting skills. But we Malayalees were not lucky to have her back in Malayalam movies.

Sumalatha

There is no introduction needed for sumalatha in Mollywood. She has acted in multiple Malayalam movies and wooed the audiences with her acting and natural beauty. Her most popular character was Clara from thoovanthumbikal. Her pairing with superstars Mohanlal & Mammooty was always appreciated by the audience.

Madhoo Shah

Madhoo or Madhubala is technically not a kannadiga as she is from a Tamil family but ever since her comeback she has been part of sandalwood industry with good characters. Madhoo has acted in movies like Yoddha, Nilgiri, Ottayalpattalam, Ennod Ishtam koodamo. All these movies were blockbusters of the time. Her pairing with Mukesh is one of my personal favourite onscreen couples of Mollywood.

Nikki Galrani

Nikki has played multiple movies in Malayalam. Her most popular movie was Vellimoonga. She is quite perfect for playing Christian characters in Malayalam movies. Nikki herself accepted that she is loved a lot by Malayalee audiences.

Soundarya

Soundarya has acted in two Malayalam movies. Had she been alive she would have been doing many Malayalam movies as she was quite perfect to play a natural Malayalee women onscreen.

Sanjana Galrani

Sister of Nikki Galrani has acted in movies like The king & commissioner, Casanova etc. However unlike her sister Sanjana was unnoticed by the audience as the movies she has acted was not a big commercial hits.

Vedika Kumar

Vedika has acted in movies like Sringaravelan, Cousins, James and Alice, Welcome to Central Jail etc. her most popular roles was that Alice from James and Alice.

Madhavi

Madhavi though born in a Telugu family has made a name of her own in both Kannada and Malayalam movie industry. Her most famous role is from Akashadhoothu where she played a single parent who is a blood cancer patient who wanted to keep her children safe before her death.

Parul Yadav

Parul though is a North Indian, she is a popular actress in sandalwood industry now; she started her film career from Malayalam. Her debut movie was Krithyam opposite Prithviraj. She also acted in a crime thriller Black Dalia. She didn’t became a popular actress in Malayalam as the movies she acted were flops.

Shraddha Srinath

This Kannada Filmfare winning actress started her film career from Malayalam. Her debut was a Malayalam movie named Kohinoor. She played a parallel lead in this movie. This movie was a flop.

Vinaya Prasad

Vinaya has acted in multiple Malayalam movies in her career. She is popularly known as Sridevi from Manichitrathazhu. She also played lead roles in Malayalam TV industry. She still acts in Malayalam movies as supporting actress.

Meghna Raj

Meghna raj has acted in multiple Malayalam movies of which most popular characters of her are from the movies Beautiful & Memories.

Veteran actresses like Bharati, Jayanti etc has acted in multiple Malayalam movies.

Now actresses who have acted in sandalwood industry from Malayalam:

Sitara

Sitara has acted only in Kannada movies continually for 7 years and has been part of good movies.

Bhavana

Bhavana is another malayee actress who had made her own name in sandalwood industry.

Nitya Menon

Nitya though her parents are malayees she has been born and bought up in Bangalore. She has done few good movies in Kannada.

Actresses like Parvathy Thiruvottu, Prayaga Martin, Chippy, Navya Nair, Gopika, Divya Unni, Nayantara, Meera Jasmine, Mamta Mohandas, Vani Vishwanath, Vijaya Lakshmi has acted in Kannada movies.

Kannada actors like Ananth Nag, Vishnuvardhanan, Ambareesh has acted in Malayalam movies which is mentioned by others so I am not repeating here. Mohanlal & Mammooty too acted in Kannada movies.

Which actors and actresses are the most versatile in South India?

 Off the top of my head, I can list at least a score and more of actors from the four southern languages spanning over five decades. For the sake of contemporaneity, and leaving all lead actors like Kamal Hassan, Vikram, Mohanlal et al., I zero in on just one actor, who in my opinion is the very epitome of versatility.

Prakash Raj

Hailing from a rich stage background from the Kannada theater, this thespian has straddled the south Indian tinsel scene like a colossus in all the four languages(and also recently, Hindi) for nearly three decades, bagging along the way one National Award for Best Actor, one for the Best Supporting actor, one Special Jury awards, four Tamilnadu State Film awards,a handful of Filmfare (South) awards and half a dozen Nandi awards for his performances covering an entire range of roles. Here I will be talking only about his master class performances in Tamil films and some stray Telugu films, and leave the field open for my friends from other South Indian states to chip in with their contributions in the comments, or as separate answers.

Aasai (1995) : Perhaps in his first major running role, his performance as a cantankerous Army Major coveting his unwed sister in law, Prakash Raj oozed with a menacing meanness. In fact his performance as the scheming antagonist totally overshadowed the protagonist played by an young and handsome Ajith Kumar. In the same year he won his first Tamilnadu State Film award for best villain for his role as a sadistic husband in the movie Kalki directed by his mentor in Tamil, K.Balachander.

Iruvar (1997) : In this cult classic directed by the maestro Maniratnam, a thinly veiled political drama about the relationship between M.G.Ramachandran and M.Karunanidhi, Prakash Raj donned the complex role of Thamizhselvan modeled on Karunanidhi’s persona with great aplomb while pitted against another thespian Mohanlal in the role of Anandan closely resembling M.G.R. Prakash Raj won his first National award, for the best Supporting Actor for his excellent portrayal.

(Prakash Raj in Iruvar)

Antahpuram (Telugu-1998) : Prakash Raj played the elderly Narasimha, a violent and uncouth village chieftain with great authenticity,which fetched him another National Award (Special Jury) Prakash Raj also produced and reprised his role in the Tamil movie under the same name in 1999.

(Prakash Raj in Anthapuram)

Appu (2000 film) : In this movie Prakash Raj donned the role of Maharani, a transgender brothel keeper, reprising the role made iconic by Sadashiv Amrapurkar in the Hindi original Sadak, and delivered a power packed performance, as usual eclipsing the hero in every scene.

(Prakash Raj in Appu)

Okkadu (Telugu-2002) / Ghilli (Tamil-2004) : The negative role played by Prakash Raj in these Tamil/Telugu movies attained a sort of cult status, with his way of addressing the heroine as “Chellam” (Pet/Darling)became a trade mark of the actor.

( “Chellam” Prakash Raj in Ghilli)

Vasool Raja MBBS (Tamil-2004) In this Tamil remake of Munnabhai MBBS, Prakash Raj played the arrogant yet adorable Dr. Vishwanathan, matching the incomparable Kamal Haasan stride by stride in every scene they appeared together.

(Prakash Raj with Kamal in Vasool Raja M.B.B.S)

Anniyan (Tamil-2005) : In this movie as the cop in hot pursuit in the trail of the elusive Anniyan, Prakash Raj still managed to hold his own against a rampaging Vikram in an author backed role and won the Tamilnadu State Award for Best Villain (though I personally would not consider his role in the movie as villain)

(Prakash Raj with Vikram in Anniyan)

Bommarillu (Telugu-2006) / Santosh Subramaniam (Tamil -2008) : The role of Prakash Raj as an overbearing father dominating over every decision of his son was the pivot for the whole movie.

(Prakash Raj in Santosh Subramanian)

Mozhi (Tamil - 2007) : In my opinion, the best ever performance of Prakash Raj, in a parallel role as the fun loving friend of the protagonist, he could hold out against his much younger co-stars, and set the screen on fire with his spontaneous comic capers. Truly international level.

(Prakash Raj in Mozhi. Incidentally he was the produer too)

Arai En 305-il Kadavul : Prakash Raj played the god in this comedy, totally shedding his villain image with a very benign and calm look in his eyes.

Kanchivaram (Tamil-2008) : The crowning glory of an amazing career. Prakash Raj’s understated and poignant performance as a suffering silk weaver in the pre independence India, very deservedly fetched him the National Award and Filmfare award for the Best Actor.

(Prakash Raj in his award winning role in Tamil movie Kanchivaram)

Abhiyum Naanum (Tamil-2008) : In this home production of his, Prakash Raj turned from the hated villain of Trisha in Ghilli to her doting father, turning the dominant father of Santosh Subramanian into a caring and loving one for his daughter. This role merits a mention just prove how he could achieve such transformations effortlessly and with total ease.

(Prakash Raj with Trisha in Abhiyum Naanum)

As I said in the beginning, this list covers only Tamil movies, giving just a fractional glimpse of the versatility of Prakash Raj. If we take into consideration his performances in Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi, we can realise the full extent of his enormous talent.

( All images are from the internet)