Unconventional heroes shine
Ranbir Kapoor: Ranbir was undoubtedly the shining star of 2009. The actor has had two releases this year Wake Up Sid and Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani, both of which have become commercial successes. In Wake Up Sid, Ranbir played a lazy, spoiled college-going kid, while in Ajab Prem... Ranbir tried his hands at comedy. There is no doubt that Ajab Prem... worked because of Ranbir and only Ranbir. In Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year Ranbir playes a salesman Harpreet Singh Bedi, who dives into the world of sales, rumoured to be an ultra cool career for all smart people blocked from entering medical, engineering or business schools by brainless entrance exams.
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They aren't conventionally good looking, can't always shake a leg and their movies are not larger than life. Yet actors like Abhay Deol, Farhan Akhtar and Irrfan Khan have managed to find a place on the favourites list of audiences as well as filmmakers. (Text: IANS)
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Abhay, who hails from a film family that produced mainstream stars like Dharmendra, Sunny and Bobby Deol, entered commercial cinema in 2005 with Socha Naa Tha alongside Ayesha Takia. The actor, once criticised for his hairstyle and appearance, is now on the rise and even has women swooning over him.
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Something similar happened to Irrfan Khan several years earlier, another actor who without conventional good looks has earned a huge fan following. Critics and audiences initially wrote him off, but now they adore Irrfan. And the credit goes to directors like Vishal Bharadwaj, Mira Nair and Danny Boyle for giving him a chance to prove his mettle in Maqbool, Namesake and Slumdog Millionaire, respectively.
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Another actor whom people love watching on the big screen is Rahul Bose. He is short and certainly doesn't have regular hero looks, but the audiences fell for him in Mr & Mrs Iyer, Jhankaar Beats, Pyaar Ke Side Effects and Shaurya.
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The former boy-next-door Shahid Kapur has become the pin-up boy of Bollywood post Kaminey. In 2008 Shahid had just one film Kismat Konnection, which didn't do well at the box office. The actor bounced back with the release of Kaminey in which he played a double role. His six-pack abs became the talk of the town. Girls too couldn't stop raving about Shahid and his new persona.
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Abhishek Bachchan: 2009 saw the release of the most aniticipated movie Delhi-6 starring Junior B. Directed by Rakeysh Om Prakash Mehra of Rang De Basanti fame, the movie failed to strike the right chords with the audience. But nevertheless, one of its song Masakkali Masakkali became a huge hit. There was a long silence from Abhishek Bachchan post Delhi-6on the big screen, but the actor did manage to grab the limelight on small screen when he appeared on The Oprah Winfrey show along with his beautiful wife Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. Then came Paa, the movie was his home production and as expected there were a lot of jitters too. The movie was one of its kind, where Abhi played Pa to his Pa, Amitabh Bachchan. The movie is slowly riding the ladder at box office. Abhishek has received a lot of appreciation for his portrayal of a young politician Amol Arte.
