What actor is the best at playing weirdo roles?

 Ayushman Khurana

Ayushman Khurana has made his career playing either characters who are weird or with whom weird things happen.

Starting from his debut film Vicky Donor (2011) where he played a sp**m donor. He played a bl*nd man who is not actually bl*nd and who witness a m*rder. In Dum Lagai ke Haisha he played a man married to an over sized woman. In Bareilly ki Barfi he plays a man in love who fells for the writer of the book he wrote but published under someone else's name. In Badhai Ho (2018) he played the son of a mother who got pregnant at old age. In Bala, he played a bald man, in Shubh Mangal Savdhan he was suffering from er**tile dysfunction, in Shubh Mangal Zyada Savdhan he played a hom*se*ual. In Chandigarh Kare Aashiqi he played a man who was in love with a woman who was earlier a man!! In Dream Girl he played a man impersonating a woman to earn money. And in Thamma, he played a vampire.

In short, there has been almost next to no films of Ayushman Khurana where he hasnt played a character which is not weird in some or other rway or who is facing some weird issues. He was very successful in such films and therefore Ayushman Khurana small town movies became a genre in itself. However post COVID his films have lost their magic and he is now struggling to make success out of his eccentric movies.

Can you name some actors who have played negative roles in Tamil films?

 List of tamil actors who have played negative role

1. Rajinikanth

Moondru Mudichu, Avargal, 16 Vayathinile (Parattai), Gayathri

Aarilirunthu Arubathu Varai (grey shades)

Netrikkan (negative character in a dual role)

Billa (1980), Enthiran (evil Chitti)

2. Kamal Haasan

Sigappu Rojakkal, Aalavandhan

Nandhu/Chandru, a psychotic antagonist

Dasavathaaram

(Christian Fletcher, the main villain)

Kalki 2898 AD (Supreme Yaskin, the primary antagonist)

Aadu Puli Attam

3. Chiyaan Vikram

Iru mugam (2016), sci-fi action thriller, actor Vikramplays both the hero (RAW agent Akila and the antagonist. a pharmaceutical mastermind and eccentric international dealer known as Love.

4. Ajith Kumar

Vaali and Mankatha are generally regarded as Ajith's most famous negative-shaded performances..more like Anti-hero role but not villain.

5. Thalapathi Vijay

Azhagiya Tamil Magan

This is the only movie where vijay played dual role as protagonist and antagonist role as Prasad, lead actress Shriya Saran accidentally met Prasad considering as Guru, later Prasad has several naughty plan to kill Shriya Saran and Guru tried to Revenge with him.

6. Suriya Sivakumar

24 (2016) Athreya Role, Sethuraman’s Twin brother, Athreya is targeting his brother for his watch he needs,

7. Karthi

Kashmora (2016)

He notably played dual role, one negative role, and one protagonist role

Raj Nayak, a tyrannical and lustful ancient war load. He serves as the main villain haunting the forbidden bungalow..where the protagonist gets trapped

9. Arunvijay

Yennai Arindhaal (2015), Bruce leee (2015) Chakravyuva (2016)

Interesting thing is Arun Vijay is the only actor who played negative role in different film industry like Tamil, Telugu and Kannada instead of doing only tamil,

10. Vijay Sethupathi

Vikram Vedha Sethupathi played anti-hero role

Dreaded gangster and primary antagonist to the police force. However as the narrative progresses, the line between hero and villain blurs, vithakkara police force (led by SP Surendhar/Abbas) and the drug load Ravi revealed as the true masterminds.

11. Vishal

Villain (2017) and Mark Antony

12. Jayam Ravi

Aadhi Bhagavan (2013) 2013 Tamil action film, the lead antagonist is Bhagavan, an effeminate underworld don based in Mumbai. He shares a strikingly identical face with the film's protagonist, a Bangkok-based smuggler named Aadhi. Both characters were played by Jayam Ravi in a dual role.

13. Arya

Varudu (2011) and Enemy (2021)

14. Jiiva

Singam Puli, where Jeeva played the antagonist is Ashok..the evil twin brother of the protagonist, Shiva. Both characters were played by actor Jiiva

15. Silambarasan

Manmadhan., Chekka Chivantha Vaanam

16. Dhanush

Puthupettai (2006), Mayakam Enna (2011), kara (2016), Naane Varuvean (2022)

Dhanush played as dual role in naane Varuvean psychological thriller, portraying both the protagonist and his terrifying, psychopathic twin brother who serves as the film's primary antagonist.

17. Bharat

Notable film, Spyder (2017)

Bharath notably played a negative role as one of the antagonists, but not main villain

Chellamae (2004) , Kadugu (0217)

18. Jai

Pattampoochi, (in the 2022 Tamil psychological thriller Pattampoochi, the antagonist is Sudhakar an ultra-violent, artistic serial killer who also suffers from Tourette syndrome. This chilling villain role was played by actor Jai marking his first time portraying a negative character.

Among the major Tamil stars, Rajinikanth is one of the actors who played the most villain roles early in his career.

Ajith Kumar is known for anti hero grey shades roles rather than outright villains

Arun Vijay and Vijay Sethupathi played numerous villain role.

Vijay and Suriya played only few Negative role

Till now Actors like Udhayanidhi Stalin, Ashok Selvan, Atharavaa, Sivakarthikeyan, Santhanu Bhagyaraj, didn't experiment any villain role.

Actor Prashant rarely do any negative role

Who plays the lead male role in the film 'Silsila'?

 

Silsila (1981) is a multistarrer romantic movie.

It is renowned for its beautiful music and cinematography.

Amitabh Bachchan : This legendary actor played role of a male lead in this movie.

He starred opposite Rekha and Jaya Bachchan.

Shashi Kapoor : He starred opposite Jaya Bachchan.

He had a brief but important role in this movie.

Sanjeev Kumar : This renowned actor starred opposite Rekha in this movie.

Facts : Shiv Kumar Sharma and Hari Prasad Chaurasia debuted in hindi cinema with Silsila.

These renowned classical artists debuted as Shiv Hari and composed memorable film music.

Javed Akhtar, known film writer made his debut as film lyricist with Silsila.

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What are the weird roles of Bollywood actors?

 

1. Imran Khan in ‘Once Upon A Time In Mumbai… Dobara’

Is there any justification for this casting? Nope. Imran entered as the ‘chocolate boy’ of Bollywood, and his efforts to defy that typecast failed. He’s a great actor, but not convincing enough to play a gangster, and someone more convincing could have been roped in for the role.

2. Nargis Fakhri in Rockstar

Image Credit: Eros International

Rockstar is a great movie. It’s one of the few things in Bollywood that are sacred, and it shouldn’t be touched. But if there was one thing we wish would change, is Fakhri as the character Heer Kaul. She wasn’t great at the parts where acting was involved and it just seemed like an odd pairing to an otherwise beautifully painful movie.

3. Shah Rukh Khan in Fan

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Shah Rukh Khan played the character of the star perfectly, but a younger actor could have easily been cast to play the part of the fan. It looked odd to see SRK play the role of a much younger person, but maybe he didn’t wish to play a mere supporting role in the movie.

4. Shah Rukh Khan in Jab Harry Met Sejal

Image Credit: Red Chillies Entertainment

Shah Rukh and Anushka Sharma have delivered great hits such as Rabb Ne Bana Di Jodi (which deserves a separate article of its own) and Jab Tak Hai Jaan. But the pairing looked very weird in JHMS, owing to the age gap between the two.

5. Himesh Reshammiya in all his movies

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Whoever promised the man an illustrious career in acting, I just wanna talk… I mean, the man made a remake of ‘Karz’ and then completely botched it, unapologetically. And then didn’t even stop there. Kyun?

6. Shraddha Kapoor in Haseena Parkar

Image Credit: Swiss Entertainment

The movie is a biopic on the life of Haseena Parkar, but Shraddha Kapoor failed to portray the character as a human being with complex emotions, and the performance seemed robotic and devoid of any nuance.

7. Salman Khan in Tubelight

Image Credit: Salman Khan Films, Kabir Khan Films

Salman Khan is best suited to play the role of a toxic cop who doesn’t follow the rules and goes around shoving his masculinity in other people’s faces. That is also the end of his ‘acting’ threshold. We never would have bet on him to play the character of a challenged person convincingly, and the movie only furthers that he is best suited for roles that are, for the lack of a better word, macho.

8. Katrina Kaif in Rajneeti

Image Credit: Prakash Jha Productions Walkwater Media Ltd

The movie was great, and her accent and lack of acting skills did not sit well at all. Why was this even a casting decision, we’ll never know.

What role in what film was turned down by the most actors?

 “Die Hard”, today remembered as an iconic action picture, had difficulty getting itself a leading man:

Willis as John McClane

The picture was based on the novel “Nothing Lasts Forever” a sequel to a cop procedural titled “The Detective” that had been adapted into a hit film with Frank Sinatra in 1968. Die Hard had the same plot under-pinnings as “Forever” — a police detective battling the bad guys in an office tower, although details were different. The officer in the script was younger, not divorced and way more smart-ass.

Sinatra, though no longer young, was offered the script. Likewise Harrison Ford, Sylvester Stallone, Paul Newman, Clint Eastwood, Al Pacino, Richard Gere, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Burt Reynolds. All of them turned it down.

One of the few actors who was interested or didn’t have scheduling conflicts was TV star Bruce Willis, whose big-screen career to that point consisted of a pair of underwhelming comedies directed by Blake Edwards, one of which made some money (“Blind Date”) and one (“Sunset”) that bombed. Willis recalled:

Things were happening so fast I didn’t have time to sit down and go, “Here’s what I want to have happen this year, or next year, or in five years.” I was never that guy anyway. I was never the guy that said, “OK, in five years, I need to be HERE.” … All I knew was I got to act every day on TV.

The show [Moonlighting] had become popular by 1988, I think I’d already read the script for Die Hard once, but had to pass because of the show. As it turns out, a miracle happened — Cybill Shepherd got pregnant and they shut down the show for 11 weeks — just the right amount of time for me to run around over at Nakatomi Tower.

Bruce Willis was offered the part of Officer John McClane along with a fee of five million dollars. He happily accepted, performed many of his own stunts, and cracked wise throughout. The result became a major hit for Twentieth Century Fox, one that hoisted Mr. Willis to big screen stardom.

What kinds of roles have actors turned down?

 What kinds of roles have actors turned down?

Hugh Jackman (right) ultimately turned down the role of James Bond, which was played by Daniel Craig (left).

Brad Pitt (left) ultimately

turned down the role of Jason Bourne in

the 'Bourne' series , a role that was eventually played by Matt Damon (right).

Jensen Ackles (left) initially auditioned for the role of Captain America, but Chris Evans took the part. The studio liked his performance and offered him the role of Hawkeye, but he declined, and ultimately Jeremy Renner (right) ended up playing Hawkeye.

Jake Gyllenhaal (left) ultimately

turned down the role of Rick Flag in

Suicide Squad , a role that was eventually played by Joel Kinnaman (right).

Josh Hartnett (left) turned down the role of Superman in "Superman Returns," and the role was ultimately played by Brandon Routh (right).

Rob Lowe (left) ultimately

turned down the role of Dr. Derek "McDreamy" Shepherd in

the drama series "Grey's Anatomy," a role that was eventually played by Patrick Dempsey (right).

Thomas Jane (left) ultimately

turned down the role of Don Draper in

the TV series "Mad Men," a role that was eventually played by Jon Hamm (right).

Charlie Hunnam (left) ultimately

turned down the role of Christian Grey in the movie "

Fifty Shades of Grey," a role that was eventually played by Jamie Dornan (right).

Which actors have seriously regretted turning down roles in iconic Hollywood films?

 When an actor reaches a point in their career where they have the opportunity to choose between several job offers, they run the risk of turning down the next big project.

Here are a few examples:

Leonardo DiCaprio was offered the role of Ennis Del Mar in "Brokeback Mountain," but thankfully he turned it down. As we now know, Heath Ledger got the part and was later nominated for an Oscar for his performance. Can you imagine "Brokeback" without Ledger?

That one must sting. Gwyneth Paltrow turned down the role of Rose in "Titanic" and never revealed her reasons. I can understand her. Then Kate Winslet came along and formed one of the most iconic on-screen duos in cinematic history with Leonardo DiCaprio. The film became a massive hit and garnered 11 of their 14 Oscar nominations. I'm glad Leo didn't turn down that film too...

Matt Damon had to turn down the lead role in "Avatar" because he was still filming the Bourne movies. Damon stated that he really wanted to play Jake Sully in Avatar but it was impossible due to scheduling conflicts. Avatar went on to become one of the highest-grossing films of all time.