What are the biggest casting mistakes in Indian Film History?

 • Bhumi Padnekar in Bala

They literally gave her brown face when they could've hired someone with deeper skintone (Radhika Apte or someone new)

• Aamir Khan in Dhoom 3

Personally, I think Hrithik Roshan as lead opposite Katrina in Dhoom 3 would have been a far better casting choice. The circus artist angle especially, Hrithik's physicality & performance range would have made that character so much more believable and visually stunning.

• Alia Bhatt in Brahmastra

The film was already bad, but Alia and Ranbir's pairing made it worse. No chemistry whatsoever, it looked forced and cringe throughout. Kesariya deserved better. Put Deepika or Katrina in that song opposite Ranbir and it would have been a completely different experience.

• Anushka Sharma in Zero

She was completely unconvincing here, easily the worst performance of her career.

•Arjun Kapoor in Panipat

Bro had exactly one expression throughout the entire film 😭

•In the end, Adipurush

If was a casting disaster from top to bottom, there wasn't one role that felt good

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

 Imagine being at the absolute peak of your career, people are going crazy just to get a glimpse of you & you choose that exact moment to hit pause and walk into politics.

Amitabh Bachchan entered politics in 1984 & after that he significantly reduced the number of films he was doing. As a result, scripts like Mr India and Khalnayak which were originally written for him went to Anil Kapoor and Sanjay Dutt

Politics robbed Amitabh of what could have been an even longer peak run, this was an era where audiences were so invested in him that even a low grade macho film like Mard was guaranteed a blockbuster simply by having his face on the poster

His 1988 comeback via Shahenshah was met with genuine madness from audiences, full houses at opening, good collections, but the film was still labeled an underperformer because the bar for Bachchan was simply on another level.

After 1984, Bachchan was barely releasing anything, one film here, a year's gap there.

Mard, Aakhree Raasta, Shahenshah, Ajooba, Toofaan, Mai Azaad hoo, that was basically it across 5 years. And these happened to be his peak years. More output during this period and his stardom would have had a much longer shelf life…

What mistake in a movie is so dumb that you wonder how didn’t the directors notice it?

 Power inconsistency.

In a lot of movies which involve superhuman power, the characters sometimes forget that they have powers or their power keeps dropping as the movie goes on.

In the boys series on one season they have certain power and in the next that power completely disappear.

Homelander can tank pretty much anything, which vought themselves said but at the same time Queen Maeve stabs him and he starts bleeding.

Black Noir took a blast to his face and from machine guns and healed without any issue but in the end he dies from knife attack. He also forgot he can fly.

The Deep is insanely durable as he can effortlessly withstand the pressure at the bottom of Mariana Trench but in the end easily dies after a massive squid shove his tentacles in his Ahhh.

Thor, who is known as the god of thunder gets electrocuted by a tiny device on his neck.

What are the most common cooking mistakes?

 Not following the correct sequence of adding vegetables and spices while preparing a dish.

Vegetables as well as spices are added in a proper order with respect to their water content. Disturbing the sequence leads to improper frying of the ingredients,thus affecting the taste and texture of the dish.

For example, the correct steps to be followed while cooking the dish that's probably the most commonly cooked in Indian kitchens, the Potato Tomato curry affectionately known as 'Aaloo Tamaatar Sabzi', are:

1. After adding oil uniformly on the pan and allowing it to warm, add Chopped onions( and chopped green chilli). Can be initiated with cumin too.
   

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2. After they turn golden brown, add chopped potato.
   

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2. And then Tomato.
   

1. As Tomato has the highest water content among the three, adding it before potato and/or onions may leave them partially fried.
2. Its time to add the spices now. Generally they are added in no particular order,but its better to add Turmeric powder after Coriander powder and Red Chilli powder have been added as it leaves water when fried. DO NOT add Salt with them. Salt has comparatively larger amount of water of crystallization due to which the vegetables may not be properly fried.
   

1. After sufficient frying of the vegetable-spices mixture,add water followed by salt.
   

The sequence says: Do Not Disturb.

P.S. : Peas, Cabbage, Cauliflower, Carrot etc. are added after Tomato in similar curries.

What were the mistakes of Devasena in Baahubali?

 Devasena is, no doubt, an amazing character in the Bahubali franchise! She is a warrior princess. She is brave, strong, intelligent, powerful, kind, independent and generous.

She was just and powerful.

She never kept quiet when she knew something wrong was happening. She has lots of will power and patience!

However, Devasena too commits mistakes which lead to severe consequences. First of all, she was very rude to Shivagami.

She openly insulted Shivagami and Bhallaldeva in court. As a result, Bhallaldeva killed Amarendra Bahubali but didn't kill Devasena. Instead, he tortured Devasena for the next 25 years till Mahendra Bahubali rescued her. She didn't know what Shivagami had gone through in her life hence she challenged Shivagamis authority. This made Shivagami angry, and created friction between Shivagami and Devasena. This led to the death of Amarendra Bahubali and the sufferings of Devasena by Bhalla.

She challenged authority. She always called Mahishmati as an empire without hearts (because she didn't like the way she was treated). I'm not saying Devasena was wrong; I'm saying that she could've expressed her feelings without being so rude and without humiliating Shivagami. She could've soflty told Shivagami that she was wrong in deciding that Devasena should marry Bhalla without even considering whether Devasena was interested in marrying Bhalla. She could've soflty told Shivagami that Amarendra Bahubali and herself are in love and she doesnt want to marry anybody else other than Amarendra Bahubali. She could've soflty told Shivagami that Amarendra Bahubali was decided King of Mahishmati and he must be the King of Mahishmati. Instead, she chose to challenge Shivagami.

This lead to this....

But Devasena patiently waited for her son to rescue her.

Her patience, gave good results in the end.

What common home decor mistakes make a space look smaller?

 The biggest space-shrinker in a room often isn’t clutter or “small furniture” at all—it’s broken sightlines: anything that chops the room into little pieces makes it feel tighter.

A few mistakes show up again and again:

• Furniture that is too bulky for the room
• Deep sofas, oversized armchairs, chunky bed frames, and heavy coffee tables eat both floor space and visual space.
• Ironically, a room filled with many tiny pieces can also look cramped because it becomes busy and fragmented.
• Pushing all furniture hard against the walls
• People often do this hoping to “open up” the center.
• In practice, it can make the room feel like a waiting room and emphasize the room’s edges. A little breathing room behind key pieces often creates a better sense of proportion.
• Dark colors used without enough light
• Dark walls are not automatically bad, but in a dim room they can visually collapse corners and flatten depth.
• The same goes for heavy dark drapes, large dark rugs, and dark furniture all used together.
• Curtains hung too low or too narrow
• This is one of the easiest ways to make windows look smaller than they are.
• Short, skimpy curtains reduce the perceived height and width of the wall. Higher and wider placement usually makes a room read as larger.
• Too much visual clutter
• Open shelves packed with objects, many small decorations, piles of pillows, and busy tabletops create constant visual interruption.
• The eye has nowhere to rest, so the room feels compressed.
• Rugs that are too small
• A tiny rug floating in the middle of the room makes everything around it feel disconnected.
• It shrinks the seating area instead of defining it.
• Poor lighting
• A single overhead light leaves corners in shadow, and shadowy corners make rooms feel smaller.
• Layered lighting—floor lamps, table lamps, sconces—usually gives a stronger sense of depth.
• Busy patterns everywhere
• One patterned wallpaper or rug can work beautifully.
• Several competing prints on curtains, upholstery, bedding, and walls can make a space feel crowded fast.
• Blocking natural light
• Tall furniture in front of windows, thick window treatments, or too many objects on sills reduce one of the strongest “expanding” effects a room can have.

One final mistake is trying to fill every empty spot. Rooms almost always look larger when there is some negative space. In decor, emptiness is not wasted space; it is what allows the rest of the room to breathe.

What are the biggest mistakes in IPL cricket history?

 Financial and franchise mistakes:

• Releasing Chris Gayle - I don’t need to explain this. Why KKR released Gayle is still beyond me. A lot of reports said it was because he left halfway through season 1. Whatever bro! RCB got their penny’s worth and then some.

• Buying an out-of-form Yuvi - Yuvi is no doubt a legend of the game, but IPL is a place where all that doesn’t really count. Loads of superstars have been humbled by the format. RCB and DD both bought Yuvi for super-high prices and he did not do much to justify the buys.

• Buying and Releasing Shane Watson - Weird, I know. It is true that Shane Watson was in the twilight of his career and that he had a lacklustre season with RCB, but he was still a catch. But even then , 9 crores rupees was still high. CSK lapped him up the moment they saw him on sale and he had a pretty good season with CSK under Dhoni’s razor-sharp leadership.

• Benching Glenn Maxwell - MI bought him for $1 M and benched him. Enough said.

• Releasing Gautam Gambhir - Arguably the second best captain in the 2011 and 2012 IPL seasons, releasing Gambhir was one of DD’s worst decisions and that is saying a lot. KKR lapped him up and he single-handedly made them a group of world-beaters. The worst part is, he did not even under perform with DD. Edit - Comments have pointed out that it was Gambhir’s decision. I stand corrected.

• Buying Kevin Pietersen in 2009 - Despite the big bucks and a decent form, KP was the biggest disaster in 2009 season. He had a forgettable outing with just 93 runs. His price tag was $1.55M. Damn!

• Buying Ben Stokes for 12.5 Cr -A rare mistake from RR, who are usually quite shrewd in bids. But understandable. Ben was highest paid even previous season with Pune and sure enogh, he was also the MVP. But he failed in 2018. Expensive mistake.

• Jaydev Undakat for RR - In a season where all teams scrambled for local boys, Unadkat hit the jackpot with the highest bid of the year. A shame he couldn’t justify it. Another huge mis-step by RR.

• Releasing AB Devilliers - Another Jaffa by Delhi. ABD was the swashbuckling South African who was making news for his unique batting style. He was an ace fielder and a superb team man. God knows why DD chose to release him. RCB were like ‘Shut up and take my money’ buying him with $1.5 M.

What are the biggest casting mistakes in Indian Film History?

 

• Stupid Khan in Tubelight.

Remove Salman Khan from this movie and this becomes a great movie. The producers forgot that Salman Khan just cannot act which was required in this movie.

• Akshay Kumar in Jolly LLB 2.

Agree or not Akshay ruined the charisma that Arshad Warsi created in the first film. Well Akshay Kumar has destroyed most of the sequels he worked on.

• Hrithik Roshan in Super 30.

Okay the movie wasn't that bad, it's just that Hrithik doesn't look much rural, he's a handsome urban hunk. And the main character is from a rural village in India. In this movie Hrithik looks more like a Egyptian God.

• SRK in Zero.

What really pissed me off about this movie is that they spent so much to make SRK look like a dwarf. They should have instead hired a talented dwarf actor, saved the budget, SRK and Katrina could have done a cameo and the movie would be much better and realistic. It's not a bad movie, it's just that watching SRK forcibly trying hard to make unrealistic things look realistic is just not what this movie required.

• Shraddha Kapoor in Haseena Parker.

Shraddha Kapoor just cannot play the negative role. Give me a break. She more looks like a candy canny, the next door girl trying to lose her virginity. The Filmmakers tried to make her look ruthless in this movie by just applying soot beneath her eyes. The movie, obviously tanked.

What are some mistakes made in Tamil movies?

 Singam 2 :

As the police station gets vandalized by hooligans to bust Danny out of prison, we get a closer shot at the board displaying the name of the station. It states “Magalir Kaaval Nilayam" in Tamil which translates to “All women's police station” in English. Ironical that Durai Singam would be working in a police station meant only for women.

Aadhavan :

Aadhavan had earlier applied sacred ash on his forehead. The ash would have got dissolved as soon as he got underwater. Instead we see the ash visible distinctly on his forehead underwater as he shoots the godman.

Anniyan :

Section 129 of the Motor Vehicle Act of 1988 states that “Anybody driving a motorcycle or a two-wheeler of any class in a public area is mandated to put on a protective safety helmet". It is conflicting to know that someone like Ambi who respects the law and preaches others to do so doesn't care to wear a helmet while riding his two-wheeler.

Vaaranam Aayiram :

Krishnan and Malini fall in love while attending the Madras Christian College in the 1970’s. In the song “Mundhinam” we see a Santro parked at a distance. However it was not until the 2000’s, the Santro was launched in India.

Nanban :

This movie takes place around the earlier half of this millenium (2001–2002) and yet Riya uses YouTube on a laptop running on Windows 7.

Windows 7 was launched by Microsoft in the year 2009 while YouTube was launched in the year 2005.

It is easy to point out mistakes in movies but besides it is more important to appreciate the hard work and effort put in by the cast and crew in presenting such marvellous movies.