For almost 20 years plus, trio of Khans have ruled the Hindi film industry.Shah Rukh is the King of overseas and urban audience, Aamir caters to 'desi' intelligent audience and Salman is 'aam admi's' superstar. Due to the baggage of stardom, these three great actors are often forced to shed their extraordinary acting skills that they displayed during initial years. Following are my choices of high points of their careers :
SHAH RUKH KHAN
AAMIR KHAN
RAAKH
Genre Action/Drama
Release Date 1989
Director Aditya Bhattacharya
Duration 153 minutes
Cast Aamir Khan,Pankaj Kapur,Supriya Pathak
Pluses Even a great actor Pankaj Kapur is overshadowed by sheer honest performance of Aamir,it was a bold and out of the box film in those days and so was Aamir's display,an intense Aamir with raw but powerful acting skills
Verdict 5/5 (watch it if you think Aamir Khan is doing great work these days and you will realize its really not about proving 'some' point)
Trivia It was released after the super success of QSQT and so audience rejected 'chocolate boy' in this tough role,it also marked the debut of celebrated cameraman Santosh Sivan and editor A. Sreekar Prasad plus director Aditya Bhattacharya becam first director to win national award on debut,Aamir failed to perform such an intense portrayal of action hero afterwards in his career repeatedly in 'Baazi','Aatank Hi Aatank' and recently in 'Ghajini',a loud poor remake of 'Momento'.
SWADES
Genre Social/Drama
Release Date 17th December,2004
Director Ashutosh Gowariker
Duration 194 minutes
Cast Shah Rukh Khan,Gayatri Joshi,Kishori Balal
Pluses Many will argue that 'Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa' or few will say 'Chak De India' but undoubtedly 'Swades' is his best work till date because he sheds all stardom,'masala' and antics to play 'Mohan Bhargava',one of the best moments and subtle performance of Indian cinema-when SRK's character buys water at station,still goosebumps!
Verdict 5/5 (watch it if you think Shah Rukh Khan is all about 'DDLJ','K2H2' or 'K3G')
Trivia It was not a great commercial success but his impeccable performance was praised by one and all,the critical success of this movie gave Shah Rukh belief to attempt brave cinema like 'Chak De India' in future,he is typecast by audience and makers in the role of 'King of Romance' but whenever he comes into his own he displays flashes of his brilliance in flicks like 'Darr','MNIK' or 'Devdas'.
SALMAN KHAN
MAINE PYAR KIYA
Genre Romance/Drama
Release Date 29th December,1989
Director Sooraj R. Barjatya
Duration 193 minutes
Cast Salman Khan,Bhagyashree,Alok Nath,Reema Lagoo,Mohnish Behl
Pluses Salman was good in 'Love','Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam','Tere Naam' and 'Phir Milenge' but nothing can beat the original 'Prem' of 'Maine Pyaar Kiya',his innocent but handsome looks were killing and swept girls off their feet back then and new star was born overnight,he displayed his toned body even then(not distastefully as he does now days),it was his 'Friend' cap which became ultimate fashion symbol for youngsters and his deep eyed conveyed the romance just like that
Verdict 4.5/5 (watch it to believe that Salman used to look innocent once and used to emote with aplomb)
Trivia It was a huge commercial hit and Salman arrived big time but he delivered plenty flops barring few in following five years until Rajshri Productions' next 'Hum Aapke Hain Kaun' released in 1994 to revive his superstar status,he started drifting towards comedy in later years and now he is only into 'masala' action flicks,can you believe that he had not starred in a single solo romantic hit since his last successful romantic outing 'Tere Naam' 8 years back in 2003?
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