I thought of writing such an article for Shahrukh first cause it was apparently a fad for certain movie buffs to criticize SRK.However these days the focus has shifted from Srk to Akshay Kumar.Every second critic in every website or internet forums criticizes and bashes Akshay Kumar for the silliest of reasons to the extent of even calling him a "jackass", so decided to talk about Akshay`s critics first and than Srk some other day.
A complete natural actor:
First of all what these critics must understand is that Akshay is just an actor in the film. He did`nt write the script/screenplay and neither did he direct it. While checking out the reviews of Khambhakt Ishq i noticed that majority of the critics fully blamed Akshay for how bad the film was, i don`t remember anyone bashing the director(whose poor direction was the main reason for how bad the movie turned out to be). When was the last time that Akshay gave a poor performance or hammed in a film?
He isn`t and never claimed to be a method actor,he does all his roles in his own way and gives a very good performance in all his films but sadly in India actors are judged based on how the film turns out to be and not based on how the performance was. Look at Hollywood`s Johnny Depp,none of his films are close to being classics and his last film sucked but still he is considered amongst the best method actor of this generation!
Even in a disastrous film called JAANI DUSHMAN which is probably the worst film of bollywood history(sonu nigam`s acting in it being the worst performance in bollywood history) you see Akshay being the only decent thing about the film.
Be it action(tashan),comedy(hera pheri),romance(namastey london) or drama(khakee) he plays it all naturally and rarely does a bad job as an actor.In an horrendous film like TASHAN,he gave one of the best performance of that year!
-aren`t these signs of a very good actor? Is the final output of how the film turns out to be need to affect our opinion of how his performance was in those films?
A Self made man:
He along with Shahrukh are probably(surely) the last superstars of Bollywood who aren`t from filmi families.He had to claw his way from the bottom and reached such heights without much support from big banners.No other actor has faced that many failures as much as Akshay in his beginning days.But still the man did`nt deter and took every failure as a stepping stone.
As a person Akshay never resorts to cheap publicity(now i know you would be thinking about the RK laxman incident but please check out his tweets before jumping to conclusions.There was never a time when he took digs at other actors for the sake of his film`s publicity.He is very spiritual,loving and a gem of a human being who never even bothered to reply to a critic called Rajeev Masand for his jackass comment making him the better man.He has an amazing personality and if you are on of those who insult him by talking about his "chest hair" than must say... you are so gay!
His best performances:
I consider the following as his best performances as an actor -
1.Hera pheri(birth of Akshay the comedian since Mr and Mrs Khiladi did`nt get the response it deserved)
2.Jaan-e-mann(which A-list actor would play second fiddle to Salman? that too in a geeky/nerdy role?)
3.Mujhse Shaadi Karoge(another awesome collaboration with Salman,stealing the show all the way)
4.Khakee(amazing range of emotions transforming from a con-cop to a real human being)
5.Mr and Mrs Khiladi (very under-rated comedy film,highly recommended,his chemistry with khader khan was even better than govinda-khader khan jodi in several films)
6.Tashan (a raw comic role,if only this was a cult film than this performance would have got the praise it deserved)
7.Garam Masala(John abraham,paresh rawal were shrudded into pieces and were no match to akshay)
8.Namastey London(brilliant)
other awesome ones include sangharsh,jaanwar,ajnabi,khiladi and few others
To Akshay Kumar:
The industry needs Superstars like you! Hope you keep on doing multiple number of films a year,may they gain good profit and be liked by those who like your kind of comedies(the masses) and get the industry out of depressions and recessions.But at the same time hope you change your direction a bit and start doing good scripted films too cause sadly this industry will judge you only on how your film is and not how you were in the film!
Note:
I did not like any of Akshay`s films of recent past(post namastey london) but i just feel that the way the critics bash him is totally unfair.
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i take back everything.
this guy is gone case now.
Hope he comes back.
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