Notable Role (13/1000): Shahrukh Khan (Dil Se..)

Its an open secret that the fans of Salman Khan and Aamir Khan don't like the progressive news of Shahrukh Khan and criticize him for some reasons that need not be discussed here. Whatever the fans of Salman or Aamir argue, I say only one thing - Shahrukh Khan is neither famous for charity (as that of Being Human) nor he runs the shows of public welfare like Satyamev Jayate. Then what is the reason that makes him hold the position of King Khan? 

Obviously, its his acting. And Dil Se.. is the evidence of it. This movie, being a romantic thriller, puts before us the love story of two persons in the backdrop of terrorism.

The fans of Shahrukh Khan must use his acting in this movie to make his opponents tight lipped on this argument.

Here are few scenes of his memorable acting:

Shahrukh Khan (Amar) as a Radio Jockey In the All India Radio Station.

CBI Investigation with Amar.

Amar and Meghna's confrontation.

Notable Role (12/1000): Nawazuddin Siddiqi (Kick).

Watching this movie was a good experience for me as far as the role of Nawazuddin Siddiqi goes. He played the role of villain named Shiv Ghazra. His performance in the movie reminds me of the Joker (the legendary character in the movie industry across the globe.

Being famous for his performance in the Gangs of Wasseypur series, where he became famous as Faizal Khan, he deserved more chances. Kick was right choice for him. His style of dialogue delivery, which involved his strange laughter and songs of old Bollywood classic movies, makes him a remarkable character.
In a nutshell, I found the great actor, who can emulate the legendary Joker of The Dark Knight.

Notable Role (11/1000): Prashant Narayan (Murder 2).

Recently, watching the movie Ek Villain, which was released last week, I felt something missing. I tried to recall my filmi brain, (which is occupied by most Hindi movies), I found the missing thing. This had something to do with the character portrayed by Ritesh Deshmukh in the movie. I feel that movie was good, but it could have been better, had Prashant Narayan been roped instead of Ritesh.

I still remember the 1st sequel of Bhatt camp's Murder- Murder-2 -which was released in 2011. This movie still stands as one of the finest and most successful psycho horror of Bhatt (after Dushman). It is so because of the character portrayed by Prashant (Dheeraj Paney in the movie). It is due to his role, that this movie won several accolades.

His role stands as on of the best negative role ever performed in Bollywood.

Here are several scenes of the movie:

Interrogation scene.

Murder of college girl.

Notable Role (10/1000): Abhay Deol (Shanghai)

Unlike his siblings Sunny and Bobby, Abhay Deol is much known for the roles based on ground realities, be it Oye Lucky Lucky Oye or Dev-D or Socha Na Tha. The year 2012 movie Shanghai adds to his understanding and adaptability to the roles, that no one can perform better than him. 

In this movie, he has portrayed the character of an honest IAS officer, involved in the inquiry of an accident that was suspiciously murder attempt of a leader. Although much credit to the quality of the movie goes to Dibakar, its director, roles played by Abhay and Imran Hashmi have maintained the same.
One of the reasons to watch this movie is the actors itself.
Here is an example: 

Notable Role (9/1000): K K Menon (Gulaal).

There are some movies, which you often like to watch more than once and there are some movies, with such a great actors, which make you watch some scenes of the movie time and again.

Gulaal is one such movie and KK Menon (playing the character role of Duggi Bana) is one such actor in this movie. His way of expression and the way he imbibes the character of the movie is unmatched.

The way he shows his anger and his authority in this movie makes his performance in Gulaal best till now.

Notable Role (8/1000): K K Menon (Shaurya).

The year 2008 movie Shaurya is based on the theme of AFSPA misuse in Jammu and Kashmire and is inspired from the 1992 Hollywood flick A Few Good Men. The difference between these two movies is that while the later one was known for the performance of the Hero, the former one will always be remembered for the role of Major Pratap played by K K Menon. 

The best scene from the movie, according to me, is the entry of K K Menon and his subsequent meeting with Rahul Bose, (who is our desi Cruise of this movie) is humiliated by Menon for his conduct over breakfast table. 

The other best scene was the climax, showing the cross-examination of Brigadier Pratap. In both the scenes, K K Menon proves to be better villain than Jack Nicholson (the Hollywood counterpart in A Few Good Men).

We have seen his mind blowing performances in Gulaal  and Black Friday. He is one actor who needs the focus of the eminent movie-makers like Anurag Kashyap, Shujit Sarkar and Tigmanshu Dhulia. Because only such eminent producers can tap the talent of actors like Menon. The best scenes of this movie include the flamboyant presence of Menon. These scenes are:

First meeting with Major Chaudhary.

Cross-examination of Pratap.

Notable Role (7/1000): Mahesh Manjarekar (Kaante)

He was not the lead actor of the movie, but without him Kaante, (2002 year remake of Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs, 1992) would have been a worthless movie. In fact, he was best as an actor in this movie. It was through this movie, that he garnered the fame of an actor better than a director (though he directed and produced great movies like Vaastav).

The scenes of the movie are as follows:

Cops arresting Bali.

Bali Crying.

Interrogation by Bali.

Notable Role (6/1000): Vijay Raaz (Run)

You won't be able to disagree with the fact the Abhishek Bachchan and Bhoomika Chawla starring movie Run was not not so famous for their performances but for the whole comic scenes in the movie, performed by Vijay Raaz (performing the character of an Allahabad-based friend of Siddharth).

If Andaaz Apna Apna is the best and evergreen comedy movie of Bollywood, this single role of Vijay Raaz is definitely, the best and evergreen performance of him.

Notable Role (5/1000): John Abraham (Jism)

I saw the movie Jism, after over 5 years of its release. I appreciate the direction and the music as well. But above all, I was inspired by the performance of John Abraham (playing the role of an alcoholic lawyer- Kabir), who lives a playboy lifestyle. 

No doubt, it was his first movie, yet he performed his share best in this movie. Specially his style of smoking and lighting the cigarette, that probably inspired youth to adopt smoking as a style statement. 

I suggest you to go watch the video of the songs Aawarapan Banjarapan and Shikaayat Hai to notice his in-depth performance (notably, the scene in which he feels guilty of committing a murder and cries below the shower of his bathroom). 

Aawarapan Banjarapan song.

Shikaayat Hai song.

Jism climax.

Notable Roles: Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight)

To write a post about the The Dark Knight (2008 movie) will be best if the focus is on the dominance of the villain of the movie. Truly, speaking, this movie belongs to the Joker (performed by the late Heath Ledger). 

What makes this movie different is that his performance had every attribute of the most cruel, smart, unfaithful, awful and most explosive character. I became his fan after I watched this movie. What catapulted his performance towards perfection was his dedication for this role. You will be surprised to know that he spent 6 weeks in an isolated hotel room without any worldly contact during that period. He just imbibed the whole character of Joker in him.

But I was quite disappointed to know that this Joker guy died in the year of release of the movie, months before its release.

My conclusive statement in this post is that rarely such masterpieces are born in the millennium to have done something most remarkable. With this disappearance of this card of Joker, the whole cinema structure standing on cards has just thrashed.

Here is the proof of what I said:

Why so serious.

Kill the Batman.


This city needs a good class of criminals.
 
Two Face and Joker.

Notable Role (4/1000): Abhimanyu Singh (Gulaal)

Hailing from Patna (Bihar), Abhimanyu Singh made his debut in films with Aks (2001), directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra. His first time major role was that of Rananjay Singh or Ransa in Gulaal (2009), directed by Anurag Kashyap, for which he won the 2010 Stardust Award for breakthrough performance. The fans of Gulaal movie would always give preference to the role of Ransa to that of Dukki Bana (role played by K K Menon). Ransa has been considered to be the perfect character of that movie and Abhimanyu seems to have done justice to that role.

Here are some scenes of Gulaal presenting Abhimanyu:

Introducing Ransa
Murder of Ransa.

Ransa against University election.

He also won praises for his role of Bukka Reddy in Rakta Charitra (2010), directed by Ram Gopal Varma. In his review in The Times of India, Nikhat Kazmi compared his performance to that of Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight (2008) which outshone the lead star. He is also the brother of Bollywood actor Chandrachur Singh.

Notable Role (3/1000): Tigmanshu Dhulia (Gangs of Wasseypur)

If the fans of the Hollywood flicks like The Dark Knight, like me are obsessed with the role of the Joker for him being the ideal villain in the world, believe me you can find a Bollywood equivalent after you watch the 2012 desi bollywood drama- Gangs of Wasseypur -I and II.

The emerging 'baap' of all villains is here in this movie, Tigmanshu Dhulia, playing the character of Ramadhir Singh, who is much famous for the "beta tumse na ho paayega" dialogue. 

Here are some scenes of this series:

Scene: Dekho Apne Vidhaayak ko Pitte Hue

Scene: Ab Toh Sach Bol De

Scene: Huma Kubool Na hai

Scene:Beta Tumse Na Ho Paayega

 

Scene: Hum Sanima (Cinema) Nahi Dekhte

Notable Role (2/1000): Irrfan Khan (Haasil)

Needless to say that when we talk about the Indian cinema, either its always about bold actors like Ajay Devgan or Amitabhji or chocolaty heroes like Aamir or Greek featured stars like Hritik. But, the real accolades of the performance will certainly go to Irrfan Khan for his performance in Haasil. 

Here are some famous dialogues of the movie which remind us of the memories of 2002.

Scene: Guerrilla War Kiya Jaayega


Scene : Jaan Mein Jaan Hai.

Scene: Sec-sex Ho Chuka Hai?

Scene: Maar Seene Pe Goli

Scene: Tum Aaye Kaise Be

Notable Role (1/1000): Rajiv Gupta (Saaheb Biwi Aur Gangster Series)

The fans of Irrfan Khan won't forget his notable roles in the movies like Haasil, Saheb Biwi aur Gangster Returns, Paan Singh Tomar and the likes. But we can't forget the character of Inspector at the climax of the movie Hassil. Do you know who he is? 

Let me introduce you to Rajiv Gupta. Here are some examples of his natural acting.

"Then Prabhu Tiwaari bail hai"- SAAHEB BIWI AUR GANGSTER RETURNS (2013)