Flop films affect actors but not stars?

iView Author: Sridhar Mayur (Hyderabad, India)

Email: mayursridhar [at] gmail [dot] com

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‘Whose Flop is it anyway?
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Why some good actors had to struggle a lot to get into the mainstream, and after that struggle they would face Struggle-Phase 2. They’ve been a lot these days….Like the brilliant Irrfan Khan to the impeccable-comic-timer Rajpal Yadav. They all have started work from scrath working in Doordarshan(Our very own “Bapu TV”, which is still in 1980’s - torturing us to the core!!).

I hope most of us might remember watching these guys on Doordarshan(Who can forget Irrfan Khan as ‘Senapati’ in ‘Chanakya’). Not to forget Ashutosh Rana(in Shanti), wonderful actor! I am talking about them coz……critics come with brick-bats over them and it takes long time for these poor guys to come back to track after the movie …


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One Scene Character

It is time to do a list. This time, I present to you The Top 10 One Scene Characters. Not really. Just a few of my favorite One Scene Hindi Film characters, that have sorta stuck in me mind. I was meant to write on this a very long time ago. But, you know, how it is. Anyway, a few weeks back I read RK’s article on Naseeruddin Shah’s 3.5 scene in Ardh Satya and that kinda prompt me to finally write about my favorite one scene characters; I just want to highlight those great actors.
In most of the films - those small characters/one scene characters are the most memorable/entertaining scenes. And I am going to start with RajPal Yadav because he has made a successful career out of playing one scene/small characters.
RajPal Yadav has done plenty of films with Ram Gopal Verma …


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