It won't be that difficult it wasn't for their obsession to play 20-30 yr olds and have an actress around half their age as leads. Ajay Devgan has very gracefully accepted his age and is still doing leading roles where he plays a family man, like Shaitaan and Drishyam.
But what about their obsession to work with actresses half of their age!! Why Salman, srk, or akshay don't work with Madhuri, juhi anymore?? I watched an interview where the actress ( khud ko kya samjti hai) told her how she won't get lead roles but the role of aunties n mother. Actors in their 50s, 60s work with actress in their 20s, 30s n expect no criticism... This is the real hypocrisy
But that's because the people want that. When was the last time Madhuri, juhi gave a big hit? When was the last time Deepika Padukone or Katrina Kaif gave a big hit. It's so obvious that producers make the movies people want to watch so stop being stupid. Clearly your opinion does not resonate with a majority of the audience otherwise this would not be the case.
Dude that what every movie industry does cuz the people in power ie producer , the directors and above them all the cosmetic and the style industry leaders like Gucci , Versace, Louis Vuitton etc have pushed in the mind of people. They show women's who wear the least clothes are most beautiful and empowered but in reality the self proclaimed empowered women's are like kathputli of the people in power of their respective industry and society. While in country like India if a women above 50 who is widow wants to marry them the Indian society call them shameless buddhe
@sakshamsadh292 Well they don't give hits because they don't get films! Remember when srk and kajol acted in Dilwale? The film was a big hit (even tho ppl didn't like the story, it was a commercial success). If other actresses are given the chance, they will surely succeed. But directors don't give them the opportunities.
@@awaraxbhawre1545 producers aren't stupid. Nobody went to watch Diwale for Kajol. It was for Kajol and srk. People will go to watch an srk movie even if he's the only main character in it (Jawan). Can you really say the same for someone like Kajol? Deepika maybe alia maybe but not someone like Kajol. She is not what made that movie successful and all the producers also know it, they were just banking on the nostalgia of their Jodi and that's why the movie was a hit. If they kept everything the same but replaced srk with anyone else then the movie wouldn't even make 50 cr. You have to agree that these kind of female actors don't draw audiences. Yes it may be because they haven't gotten a chance to show their craft but these movies are really expensive and it's not possible for a producer to take such a big risk. It's the same logic with why female actors are generally paid less. It's not because they're worse actors but only because they are getting paid proportionate to how much money the movie earns because of them.
No motivation is required either from strangers. Unless one is their doctor or trainer, they need to pipe down. Commenting on anyones weight, looks etc is never abt motivation. Always abt judgement though!
It's a visual medium and not a social work org but what no one wants to talk about is that Bollywood ran on looks of immigrants from Pakistani regions. In other words, over 99.9% of Indians will stay angry at beauty standards of Bollywood . Even though since 2010, the usage of filters, orange grey lights ( usually Bhansali movies) and photoshop had made it possible to show actors and hosts on TV and movies 30 shades gorra/peachy and 10 phase softer aryan features. Now main leads look the same as Russian dancers in the back.
But when you see Hrithik who essentially is playing an age appropriate role in Fighter and still getting called out for looking old, it also creates an interesting discourse of how we picture our favourite stars and refuse to accept them evolving into grandpas lol
@@TriedRefusedProductionsIt's cuz these bolly weirdos themselves have done this to normal Indians. Why Hrithik is made to look American washed in all his movies when average Indian does not look anything like that? I remember watching his movies and calling myself ugly even though I look good but in childhood it used to affect me a lot cuz I didn't look Bollywood (plastic) enough.
Hrithik was also made fun off during his public appearances recently when his balding was noticed. Him doing a role is different from him being mocked about his real appearances due to fear of public humiliation. Maybe thats why any star is nervous to show their true vulnerable side.
Vidiya is spot on again.. The actors' appearance in the film is more talked upon their performance Basically the audience sees them as models who certainly can't change physically...
SLB's Heeramandi is a good example of this, I have seen way too many edits of how beautiful and regal Aditi , Sonakshi and Manisha Koirala look and very appreciation of their acting and work, people don't talk about how good Richa was.. why? Because she doesn't fit the beauty standard as well as Aditi?
Now I understood why Shobhan Babu (one of the most handsome actors in the Telugu cinema during the 70s and 80s and who was in the league of Sr. NTR, Nageswar Rao, Krishna) refused to act after a certain age. He wants his fans and the audience to remember him as a charming lead man. He was often known as romantic hero. He has had very limited to no public appearances after his retirement from movies. Note: He was offered to play the character of Mahesh Babu's grandfather in the movie Athadu, but he refused it, only for the reason I mentioned above. He did want his fans and audience to see him as an old man.
Wow! It makes me wonder whether our stars, like the Khans and Hrithik would be down to play supporting characters like Amitabh Bachchan or not. I highly doubt it
@@TriedRefusedProductions one thing I can say that Aamir did don offbeat roles like Taare Zameen Par, Secret Superstar. So I can expect him to follow Big B's footsteps. But I don't think the audience and the fans will agree to the Khans and Roshan playing the second fiddle. There'll be a lot of trolling.
@@TriedRefusedProductions either that or other example from telugu cinema is the actor jagapathi babu who was one of the finest actors in his prime but he took clever route in acting in negative roles which got him more opportunities than some actors of same age who still want to play lead roles and acceptance from audience
They are not trolled for aging...but, doing roles that are not suited for their age....simple thing they can do is choose characters suitable for their age
Sometimes I don't understand the obsession with fair skin beauty of bollywood heroes. The amount of hate an actor or actress gets for dusky/dark skin tone is totally ridiculous. It's sad that racism is deeply rooted in every industry.
So true This is.... It went one to become a stumbling block even in a Film about body positivity like Bala, where Bhumi Pednekar was cast as Dark Skinned girl, and that makeup sheesh. I mean, a Zoya Hussain could have done the same job right? We don't like to admit it, but the unbelievable bigoted beauty standards is what people still want.... 😢
@@TriedRefusedProductions purely demand & supply & economic reasons. Southern India except Bangalore & some extent Chennai doesn't have readymade fashion💄💋👠👝💍 industry unlike Mumbai & Delhi. So most of the girls in southern India don't look at movies as career option. Moreover majority of the superstars & their crazy fans get a huge ego boost if a prominent fair skinned Bollywood actress or a white Caucasian girl is acting next to them. So southern producers & directors don't mind coming to Mumbai, Bangalore & Delhi scouting for very fair skinnedfemale models preferably from Punjab or Himachal aspiring to become main lead actresses, since it is cost effective for them in launching these fresh faces as debutants in their movies. That is how ladies like kajal Agarwal, rashi Khanna, tammanah bhatia, kriti Shannon, taapse pannu etc are introduced to audience & made a mark for themselves. Ladies like Sai pallavi, late Soundarya & Prema were exceptions to this routine.
@@TriedRefusedProductionsRaghava Lawrence have least one single song or line, which says his colour (Dusky ) is superior and best but always cast Fairer Heroines not a single dusky one.
@@TriedRefusedProductions Most of beautiful Bollywood across are from south India( From Hema mailini, sridevi to Ash, Deepika etc etc).. I see you mentioning this point 100 of times and indirectly making comments on south indian women like a racists. .
You have missed some important points.. Did Amir do 3 idiots without his consent? He signed up for a college student despite being an old uncle. No fans asked for it. He opted for it and it was his responsibility to pull it off. He did. You can't blame audience or director. Did Amir think that audience won't accept old Amir? Look at Dangal. Did anyone pressure SRK to do Zero. No. But he did. It was his job to pull it off. He couldn't. Did audience reject Uncle SRK? Not at all. We were hysterical at Vikram Rathode. In fact, Vikram Rathode can now go with a solo movie. Bottom-line: Don't opt for such movies which doesn't suit the casting. If you opt for it, you have to pull it off.
SRK did pull it off tho? Eespite zero being, what it is, everyone unanimously agrees that the vfx and srk's performance shine, and what about 3 idiots? No one could imagine anyone except aamir as Rancho, and you say he didnt pull it off?
They have complained about their aged faces because most of the time they played about 30s in movies if heroes played around their age people had no complaints.
People complaining that hrithik looks old has too be the dumbest thing ever. This video is very needed I hope as many people see this video as possible.
@@roronoauchiha69 we all know he's old but playin a guy in his late 20s or early 30s and unmarried too That's where people lost it, they forcibly tried to make him look young but failed it ...that's why people bashing it ,as an audience we all want a guy at certain age playing certain age roles which is suitable for him/her
To maintain stardom is not at all an easy job. People think stars just have to act. You don't know what filthy politics, power games, PR management, and other million things they have to deal with. I think some famous actress had said in an interview that it's not easy to be Salman or SRK, and that too for so many years... For the common public, it's all hunky dory, but when you see behind the scenes.. it's very dark.
This is where I think Amitabh Bachan got lucky. During his peak, he was fit and handsome and as he aged he built this strong persona around him of an actor who will stop doing action films and it totally suits him. Even we as an audience don't expect him to do action films today (or to look fit). Sadly because of the effect of social media, we have set wrong standards/expectations for actors.
But dont you think that was also because of Khans becoming the new favourites. Even Govinda was at his peak at that time. Amitabh was giving flops hence he stopped doing those roles. It was not like he decided to take a step back on his own.
They set the standard, made it look cool to have such a body, they were always self aware of what they were selling, now they have to take responsibility of what they used to sell. Simple as that. Rajkumar Rao was never praised for his charming looks, he went out of his way to get plastic to look good in front of camera, its not in your hands how will audience take it, its upto them, you cant always expect them to talk about you positively. The whole stardom thing is based on looks so its natural that people expect looks from you. Irfan Khan was never about his appearance or his body, hence people did not expect him to, they judged him on his acting. If SRK had to be in 8 pack appearance, why was it so? Its not that people expected him to be in shape out of nowhere, its how his PR worked to make him look youthful and energetic, so he had to prove it the audience that his PR and his movies belong in the same universe.
They play characters that have to look a certain way, even Hritik gained weight for super 30 and lost his abs, if the characters supposed to have abs they will work out it's simple, they should just start doing age appropriate roles and no one would expect anything from them.
They set standards? Those standards have always been there ein the society. No one will sadly accept a chubby actor in a leading role even if he is a great actor but would still go on to watch a film of an actor being 6 foot tall Greek god body even if he suck at acting. Same goes for actresses , Vidya is extremely talented but many people would prefer an actress over her who fits into beatiy standards of society which is thin, fair etc. etc.
but is also not the question of what 'fans' want to see. That if the audience would be all accepting, why does not Rajinikanth sport his bald head in movies. He's so unapologetic about it in front of camera. There is an idea of the hero, something aspirational that still becomes an active part of what they want to sell
@@TriedRefusedProductions Rajnikanth could be bald in a movie and still be charismatic as he is. It's just a matter of presentation. It's not matter of what fans "want to see" it's about what "they haven't been shown". Also i don't think it's just about what the audience wants, why don't we give the benefit of doubt to the thought that ever the celebrities want to stay youthful in the eyes of their audiences because surely not everyone can pull a Vidya Balan.
Back in the 90s, we had actresses like Kajol who broke beauty standard conventions. She maintained a unibrow throughout her career. She was dark, short, and a little plump. It took her a while, but still she managed to capture the hearts of every other Indian. Imagine if an actress today goes completely against the beauty standards despite being a great actor. They would prob be brutally trolled. So sad.
Not so much. If you look at the likes of Nimisha Sajayan and Nitya Menon, they aren't your stereotypical perfect proportions, tall, skinny and fair leading women and they are hugely considered some of the best in their respective industries.
I think the actors should also stop doing roles where they are shown way younger then they actually are. Like I would love an SRK action movie where he's in his 50s and has a family and he seeks out for revenge or something like that.
One big drawback of these expectations are that an actor has to restrict his range and they'll only be able to play characters which demand to be handsome. This largely creates a stereotype that the main character can't have flaws. (Which is an integral part of being an interesting character, for me) A good film is what people should look for regardless of how the protagonist looks.
Beauty Standards and Ideals of Masculinity are so ephemeral and contradictory that you can never be everything that is expected. When I was growing up, it was all about fair skin and sharp features.
Hey Jammy while I agree with certain points of yours, I think it’s a two way street these actors are trying to fit into roles that is way past their age. You see actors trying to play college students while they are in their 40s so obviously they will get age shamed!! Do we hear Amit hi getting age/body shamed no, because he has gracefully transitioned himself in roles that is appropriate for the age. I believe there is audience who want to see daily struggles of middle age who don’t have chiseled stomach but I don’t think actors/producers are interested in making such films.
Amitabh has not 'beautifully' transitioned.... After facing 13 consecutive flops in a row, and his box office pull dipped completely with advent of new superstars and rising bankruptcy, he had no choice to start playing character roles, and that's how his second innings started
@@kanzakhan8060 That is not the point.... Of course at some point everyone has to retire, or start a new leaf, and Amitabh excelled in character roles.... He was also lucky that Bollywood transitioned a bit at that time and there were roles written for him at that age.... Even in his second innings, first movies were all about being a strict Dad.... But it was a forced move, and he didn't give up his star image easily, he only gave up when there was no other option.... My point was to people who seem to criticize older men who still play main leads without understanding market dynamics.... As long as they have the box office pull, they will try to continue as stars, and nobody wants to shed the star image before audience stops watching them as main leads....
Such a good point - honestly I wonder how much the heightened unrealistic youthful expectations visually, has also to do with fact that we are rewatching /exposed to classics all the time , be it edits on tiktok or shorts of 90s onscreen pairs, or rewatching your favorite childhood film- but then pulling up insta and realizing , omg . SRK looks 30 years older in this pap photo , buts because he IS. the gap between seeing stars on screen to on OUR screens in real time shrinks daily , so the juxtaposition feels even bigger
Mammootty was ( still is ) synonym to men beauty. If someone looks handsome and beautiful, people often would comment you look like mamooty. But he himself chosen characters like " puttu urumees " and the character in "mrigaya" to redefine the beauty standards even at that time. Those are still two of the most loved characters in his career because of the performance and the experimentation.
this is something so true and insightful that should change. the seniors set standards for actors to follow and somehow we went from classical greats to exoctic bodies and abs. there's a difference between working for a role and setting aesthetic standards. sadly we have followed Hollywood here too
Sab kahte hai Tv industry me 90s wali baat nhi rahi so me sachai dekhna chahta tha, tab samjha ki taali kabhi ek haath se nhi bajti. They did experiments but... For example 1. Nagarjun Ek Yoddha 2016(vision was to be a superhero & political drama but ended as love story due to low popularity). 2. In balveer 2 they tried (time travel) crossover with another show Aladdin, multiverse ( incomplete due to covid). 3. Dhruv tara 2023(time travel love story but only for 200 ep after that....) 4. Human robot love story movie of Shahid & Kriti is same as 2016's bahu hamari rajnikant. 5. Mene School love story 96(2018) se phle ye un dino ki baat hai (2017 )dekhi hai (only ending is opposite). 6. Hero gayab mode on 2020(similar to Hanuman & inspired from LOTR) 7. Even I liked Mouni Roy's Naagin(1&2starting). Only dark tone was needed instead of rom com. Ha baki seasons sirf paiso k liye tha.
He is most Handsome men in tollywood industry but bahubali transformation very bad effect on his body and then his exident on salaar shoot 2021 so he is not going Jim and his body become bulky
Can I just say that I'm grateful that you discuss pop culture topics from different perspectives and that you tackle topics that are unpopular. Most film critic youtubers seem to only cater to a certain perspective ( hating bollywood, anything that isn't "relatable" ,while remaining silent in problems in other film industries and the good films bollywood makes). Thank u for being a breath of fresh air. P.S : could you please dedicate some videos to ignored film industries like Marathi, Maithili, Meetei which makelow budget films with great stories, butare dying due to a struggle against massy action films from tollywood and bollywood
This is a very important discussion that needs to be addressed. But then I feel the underlying reason for any kind of trolling is just the frustration in the audience. There's a difference between having an opinion and trolling which audience fail to understand. With the rise of social media it is now the meme pages or the updates pages that push their opinions as facts or standards at times and the followers of such pages create the same opinion. As a fan it sometimes hurts to hear such harsh comments on actors, I wonder how the actors deal with it.
Prabhas and Mahesh Babu were known to be the most handsome lads of south industry from early 2000s but something really happened with Prabhas post BB which is just sad and heartbreaking especially for the telugu people....we really miss his vintage acting and looks....it is still his goodwill and humble character that is saving him from every obstacle...
@@joeydrakeramoray1324 u r just one google search away kid... Just check his pre bahubali movies and u will know he was far far more handsome than the khans and many of the A list actors in bollywood lol... This is what happens when u try to blabber out of hatred without any prior knowledge 🤡
@@joeydrakeramoray1324go to primary school and learn past tense present tense again 🤣🤣 the OP mentioned before Baahubali.... He screen presence was different level
Honey.. we know you mean well, but I think you mean in just Telugu or Kannada industries. Cause very few in other South states known of or had even seen a Prabhas movie till Bahubali, same thing with expressionless Mahesh Babu. At least his name was more known due to some of his movies being remade into Tamil. Beauty standards differ vastly in each Southern state than Mainstream. If it was Charming Dad-Bodied men with a masculine Stache like Mohanlal, Mammooty or Dileep for Malayalam in early 2000s.. It was skinnier charmers and dancers like Dhanush or Vijay in Tamil.
Just social media madness Aspire for fitness and better self Not zero figure or perfect complexion or figure How many times I have to tell my own sister to stop degrading basis on skin shade it's good enough toh have healthy blemish free skin
Great topic Jammy, and as always very well put across! I also think part of the blame likes with the actors, especially male actors. They don't really pick roles that suit their age, and insist on being the lead with the opposite number being at least a decade younger to them. This is where I think someone like an Ajay Devgn is commendable, he picks up roles where he's the dad of teens, which he also is in real life so that make is all the more believable.
Pressure to be "perfect" which is in the fan's imaginary world is really problematic as if it is not done you become irrelevant even if you give you have genuinely worked hard. Sad that they are expecting to be untouched by natural changes. Even the women roles of age 40-50 are given to age 20-30 as seen in "saand ki aankh"
Malayalam industry is best in this term as it takes only talent into consideration and the actors who look like common people feature in films because of which the common people resonate with them, though I find Basil Joseph very cute. Even when stars like Mohanlal were mocked initially but he proved that talent is above any beauty standard. Even I find Irrfan Khan very handsome as his common man looks make him relatable.
@@tanvitripathi3997 Do you?? I feel you are familiar with Southern ones & Bolly. There are many film industries that are better & underappreciated in the world. Can't declare Malayalam as the best when you haven't explored others yet, seen as you're a CINOPHILE.
@@NailsByAsh813 I see Hindi, Malayalam, Assameese, Marathi(some), English, Iranian, Korean and I find these great. I will be exploring Bengali films soon
Prabhas looked great in Salaar, bts also you can see he is improving. After losing his father figure he was not in good mental state + due to knee surgery he was on heavy medication and could not work out. Actors also go through bad phases, does audience expect them to be 24x7 glammed up, that’s just fake. Even SRK looks way different off screen, see his latest pic with rinku, but ur a hypocrite yourself so u won’t put his bad pic in thumbnail.
I'm really happy to see atleast one person in this comment section who said something positive about prabhas . Prabhas sustained multiple injuries and he had to undergo a major knee surgery . After baahubali , he had a flood of scripts coming in and most of the scripts weren't normal love stories /family entertainers. The kind of recognition he achieved with Baahubali put him in a tough spot for years ....and he was compelled to choose different scripts to meet his fans expectations. All the directors and writers with innovative ideas approach prabhas in the hope of making something big & creative because he is considered to be the PAN India star who can pull massive audience (which he did - even if those films didn't do well, his box office numbers sky rocketed every single time). And for every film, he put immense stress and pressure on his body to create the character he played . He's now 44y/o. Baahubali part one released in 2015 . How can anyone expect him to look the same after 9 long years ? These are all toxic unrealistic standards .
@@monicapriscilla410 yes ur absolutely right 👍 after adipurush literally everyone started blaming him and they were using hashtags like boycott Bollywood.After salaar movie also,he faced some kind of trolls.Looking forward for more prabhas movies where audience would start appreciating him like how we saw him during bahubali times 🎉❤
Wow Jammy. Thanks a lot for bringing this out there for the audience to understand that ageing is a natural process, getting old is a natural process, life happening to you is a natural process. We would not expect our 60-year-old grandpa to flaunt six pack abs then why we should expect that from our actors. People have really set specific standards of beauty and the youth wants to look a certain way just because it is the norm on social media. This actually is pathetic and as you mentioned people go through a lot of pressure because they want to maintain a certain standard of beauty. Thanks again for discussing this on this forum. I am sure this is gonna help a lot of people.
Thank you so much for discussing this topic. We often talk about the unrealistic beauty expectations of female actors, but forget to address the same for male actors.
jammy you are literally the best , you like to revolutanize and touch topics no one wants to learn about and rather just troll actors, you keep your views very judicially
Wow! just wow! You got such good and mature audience, reading comments made me realise that. Keep moving forward brother…Its rare to see such a comment section in Indian youtube channel
2024 has been a big boring bollywood year....the Khans have gone underground, Akki is out of touch, even the new gen movies are trash....theres barely any new talented filmmakers in Bollywood who are brave enough to make good content driven films .....
after that humongous 2023...I think a break was called for. 4 ATB in a year and almost 3 1000cr grossers is a dream for any industry...only Bollywood could have ever achieve that in India. Cant expect every movie to do that much. I disagree with your content claim. This year bollywood gave some amazing movies that didnt work at box office like Lapatta Ladies and Srikanth.
@@gaditproductions South Had Already Done That In 2022 With RRR, KGF 2, Vikram And Kantara All Of Which Were Critical And Commercial Success, With Global Appreciation Especially With RRR, In Fact RRR, KGF 2 And Vikram Were Released In A Span Of 3-4 Months Is Crazy To Think. Don't Think That What Bollywood Did In 2023 Was Like Setting A Standard For Movies But It Basically Bollywood's Redemption Year Because Everybody Were Criticizing Them In 2022. 2024 Already Is And Will Be The Year Of South Movies With Kalki 2898 AD, Game Changer, Kanguva, Vettiyan, Indian 2 & 3, Pushpa 2 And We Already Had Malayalam Classics Like GOAT LIFE And Manjummel Boys.
@@jibangkurbaishya221 not ATBs....also only KGF and RRR are 1000cr but they arent the same industry. South is a region, not one industry. Sandalwood and Tollywood are very different things lmao. So my claim stands, no single industry can match bollywood yet.
If you don't want people to judge you then just don't take up characters that asks you to look like someone you are not. No one complained that Aamir looked old in Dangal but if you are doing a film like Fighter where your character is objectified as someone who can manipulate women just with their looks, you have to look like one.
@@TriedRefusedProductions I obviously don't think that but there are people who might and that's the drawback of taking up characters like that being of certain age. So you have to keep that in mind if you wanna keep playing 30 year olds in your 50s.
@raja-jl9os how much the film made? It's a business at the end of the day. People criticism comes from wherever, remember super 30? No one is happy It's just hard to keep folks happy
I regularly watch your videos because of your logical articulation sprinkled with humor. This is the first time I felt like commenting about a meaningful and useful video. Keep working on videos and content similar to this video to bring reality and frankness into the discussion.
Anmol, What an incredible and insightful analysis! You covered so many aspects of the unrealistic beauty standards, gave definitions and examples, and then concluded with a reference to Dorian Gray, you outdid yourself!!!
The de-aging thing which is going on now is really distracting. As an SRK fan i feel so sad that he has to just look like the way he looked 20years ago. That man looks more handsome in real life than in movies but kya kare stars ka face par wrinkles dekh kar hamari janta ko aankhon main jalan hone lagti hai na. We just don't accept the fact that they also age just like us. SRK, Ranbir, Hrithik can't play chocolate boy roles forever and this thing will only change when the star's themselves accept this fact and play their age, surely some movies won't work but after a while people will accept them as they are. I really feel sad and consernced for Salman and Prabhas cause it feels like constantly maintaining a god like physique has just backfired on their bodies now☹️
Thats why i always adore kareena, so much pressure still she never opted for fillers, botox. She embrace her wrinkles with so much grace and confident❤
Hi Anmol, I want to speak about Don 3's announcement video, and how I think that the video is filled with symbolism, and how Ranveer Singh's character is Deepu from Don 2006 and he's become Don to avenge Vijay's death from Don
Wow! That was a long video for a time when people have very limited attention span. The video kept me glued till the end so good job with the content. S coming to the subject, I think we all need to accept the fact that we are all made in a certain way and are ageing. Be happy in your own skin and accept that God has made each one of us beautiful in some way. Instead of being pressured to look a certain way, we should try to stay fit and age gracefully. It's important to have a strong core then to have a 6 pack. Stay healthy, stay happy. Dr Yahya Khan.
Malayalam industry is probably the only industry where majority of the senior A lister actors are actually playing roles as per their age and choosing different script too!! Also the most important thing is you will not see them romancing heroines half their age which is kind of commandable and a thing to appreciated!!
While I can empathise with actors like Rajkumar Rao, it's hard to generate the same for mainstream Bollywood stars. These are the very same beauty standards they have set, and profited off of. They used it to overcompensate for a lack of talent, or hard-work for that matter (Especially in Bhai's case). Actors like Ranbir Kapoor and Vicky Kaushal deliver phenomenal performances, while looking like a million bucks, and these beauty standards won't affect them in the future as much because they've set the right standards for themselves. It's time we stop pitying actors when they're only reaping what they've sown. Honestly, Rajkumar Rao will still win in the long run, because of what he has to offer to us and his roles. I know I'm being blunt, but it's necessary, sometimes.
Actually Standard set by audience, if you cast Raj kuma Rao in pathan like movie with same budget, same everything, people will refuse 😅to watch it even if Raj Kumar put a whole galaxy of acting skills which is far superior than srk ever can.. it's always audience and people who start trolling and obsessed with the personal life of the actor...
@@raja-jl9os so what? Jawan earned far more than mardko dard nahi hota, bhawesh josi. Here people don't appreciate film like go Goa gone like movie. We are in a country where people praise bad movies by Mahesh Babu, bath his statue with milk but will not support a good movie ... I don't know what are you getting at by mentioning Hollywood movies 🤔
@@ro0t115 Kyonki Indian audience ko aadat hi gand picturen dekhni ki daal di hai... Achi cheese dekhne ki aadat lagane mein time lage ga, par aadat lag zaroor jayegi. Animal was a technically sound film with great performances, and mass elements, aur aesi movies bhi positive change laati hai... Especially when they generate more buzz than a film like Jawan, if not money. Craft over morality, at least in this case. Honestly, 12th fail jaisi filmo ka bhi time ayega, tum dekhna.
@@pepperpepperandbayleaf3025because he was always “overweight” but we malayalees dont give a shit about his physical looks so he was successful as long as he made good films
Great to see that you are covering such a taboo topic on ur channel. Well done Jimmy Also.. I saw that you don't make any shorts at all. At this time , shorts are a great source to bring audience to ones channel. I really hope you would just hire someone to cut shorts from ur long videos. Try it out as an experiment for just 3 months
If hritik & srk are 50 & 60 respectively then they should choose the roles of a 50 & 60 y/o respectively not that of a 30 y/o. See how magically it solves the issue🤯 I agree with the other arguments though.
I agree..... But the actors also don't play their age.... They take roles which are younger... Which pushes them to get fit... To make them look young...
I've been following your channel for quite a long time now for how well you frame your analyses. This video felt differently nice. It's such an important topic and thanks for putting it out this way. We can't be doing this... putting such standards on our actors, or on ourselves. It's painful the kind of impact these things have on society at large!
I feel this narrative about looking youthful has gained milage in recent times especially in the last 5 to 6 years since the time gen z has turned 18. I think this has to do with what this generation has grown up with, I.e. social media portraying hard to achieve, next to perfect bodies and skin. We are now expecting everyone to look flawless and never age as anyone above the age of 25 is an aunty or uncle as per gen z while they forget that time is merciless and has it's vengeance against everyone.
Aging is beautiful .. grey hair, wrinkles, no six packs is a normal thing when a person gets older 🙏🏻 Audience should accept reality rather than just stuck to unrealistic expectations 😒 that led the pressure on both male and female actors
Very thought provoking video! I was reminded of Kay Kay Menon's performance in Ray, where he refuses to shed the mask of a character and that eventually leads to his destruction.
This is where Rajnikant sir stands out...he uses makeup and cgi to appear young on screen but when making public appearances is very comfortable and confident in going about his actual self...since he has accepted his aging, viewers too don't troll him.
I understand the point you are trying to make here and how you are standing up for the right reasons for the men in this industry. But at the same time I also feel, it's also about being true to the script, if the script demands a young hero, then the casting should be done likewise, otherwise the story would not be convincing enough for the audience to believe in it.
I can especially see that most of the industries down south don't have a crazy pressure for stars to have washboard abs and be lean. Allu Arjun in Pushpa can be a mawali gangster and he essentially is built like that. That's refreshing
Beauty standards can be influenced by celebrities, both male and female, as well as individuals themselves. However, it's common for people to blame others when they struggle to maintain these standards. Ultimately, one's body type and appearance are deeply personal choices. But Sharing one's beauty standards or makeup looks on social media to gain likes is a personal decision, but it's important to be prepared for potential criticism or trolling. It's essential to take responsibility for the consequences of sharing personal aesthetics online and not to complain later about negative comments or trolls.
At the end.. non of the unenlightened people will ever release that they are just movies... Not real life.. actors/politicians do their job of acting...its people who idolize them n worship them as immortals. Well done video... Keep up the work.
You just addressed the elephant in the room!! When you started this video I was glad that you nailed it on the head abt Hrithik. All our “Stars” are no more actors, they all are conforming to the beauty standards that are set in Western Countries. Men have washboard abs and have botox / plastic surgery done to look more younger - Brad Pitt being the latest example. All the male out there also at age 60 and above have the Abs and drop dead gorgeous wrinkle free looks, romancing women half their age. Frankly there too these men are not exactly doing age specific roles - Liam Neeson, Tom Cruise, Jason Statham they still are playing leading male roles, instead of transitioning into character roles which would bring out their acting chops. This has percolated down to our Hindi Film Industry more then any other Industry in India. Neither Shah Rukh nor Salman has really done any roles which shows their versality as Actors. All of them say that their audiences want to see them that way. Please!! I beg to defer. We seriously want to see some acting not over acting!! When the Stars want to be the center stage we will always get mediocrity. Let the screenplay, the story, the directing, the sets do the talking and see the magic of Cinema happen. Latest example being - Lapataa Ladies, Veer Savarkar, Shrikant, on OTT - Gili Puchi and Mirror - one acted and another directed by Konkana Sen. I can never imaging any of the Star Kids nor any established actors being able to pull these roles off convincingly.
Unfortunately, age snd fitness has always been a mark of one's youth and virility in society. So, the actors who have extended and gained from their professional carreers, both on and off screen, trying to look the same age for decades, have distorted their own public image. Can we imagine these actors selling themselves as brands off-screen with their real ages and unfit bodies? Actors cannot cry foul when they knowingly pick their poison and henceforth get judged by the same audiences.
I believe more than audience production houses have greater control over what the actors should look like in the movies.i feel in the end it comes down to acceptance , pass the mantle to other younger actors i.e produce movies for the deserving actor. But it is also about the actor’s hunger to be visible in movies.Some other comment suggested that one should play a role appropriate to their age.
We really need to mention Tamil actor Vijay in this regard of aging like a fine wine by maintaining his looks and physique (including face) like a pro It's great to see how young he looks compared to his other counterparts considering the fact that he will be turning 50 this year. Same applies to Mahesh Babu as well
There is one reason that I can point out about the reason for expectations. I think Stars always wants to portray themselves as stars. They do not want to accept more mature roles which will suite their age well. If you want to be a star in a movie like Pathan or Jawan, then to look realistic you need to fit in the mould and that requires certain body shape. Look at the roles Nawaz, Pankaj Tripathi, Manoj Vajpayee do. We never expect 6 packs from them. I think whole onus is not on audience Jammy.
The trick I think is to find age appropriate roles and find interesting scripts where the protagonist is not in his 20s or 30s. Afterall, who says there cant be interesting stories about 50 year old men and women. Think about the Taken series from Liam Neeson, he nailed it and the emotional hook worked for the audience because of his age.
While I empathize their is also something to be said about actors choosing roles that fit their age. That adaptation we rarely see especially in Bollywood. Hard not to judge a 50 year old pretending to be a college student.
I agree with everything that you pointed out. However, it helps to call out people who have set these standards. These standards did not appear overnight in the industry and the society. Very few casting directors, directors and producers won't invest money on actors who depart from the conventionally good looking standards/ In the off chance that such actors do get a break, they land up doing only a particular kind of roles. Seldom will you get the opportunity to see a non conventionally good looking person play anything apart from an individual riddled with distress or some structural challenge. Never have non conventionally good looking people shown falling in love, romancing each other etc. It is the biggest of the biggest people in the industry who set these standards and then create a hue and cry about it.
But when you act your age and take up roles that suits your age, the audience wont have the expectation.
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that's a great point. Roles far younger than their real age warrants criticism if they don't embody those characters.
Omg the first thing that came up to my mind as soon as the video started like get a father’s role uncle😂
@@sybilelt pankaj is younger than hrtik but usko hritik ka bap bana denge
Tom Cruise is doing age appropriate roles? Huh
It won't be that difficult it wasn't for their obsession to play 20-30 yr olds and have an actress around half their age as leads. Ajay Devgan has very gracefully accepted his age and is still doing leading roles where he plays a family man, like Shaitaan and Drishyam.
De De Pyaar De kya tha aur uska second part aa raha hai
Ajay Devgn actually played a father role in 2004 (in Tarzaan), while most A-listers are still not ready to.
@@devkrishna3438 This was one of the few times where it was requirement of the plot, that his character falls for someone half his age.
@@devkrishna3438 He played a divorced guy with teen children in that film.
Ajay Devgan and Aamir Khan 🌟❤👑
But what about their obsession to work with actresses half of their age!!
Why Salman, srk, or akshay don't work with Madhuri, juhi anymore??
I watched an interview where the actress ( khud ko kya samjti hai) told her how she won't get lead roles but the role of aunties n mother.
Actors in their 50s, 60s work with actress in their 20s, 30s n expect no criticism... This is the real hypocrisy
Hollywood is also same they don't cast nicole kidman with 60 year old actors😂
But that's because the people want that. When was the last time Madhuri, juhi gave a big hit? When was the last time Deepika Padukone or Katrina Kaif gave a big hit. It's so obvious that producers make the movies people want to watch so stop being stupid. Clearly your opinion does not resonate with a majority of the audience otherwise this would not be the case.
Dude that what every movie industry does cuz the people in power ie producer , the directors and above them all the cosmetic and the style industry leaders like Gucci , Versace, Louis Vuitton etc have pushed in the mind of people. They show women's who wear the least clothes are most beautiful and empowered but in reality the self proclaimed empowered women's are like kathputli of the people in power of their respective industry and society. While in country like India if a women above 50 who is widow wants to marry them the Indian society call them shameless buddhe
@sakshamsadh292 Well they don't give hits because they don't get films! Remember when srk and kajol acted in Dilwale? The film was a big hit (even tho ppl didn't like the story, it was a commercial success). If other actresses are given the chance, they will surely succeed. But directors don't give them the opportunities.
@@awaraxbhawre1545 producers aren't stupid. Nobody went to watch Diwale for Kajol. It was for Kajol and srk. People will go to watch an srk movie even if he's the only main character in it (Jawan). Can you really say the same for someone like Kajol? Deepika maybe alia maybe but not someone like Kajol. She is not what made that movie successful and all the producers also know it, they were just banking on the nostalgia of their Jodi and that's why the movie was a hit. If they kept everything the same but replaced srk with anyone else then the movie wouldn't even make 50 cr. You have to agree that these kind of female actors don't draw audiences. Yes it may be because they haven't gotten a chance to show their craft but these movies are really expensive and it's not possible for a producer to take such a big risk. It's the same logic with why female actors are generally paid less. It's not because they're worse actors but only because they are getting paid proportionate to how much money the movie earns because of them.
I completely agree with the fact that there is a big difference between motivating people and body shaming them😢
No motivation is required either from strangers. Unless one is their doctor or trainer, they need to pipe down. Commenting on anyones weight, looks etc is never abt motivation. Always abt judgement though!
It's a visual medium and not a social work org but what no one wants to talk about is that Bollywood ran on looks of immigrants from Pakistani regions. In other words, over 99.9% of Indians will stay angry at beauty standards of Bollywood . Even though since 2010, the usage of filters, orange grey lights ( usually Bhansali movies) and photoshop had made it possible to show actors and hosts on TV and movies 30 shades gorra/peachy and 10 phase softer aryan features. Now main leads look the same as Russian dancers in the back.
Stars not doing age appropriate roles themselves increases this pressure. why do 50 year old wants to play 30 year old in all the movies.
But when you see Hrithik who essentially is playing an age appropriate role in Fighter and still getting called out for looking old, it also creates an interesting discourse of how we picture our favourite stars and refuse to accept them evolving into grandpas lol
@@TriedRefusedProductionsIt's cuz these bolly weirdos themselves have done this to normal Indians. Why Hrithik is made to look American washed in all his movies when average Indian does not look anything like that? I remember watching his movies and calling myself ugly even though I look good but in childhood it used to affect me a lot cuz I didn't look Bollywood (plastic) enough.
Hrithik was also made fun off during his public appearances recently when his balding was noticed. Him doing a role is different from him being mocked about his real appearances due to fear of public humiliation. Maybe thats why any star is nervous to show their true vulnerable side.
completly agree no buddy expect a fit masucalar body from amitab bachan
No way his age was 50 in fighter..he played a 30 35 year old
Vidiya is spot on again.. The actors' appearance in the film is more talked upon their performance
Basically the audience sees them as models who certainly can't change physically...
This is sadly what recently happened with Srikanth and it led me to make this video
SLB's Heeramandi is a good example of this, I have seen way too many edits of how beautiful and regal Aditi , Sonakshi and Manisha Koirala look and very appreciation of their acting and work, people don't talk about how good Richa was.. why? Because she doesn't fit the beauty standard as well as Aditi?
@@ItachiUchihaisamartyrbro sneaked in Sonakshi
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south ki old movies dekhna ntr,vijay ye log kitne below average dikhte the ewww
Just do movies ur age , look at Bachan sir
Now I understood why Shobhan Babu (one of the most handsome actors in the Telugu cinema during the 70s and 80s and who was in the league of Sr. NTR, Nageswar Rao, Krishna) refused to act after a certain age. He wants his fans and the audience to remember him as a charming lead man. He was often known as romantic hero.
He has had very limited to no public appearances after his retirement from movies.
Note: He was offered to play the character of Mahesh Babu's grandfather in the movie Athadu, but he refused it, only for the reason I mentioned above. He did want his fans and audience to see him as an old man.
Wow! It makes me wonder whether our stars, like the Khans and Hrithik would be down to play supporting characters like Amitabh Bachchan or not. I highly doubt it
@@TriedRefusedProductions one thing I can say that Aamir did don offbeat roles like Taare Zameen Par, Secret Superstar. So I can expect him to follow Big B's footsteps.
But I don't think the audience and the fans will agree to the Khans and Roshan playing the second fiddle. There'll be a lot of trolling.
@@TriedRefusedProductions either that or other example from telugu cinema is the actor jagapathi babu who was one of the finest actors in his prime but he took clever route in acting in negative roles which got him more opportunities than some actors of same age who still want to play lead roles and acceptance from audience
@@saivamshi5811 I remember Srimanthudu where he was giving competition to Mahesh Babu in terms of being handsome and charming.
@@SaiVamsiKiran but south actor's look average that's why some north people praise south superstars
Actors are trolled for aging as well as getting cosmetic surgeries. Women face way more scrutiny than men. What are they supposed to do? 🙄
litrally its dumb.
@@sourav5240 Indeed but that does not change the reality. Actors and stars are not providing a service. This is their job.
@@sourav5240 in south movies actor's always look like average Indian men
Isn't it?! Let alone female actors, regular women aren't spared the criticisms. Men (most) who look like trash berate every bit about any woman.
They are not trolled for aging...but, doing roles that are not suited for their age....simple thing they can do is choose characters suitable for their age
Sometimes I don't understand the obsession with fair skin beauty of bollywood heroes. The amount of hate an actor or actress gets for dusky/dark skin tone is totally ridiculous. It's sad that racism is deeply rooted in every industry.
The obsession of commercial Telugu and Tamil cinema to scout for north indian fair women for their flower pot roles is also one of them!
So true This is.... It went one to become a stumbling block even in a Film about body positivity like Bala, where Bhumi Pednekar was cast as Dark Skinned girl, and that makeup sheesh.
I mean, a Zoya Hussain could have done the same job right?
We don't like to admit it, but the unbelievable bigoted beauty standards is what people still want....
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@@TriedRefusedProductions purely demand & supply & economic reasons. Southern India except Bangalore & some extent Chennai doesn't have readymade fashion💄💋👠👝💍 industry unlike Mumbai & Delhi. So most of the girls in southern India don't look at movies as career option. Moreover majority of the superstars & their crazy fans get a huge ego boost if a prominent fair skinned Bollywood actress or a white Caucasian girl is acting next to them. So southern producers & directors don't mind coming to Mumbai, Bangalore & Delhi scouting for very fair skinnedfemale models preferably from Punjab or Himachal aspiring to become main lead actresses, since it is cost effective for them in launching these fresh faces as debutants in their movies. That is how ladies like kajal Agarwal, rashi Khanna, tammanah bhatia, kriti Shannon, taapse pannu etc are introduced to audience & made a mark for themselves. Ladies like Sai pallavi, late Soundarya & Prema were exceptions to this routine.
@@TriedRefusedProductionsRaghava Lawrence have least one single song or line, which says his colour (Dusky ) is superior and best but always cast Fairer Heroines not a single dusky one.
@@TriedRefusedProductions Most of beautiful Bollywood across are from south India( From Hema mailini, sridevi to Ash, Deepika etc etc).. I see you mentioning this point 100 of times and indirectly making comments on south indian women like a racists. .
You have missed some important points..
Did Amir do 3 idiots without his consent? He signed up for a college student despite being an old uncle. No fans asked for it. He opted for it and it was his responsibility to pull it off. He did. You can't blame audience or director.
Did Amir think that audience won't accept old Amir? Look at Dangal.
Did anyone pressure SRK to do Zero. No. But he did. It was his job to pull it off. He couldn't.
Did audience reject Uncle SRK?
Not at all. We were hysterical at Vikram Rathode.
In fact, Vikram Rathode can now go with a solo movie.
Bottom-line: Don't opt for such movies which doesn't suit the casting. If you opt for it, you have to pull it off.
And srk and Amir them both pulled it off in 3idiots and Zero .
He won't reply you on this lol
SRK did pull it off tho? Eespite zero being, what it is, everyone unanimously agrees that the vfx and srk's performance shine, and what about 3 idiots? No one could imagine anyone except aamir as Rancho, and you say he didnt pull it off?
@@adityadas5820 I said the opposite in fact
They have complained about their aged faces because most of the time they played about 30s in movies if heroes played around their age people had no complaints.
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@@ayushianand511 India m 40+ valo ko cool nhi samja jata h 🤣 isliye 20s vala characters krte h
People complaining that hrithik looks old has too be the dumbest thing ever. This video is very needed I hope as many people see this video as possible.
It's not dumbest thing bcz he did look old in that movie...
@@pranavgaikwad1611lol it is dumb because the guy is old.
@@roronoauchiha69 you got the point man!!!!
@@roronoauchiha69 we all know he's old but playin a guy in his late 20s or early 30s and unmarried too That's where people lost it, they forcibly tried to make him look young but failed it ...that's why people bashing it ,as an audience we all want a guy at certain age playing certain age roles which is suitable for him/her
The guy is 50 . So ofcourse he will look@@pranavgaikwad1611
To maintain stardom is not at all an easy job. People think stars just have to act. You don't know what filthy politics, power games, PR management, and other million things they have to deal with.
I think some famous actress had said in an interview that it's not easy to be Salman or SRK, and that too for so many years... For the common public, it's all hunky dory, but when you see behind the scenes.. it's very dark.
its way more than the job itself. That nuance sadly is barely discussed on these platforms
People hate Justin Bieber and salman khan 😂
@@Akhil_923well salman did kill innocent beings
@@roronoauchiha69 How many did he kill? Were you there?
@@AnkitGupta-u1n I wasn't there to know how many he has killed.
Nothing to comment, just want to say been following you since 2019, it's been a joy to see you grow. Keep it up Jammy!
This is where I think Amitabh Bachan got lucky. During his peak, he was fit and handsome and as he aged he built this strong persona around him of an actor who will stop doing action films and it totally suits him. Even we as an audience don't expect him to do action films today (or to look fit). Sadly because of the effect of social media, we have set wrong standards/expectations for actors.
But dont you think that was also because of Khans becoming the new favourites. Even Govinda was at his peak at that time. Amitabh was giving flops hence he stopped doing those roles. It was not like he decided to take a step back on his own.
@@shaeilbaburAnil Kapoor is a great example. He was a big star but see him today doing supporting roles that suit him.
They set the standard, made it look cool to have such a body, they were always self aware of what they were selling, now they have to take responsibility of what they used to sell. Simple as that.
Rajkumar Rao was never praised for his charming looks, he went out of his way to get plastic to look good in front of camera, its not in your hands how will audience take it, its upto them, you cant always expect them to talk about you positively. The whole stardom thing is based on looks so its natural that people expect looks from you. Irfan Khan was never about his appearance or his body, hence people did not expect him to, they judged him on his acting. If SRK had to be in 8 pack appearance, why was it so? Its not that people expected him to be in shape out of nowhere, its how his PR worked to make him look youthful and energetic, so he had to prove it the audience that his PR and his movies belong in the same universe.
They do it once to look good. That doesn't mean they owe the audience the same look for years and years
They play characters that have to look a certain way, even Hritik gained weight for super 30 and lost his abs, if the characters supposed to have abs they will work out it's simple, they should just start doing age appropriate roles and no one would expect anything from them.
Make-up and lighting 😂
They set standards? Those standards have always been there ein the society. No one will sadly accept a chubby actor in a leading role even if he is a great actor but would still go on to watch a film of an actor being 6 foot tall Greek god body even if he suck at acting.
Same goes for actresses , Vidya is extremely talented but many people would prefer an actress over her who fits into beatiy standards of society which is thin, fair etc. etc.
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even manoj baajpai also say dicaprio is average actor
If you don't want to maintain the look, try doing an age apropriate role
but is also not the question of what 'fans' want to see. That if the audience would be all accepting, why does not Rajinikanth sport his bald head in movies. He's so unapologetic about it in front of camera. There is an idea of the hero, something aspirational that still becomes an active part of what they want to sell
@@TriedRefusedProductions Rajnikanth could be bald in a movie and still be charismatic as he is. It's just a matter of presentation. It's not matter of what fans "want to see" it's about what "they haven't been shown".
Also i don't think it's just about what the audience wants, why don't we give the benefit of doubt to the thought that ever the celebrities want to stay youthful in the eyes of their audiences because surely not everyone can pull a Vidya Balan.
@@TriedRefusedProductions Go to Office room.... IYKYK
Back in the 90s, we had actresses like Kajol who broke beauty standard conventions. She maintained a unibrow throughout her career. She was dark, short, and a little plump. It took her a while, but still she managed to capture the hearts of every other Indian. Imagine if an actress today goes completely against the beauty standards despite being a great actor. They would prob be brutally trolled. So sad.
90s is most disgusting era in bollywood
Now she has done skin Whitening
@@abhishekdhanger5214 yeah, sad truth it is.
Not so much. If you look at the likes of Nimisha Sajayan and Nitya Menon, they aren't your stereotypical perfect proportions, tall, skinny and fair leading women and they are hugely considered some of the best in their respective industries.
Then what about Nimisha sajayan, aiswarya rajesh, aparna balamurali they are not really into the beauty standards still they are main stream actors
I think the actors should also stop doing roles where they are shown way younger then they actually are. Like I would love an SRK action movie where he's in his 50s and has a family and he seeks out for revenge or something like that.
A movie similar to Baghban with popular pairs of the 90s (e.g., SRK-Kajol, Salman-Madhuri, Aamir-Juhi) would be something that I would love to watch.
@@Anonymous-bf5fk I'm totally sold for that
One big drawback of these expectations are that an actor has to restrict his range and they'll only be able to play characters which demand to be handsome. This largely creates a stereotype that the main character can't have flaws. (Which is an integral part of being an interesting character, for me)
A good film is what people should look for regardless of how the protagonist looks.
Beauty Standards and Ideals of Masculinity are so ephemeral and contradictory that you can never be everything that is expected. When I was growing up, it was all about fair skin and sharp features.
Hey Jammy while I agree with certain points of yours, I think it’s a two way street these actors are trying to fit into roles that is way past their age. You see actors trying to play college students while they are in their 40s so obviously they will get age shamed!! Do we hear Amit hi getting age/body shamed no, because he has gracefully transitioned himself in roles that is appropriate for the age. I believe there is audience who want to see daily struggles of middle age who don’t have chiseled stomach but I don’t think actors/producers are interested in making such films.
Pankaj 47 saal ka h aur vo same uncle role karta h
Amitabh has not 'beautifully' transitioned.... After facing 13 consecutive flops in a row, and his box office pull dipped completely with advent of new superstars and rising bankruptcy, he had no choice to start playing character roles, and that's how his second innings started
@@050138 amitabh is only great superstar actor
@050138 but that worked in his favour, no? He totally revived his career by accepting roles which were his age appropriate.
@@kanzakhan8060 That is not the point.... Of course at some point everyone has to retire, or start a new leaf, and Amitabh excelled in character roles.... He was also lucky that Bollywood transitioned a bit at that time and there were roles written for him at that age.... Even in his second innings, first movies were all about being a strict Dad....
But it was a forced move, and he didn't give up his star image easily, he only gave up when there was no other option....
My point was to people who seem to criticize older men who still play main leads without understanding market dynamics.... As long as they have the box office pull, they will try to continue as stars, and nobody wants to shed the star image before audience stops watching them as main leads....
Such a good point - honestly I wonder how much the heightened unrealistic youthful expectations visually, has also to do with fact that we are rewatching /exposed to classics all the time , be it edits on tiktok or shorts of 90s onscreen pairs, or rewatching your favorite childhood film- but then pulling up insta and realizing , omg . SRK looks 30 years older in this pap photo , buts because he IS.
the gap between seeing stars on screen to on OUR screens in real time shrinks daily , so the juxtaposition feels even bigger
Mammootty was ( still is ) synonym to men beauty. If someone looks handsome and beautiful, people often would comment you look like mamooty. But he himself chosen characters like " puttu urumees " and the character in "mrigaya" to redefine the beauty standards even at that time. Those are still two of the most loved characters in his career because of the performance and the experimentation.
Must be only in Kerala. Looks like uncle to Bollywood audience
this is something so true and insightful that should change. the seniors set standards for actors to follow and somehow we went from classical greats to exoctic bodies and abs. there's a difference between working for a role and setting aesthetic standards. sadly we have followed Hollywood here too
Sab kahte hai Tv industry me 90s wali baat nhi rahi so me sachai dekhna chahta tha, tab samjha ki taali kabhi ek haath se nhi bajti. They did experiments but... For example
1. Nagarjun Ek Yoddha 2016(vision was to be a superhero & political drama but ended as love story due to low popularity).
2. In balveer 2 they tried (time travel) crossover with another show Aladdin, multiverse ( incomplete due to covid).
3. Dhruv tara 2023(time travel love story but only for 200 ep after that....)
4. Human robot love story movie of Shahid & Kriti is same as 2016's bahu hamari rajnikant.
5. Mene School love story 96(2018) se phle ye un dino ki baat hai (2017 )dekhi hai (only ending is opposite).
6. Hero gayab mode on 2020(similar to Hanuman & inspired from LOTR)
7. Even I liked Mouni Roy's Naagin(1&2starting). Only dark tone was needed instead of rom com. Ha baki seasons sirf paiso k liye tha.
Wow chalo 5 logo ne like kiya. Mujhe to laga tha bas gali aur tanee hi milenge
Prabhas in darling and mirchi....is something else
Baahubali is peak no?
@@TriedRefusedProductions BB is Peak Pan Indian 🤌
Mirchi is ❤
Prabhas in mirchi was peak I guess.. but after bahubali probably anabolic affects kicked in.
He is most Handsome men in tollywood industry but bahubali transformation very bad effect on his body and then his exident on salaar shoot 2021 so he is not going Jim and his body become bulky
Can I just say that I'm grateful that you discuss pop culture topics from different perspectives and that you tackle topics that are unpopular. Most film critic youtubers seem to only cater to a certain perspective ( hating bollywood, anything that isn't "relatable" ,while remaining silent in problems in other film industries and the good films bollywood makes). Thank u for being a breath of fresh air.
P.S : could you please dedicate some videos to ignored film industries like Marathi, Maithili, Meetei which makelow budget films with great stories, butare dying due to a struggle against massy action films from tollywood and bollywood
And then there's Mohanlal who has been loved and adored by the Malayalam Industry and the people for his chubby physique😂 Lalettan is ❤
Malayalam Audience are Matured
Still Remember how Anushka is trolled by Telugu Media
@@VamshidharReddy-em6eq telugu is least mature. bolly/Molly atleast have some moral standards...
@@VamshidharReddy-em6eq Odey Vamsi Prasad uuu , trolling antey ento telsaa nanna 😂 , chupinchu nanna entha ganam troll chesaro anuska ni telugu media lo
5:45 (Cut to that scene in ‘Mean Girls’ where The Plastics are in front of Regina’s mirror)
This is a very important discussion that needs to be addressed.
But then I feel the underlying reason for any kind of trolling is just the frustration in the audience. There's a difference between having an opinion and trolling which audience fail to understand. With the rise of social media it is now the meme pages or the updates pages that push their opinions as facts or standards at times and the followers of such pages create the same opinion. As a fan it sometimes hurts to hear such harsh comments on actors, I wonder how the actors deal with it.
Prabhas and Mahesh Babu were known to be the most handsome lads of south industry from early 2000s but something really happened with Prabhas post BB which is just sad and heartbreaking especially for the telugu people....we really miss his vintage acting and looks....it is still his goodwill and humble character that is saving him from every obstacle...
Prabhas n handsome 😂
Wake up from reality
Even average villian from bollyhood looks better than him
@@joeydrakeramoray1324 u r just one google search away kid... Just check his pre bahubali movies and u will know he was far far more handsome than the khans and many of the A list actors in bollywood lol... This is what happens when u try to blabber out of hatred without any prior knowledge 🤡
@@joeydrakeramoray1324go to primary school and learn past tense present tense again 🤣🤣 the OP mentioned before Baahubali....
He screen presence was different level
Honey.. we know you mean well, but I think you mean in just Telugu or Kannada industries. Cause very few in other South states known of or had even seen a Prabhas movie till Bahubali, same thing with expressionless Mahesh Babu. At least his name was more known due to some of his movies being remade into Tamil. Beauty standards differ vastly in each Southern state than Mainstream. If it was Charming Dad-Bodied men with a masculine Stache like Mohanlal, Mammooty or Dileep for Malayalam in early 2000s.. It was skinnier charmers and dancers like Dhanush or Vijay in Tamil.
This is what , is wrong
Stop comparing past with present !
Just social media madness
Aspire for fitness and better self
Not zero figure or perfect complexion or figure
How many times I have to tell my own sister to stop degrading basis on skin shade it's good enough toh have healthy blemish free skin
Great topic Jammy, and as always very well put across! I also think part of the blame likes with the actors, especially male actors. They don't really pick roles that suit their age, and insist on being the lead with the opposite number being at least a decade younger to them. This is where I think someone like an Ajay Devgn is commendable, he picks up roles where he's the dad of teens, which he also is in real life so that make is all the more believable.
In shaitan he is 45 year old in real life he is 55
@@raja-jl9os he still plays the role of a dad of a teenage girl, and not romancing 20 or 30-something actresses
@@avinashojha35 tom cruise ki gf 35 saal ki h ab bol?
@@avinashojha35 Al Pacino ki gf 30 saal ki h
@@raja-jl9os but they dont play those roles on-screen, is that point difficult to understand?
Pressure to be "perfect" which is in the fan's imaginary world is really problematic as if it is not done you become irrelevant even if you give you have genuinely worked hard. Sad that they are expecting to be untouched by natural changes. Even the women roles of age 40-50 are given to age 20-30 as seen in "saand ki aankh"
Malayalam industry is best in this term as it takes only talent into consideration and the actors who look like common people feature in films because of which the common people resonate with them, though I find Basil Joseph very cute. Even when stars like Mohanlal were mocked initially but he proved that talent is above any beauty standard. Even I find Irrfan Khan very handsome as his common man looks make him relatable.
t i would say we have lack of actors in charming ,james bond type roles theres no one whos ultra charming and handsome
Seriously, tu kya yahi sab krti hai. 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤣🤣
@@NailsByAsh813 Means ?
I know the points and flaws of industry very well
@@tanvitripathi3997 Do you?? I feel you are familiar with Southern ones & Bolly. There are many film industries that are better & underappreciated in the world. Can't declare Malayalam as the best when you haven't explored others yet, seen as you're a CINOPHILE.
@@NailsByAsh813 I see Hindi, Malayalam, Assameese, Marathi(some), English, Iranian, Korean and I find these great.
I will be exploring Bengali films soon
Prabhas looked great in Salaar, bts also you can see he is improving. After losing his father figure he was not in good mental state + due to knee surgery he was on heavy medication and could not work out. Actors also go through bad phases, does audience expect them to be 24x7 glammed up, that’s just fake. Even SRK looks way different off screen, see his latest pic with rinku, but ur a hypocrite yourself so u won’t put his bad pic in thumbnail.
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I'm really happy to see atleast one person in this comment section who said something positive about prabhas .
Prabhas sustained multiple injuries and he had to undergo a major knee surgery . After baahubali , he had a flood of scripts coming in and most of the scripts weren't normal love stories /family entertainers. The kind of recognition he achieved with Baahubali put him in a tough spot for years ....and he was compelled to choose different scripts to meet his fans expectations. All the directors and writers with innovative ideas approach prabhas in the hope of making something big & creative because he is considered to be the PAN India star who can pull massive audience (which he did - even if those films didn't do well, his box office numbers sky rocketed every single time).
And for every film, he put immense stress and pressure on his body to create the character he played . He's now 44y/o. Baahubali part one released in 2015 . How can anyone expect him to look the same after 9 long years ? These are all toxic unrealistic standards .
@@monicapriscilla410 yes ur absolutely right 👍 after adipurush literally everyone started blaming him and they were using hashtags like boycott Bollywood.After salaar movie also,he faced some kind of trolls.Looking forward for more prabhas movies where audience would start appreciating him like how we saw him during bahubali times 🎉❤
Wow Jammy. Thanks a lot for bringing this out there for the audience to understand that ageing is a natural process, getting old is a natural process, life happening to you is a natural process. We would not expect our 60-year-old grandpa to flaunt six pack abs then why we should expect that from our actors. People have really set specific standards of beauty and the youth wants to look a certain way just because it is the norm on social media. This actually is pathetic and as you mentioned people go through a lot of pressure because they want to maintain a certain standard of beauty. Thanks again for discussing this on this forum. I am sure this is gonna help a lot of people.
As a Hrithik sir's fan from Kerala, I didn't care about the wrinkle part. He ages like fine wine
HRo is the only North-bollywood actor who has genuine following in South amidst God like stars within each south industry...
Thank you so much for discussing this topic. We often talk about the unrealistic beauty expectations of female actors, but forget to address the same for male actors.
jammy you are literally the best , you like to revolutanize and touch topics no one wants to learn about and rather just troll actors, you keep your views very judicially
Wow! just wow! You got such good and mature audience, reading comments made me realise that. Keep moving forward brother…Its rare to see such a comment section in Indian youtube channel
Excellent topic selection Anmol. Kudos to you. This is what makes you stand out in the crowd
Thank you for this video my brother. This obsession of fair and beauty and slim personality of people needs change.
2024 has been a big boring bollywood year....the Khans have gone underground, Akki is out of touch, even the new gen movies are trash....theres barely any new talented filmmakers in Bollywood who are brave enough to make good content driven films .....
This!!
@@kausalyaboobalan5929Indian people don't like movie vo log sirf time pass karne k liye movie dekhte h
after that humongous 2023...I think a break was called for. 4 ATB in a year and almost 3 1000cr grossers is a dream for any industry...only Bollywood could have ever achieve that in India. Cant expect every movie to do that much.
I disagree with your content claim. This year bollywood gave some amazing movies that didnt work at box office like Lapatta Ladies and Srikanth.
@@gaditproductions South Had Already Done That In 2022 With RRR, KGF 2, Vikram And Kantara All Of Which Were Critical And Commercial Success, With Global Appreciation Especially With RRR, In Fact RRR, KGF 2 And Vikram Were Released In A Span Of 3-4 Months Is Crazy To Think. Don't Think That What Bollywood Did In 2023 Was Like Setting A Standard For Movies But It Basically Bollywood's Redemption Year Because Everybody Were Criticizing Them In 2022. 2024 Already Is And Will Be The Year Of South Movies With Kalki 2898 AD, Game Changer, Kanguva, Vettiyan, Indian 2 & 3, Pushpa 2 And We Already Had Malayalam Classics Like GOAT LIFE And Manjummel Boys.
@@jibangkurbaishya221 not ATBs....also only KGF and RRR are 1000cr but they arent the same industry. South is a region, not one industry. Sandalwood and Tollywood are very different things lmao.
So my claim stands, no single industry can match bollywood yet.
Watching your videos for a long time but this is the most sensetive and personal I have ever seen jammy in a TRP video
If you don't want people to judge you then just don't take up characters that asks you to look like someone you are not. No one complained that Aamir looked old in Dangal but if you are doing a film like Fighter where your character is objectified as someone who can manipulate women just with their looks, you have to look like one.
But why bollywood dont cast young actor's like lapata ladies😊
If you think Hrithik did not look good in Fighter then the standards of beauty have become all messed up!
@@TriedRefusedProductions I obviously don't think that but there are people who might and that's the drawback of taking up characters like that being of certain age. So you have to keep that in mind if you wanna keep playing 30 year olds in your 50s.
@raja-jl9os how much the film made? It's a business at the end of the day. People criticism comes from wherever, remember super 30? No one is happy It's just hard to keep folks happy
@@gulbez786 how avtar 2 make 400 cr in India because hollywood khud ak brand h
bollywood ki kuch value nhi h 🤣
I regularly watch your videos because of your logical articulation sprinkled with humor. This is the first time I felt like commenting about a meaningful and useful video. Keep working on videos and content similar to this video to bring reality and frankness into the discussion.
Hello i am your big fan ... always watch your vedios since years ...keep growing ❤
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@@aDi7997 yeah 👍
Anmol, What an incredible and insightful analysis! You covered so many aspects of the unrealistic beauty standards, gave definitions and examples, and then concluded with a reference to Dorian Gray, you outdid yourself!!!
The de-aging thing which is going on now is really distracting. As an SRK fan i feel so sad that he has to just look like the way he looked 20years ago. That man looks more handsome in real life than in movies but kya kare stars ka face par wrinkles dekh kar hamari janta ko aankhon main jalan hone lagti hai na. We just don't accept the fact that they also age just like us. SRK, Ranbir, Hrithik can't play chocolate boy roles forever and this thing will only change when the star's themselves accept this fact and play their age, surely some movies won't work but after a while people will accept them as they are.
I really feel sad and consernced for Salman and Prabhas cause it feels like constantly maintaining a god like physique has just backfired on their bodies now☹️
Lol Ranbir's 40. And he played a 35 yr old in TJMM which was the last chocolate boy role he played so far. Why's he on this list
@@SachiDias whole bollywood is regressive
So relevant… thank u for choosing this topic. I respect those celebs who are kind of normalising aging n accepting their own bodies.
One of the best videos on the channel.
Thats why i always adore kareena, so much pressure still she never opted for fillers, botox. She embrace her wrinkles with so much grace and confident❤
Hi Anmol, I want to speak about Don 3's announcement video, and how I think that the video is filled with symbolism, and how Ranveer Singh's character is Deepu from Don 2006 and he's become Don to avenge Vijay's death from Don
Wow! That was a long video for a time when people have very limited attention span. The video kept me glued till the end so good job with the content.
S coming to the subject, I think we all need to accept the fact that we are all made in a certain way and are ageing. Be happy in your own skin and accept that God has made each one of us beautiful in some way.
Instead of being pressured to look a certain way, we should try to stay fit and age gracefully.
It's important to have a strong core then to have a 6 pack.
Stay healthy, stay happy. Dr Yahya Khan.
What happened to your last video?
it got age restricted so it was not getting pushed. I am going to make the necessary changes and upload it later in the wekk
Ok
Much needed analysis.. was shocked to see Rajkumar Rao’s new look.. he was charming in his natural appearance.
Malayalam industry is probably the only industry where majority of the senior A lister actors are actually playing roles as per their age and choosing different script too!!
Also the most important thing is you will not see them romancing heroines half their age which is kind of commandable and a thing to appreciated!!
72 year old mammootty can beat 1000 people watch his latest trailer 🤣
Vote only fr BJP!!!
@@Akhil_923yes he can....deal with it
@@poppoyi Ntr,and all arjun never play college student but ranbir kapoor play college student in yjhd
@@Akhil_923 did allu arjun played professor in Arya and bunny ?
Jammy how you are so consistent with such quality videos. Amazing analysis
While I can empathise with actors like Rajkumar Rao, it's hard to generate the same for mainstream Bollywood stars. These are the very same beauty standards they have set, and profited off of. They used it to overcompensate for a lack of talent, or hard-work for that matter (Especially in Bhai's case). Actors like Ranbir Kapoor and Vicky Kaushal deliver phenomenal performances, while looking like a million bucks, and these beauty standards won't affect them in the future as much because they've set the right standards for themselves. It's time we stop pitying actors when they're only reaping what they've sown. Honestly, Rajkumar Rao will still win in the long run, because of what he has to offer to us and his roles. I know I'm being blunt, but it's necessary, sometimes.
Bollywood jesi industry se tum kuch ummeed na hi karo to zyda acha h
Actually Standard set by audience, if you cast Raj kuma Rao in pathan like movie with same budget, same everything, people will refuse 😅to watch it even if Raj Kumar put a whole galaxy of acting skills which is far superior than srk ever can.. it's always audience and people who start trolling and obsessed with the personal life of the actor...
@@ro0t115 avtar 2 make more money compare to mission impossible
@@raja-jl9os so what? Jawan earned far more than mardko dard nahi hota, bhawesh josi. Here people don't appreciate film like go Goa gone like movie. We are in a country where people praise bad movies by Mahesh Babu, bath his statue with milk but will not support a good movie ... I don't know what are you getting at by mentioning Hollywood movies 🤔
@@ro0t115 Kyonki Indian audience ko aadat hi gand picturen dekhni ki daal di hai... Achi cheese dekhne ki aadat lagane mein time lage ga, par aadat lag zaroor jayegi. Animal was a technically sound film with great performances, and mass elements, aur aesi movies bhi positive change laati hai... Especially when they generate more buzz than a film like Jawan, if not money. Craft over morality, at least in this case. Honestly, 12th fail jaisi filmo ka bhi time ayega, tum dekhna.
Very informative, and since Looksmaxing trends are taking over the internet, they will become more prevalent in society
Meanwhile mohanlal laughing in the corner
Let him stand in the corner and laugh, nobody is talking about him haha
Why is he laughing, though?
@@pepperpepperandbayleaf3025because he was always “overweight” but we malayalees dont give a shit about his physical looks so he was successful as long as he made good films
Great to see that you are covering such a taboo topic on ur channel. Well done Jimmy
Also.. I saw that you don't make any shorts at all. At this time , shorts are a great source to bring audience to ones channel. I really hope you would just hire someone to cut shorts from ur long videos.
Try it out as an experiment for just 3 months
The kareena zero figure almost caused a mass hysteria in girls........
She looked horrible in that era damn she was far better before
You're so well-spoken, Jammy. I am spellbound 💞
If hritik & srk are 50 & 60 respectively then they should choose the roles of a 50 & 60 y/o respectively not that of a 30 y/o. See how magically it solves the issue🤯
I agree with the other arguments though.
I agree..... But the actors also don't play their age.... They take roles which are younger... Which pushes them to get fit... To make them look young...
But who asked srk to take roles like jawan n pathan. Just retire or do age appropriate roles
I've been following your channel for quite a long time now for how well you frame your analyses. This video felt differently nice. It's such an important topic and thanks for putting it out this way. We can't be doing this... putting such standards on our actors, or on ourselves. It's painful the kind of impact these things have on society at large!
I think mainstream indian cinema are garbage
Your opinion on mr. & mrs. Mahi trailer?
I genuinely loved it. But the trailer I believe gave away everything about the film
@@TriedRefusedProductions yeah
@@TriedRefusedProductionsFr..the editor served the whole movie in the trailer.
I feel this narrative about looking youthful has gained milage in recent times especially in the last 5 to 6 years since the time gen z has turned 18. I think this has to do with what this generation has grown up with, I.e. social media portraying hard to achieve, next to perfect bodies and skin. We are now expecting everyone to look flawless and never age as anyone above the age of 25 is an aunty or uncle as per gen z while they forget that time is merciless and has it's vengeance against everyone.
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Aging is beautiful .. grey hair, wrinkles, no six packs is a normal thing when a person gets older 🙏🏻
Audience should accept reality rather than just stuck to unrealistic expectations 😒 that led the pressure on both male and female actors
Very thought provoking video! I was reminded of Kay Kay Menon's performance in Ray, where he refuses to shed the mask of a character and that eventually leads to his destruction.
Bhai Thumbnail Me baki sab ke photo theek hai par Prahbas Ka Photo Kharab Kyu dala Photo Change Karo
That was the essence of this video! Body shaming again🤦♀️
This is where Rajnikant sir stands out...he uses makeup and cgi to appear young on screen but when making public appearances is very comfortable and confident in going about his actual self...since he has accepted his aging, viewers too don't troll him.
2:46 that's definitely not attractive 💀
Beauty is subjective.
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Na it's not stop glorifying obesity@@janvikhattar5911
I understand the point you are trying to make here and how you are standing up for the right reasons for the men in this industry. But at the same time I also feel, it's also about being true to the script, if the script demands a young hero, then the casting should be done likewise, otherwise the story would not be convincing enough for the audience to believe in it.
South industry doesn't care about looks they care about good acting
True brother 😊❤
Then prabhas 😂
I can especially see that most of the industries down south don't have a crazy pressure for stars to have washboard abs and be lean. Allu Arjun in Pushpa can be a mawali gangster and he essentially is built like that. That's refreshing
Seriously 😂the amount of racism in south towards the actresses same in bollywood but to say this is ignorant
Prabhas can act better than Savlon and Srgay 😂 @@sadiqueali5117
Richa ,mrunal,balan all where on point
Love your self
Be the way you are and accept yourself
Say it louder for the people in the back Jammy ! Well said. 👏👏👏👏
Beauty standards can be influenced by celebrities, both male and female, as well as individuals themselves. However, it's common for people to blame others when they struggle to maintain these standards. Ultimately, one's body type and appearance are deeply personal choices. But Sharing one's beauty standards or makeup looks on social media to gain likes is a personal decision, but it's important to be prepared for potential criticism or trolling. It's essential to take responsibility for the consequences of sharing personal aesthetics online and not to complain later about negative comments or trolls.
As usual video was on point.👍
The use of Sunita Rajvar's dancing on music as annoying bua is hilarious 😂
Prabhas Before Bahubali And Bahubali Looks 🙌🔥❤️ He Handling Huge Pressure
this guy always nailed the point of view whether it's about any movie like animal or any other topic
At the end.. non of the unenlightened people will ever release that they are just movies... Not real life.. actors/politicians do their job of acting...its people who idolize them n worship them as immortals. Well done video... Keep up the work.
Realize* 😂
You just addressed the elephant in the room!!
When you started this video I was glad that you nailed it on the head abt Hrithik.
All our “Stars” are no more actors, they all are conforming to the beauty standards that are set in Western Countries.
Men have washboard abs and have botox / plastic surgery done to look more younger - Brad Pitt being the latest example. All the male out there also at age 60 and above have the Abs and drop dead gorgeous wrinkle free looks, romancing women half their age. Frankly there too these men are not exactly doing age specific roles - Liam Neeson, Tom Cruise, Jason Statham they still are playing leading male roles, instead of transitioning into character roles which would bring out their acting chops.
This has percolated down to our Hindi Film Industry more then any other Industry in India.
Neither Shah Rukh nor Salman has really done any roles which shows their versality as Actors.
All of them say that their audiences want to see them that way. Please!! I beg to defer. We seriously want to see some acting not over acting!!
When the Stars want to be the center stage we will always get mediocrity. Let the screenplay, the story, the directing, the sets do the talking and see the magic of Cinema happen. Latest example being - Lapataa Ladies, Veer Savarkar, Shrikant, on OTT - Gili Puchi and Mirror - one acted and another directed by Konkana Sen.
I can never imaging any of the Star Kids nor any established actors being able to pull these roles off convincingly.
Unfortunately, age snd fitness has always been a mark of one's youth and virility in society. So, the actors who have extended and gained from their professional carreers, both on and off screen, trying to look the same age for decades, have distorted their own public image. Can we imagine these actors selling themselves as brands off-screen with their real ages and unfit bodies?
Actors cannot cry foul when they knowingly pick their poison and henceforth get judged by the same audiences.
I believe more than audience production houses have greater control over what the actors should look like in the movies.i feel in the end it comes down to acceptance , pass the mantle to other younger actors i.e produce movies for the deserving actor. But it is also about the actor’s hunger to be visible in movies.Some other comment suggested that one should play a role appropriate to their age.
That's because cinema is a visual medium.
And beauty is always more appealing.
We really need to mention Tamil actor Vijay in this regard of aging like a fine wine by maintaining his looks and physique (including face) like a pro It's great to see how young he looks compared to his other counterparts considering the fact that he will be turning 50 this year. Same applies to Mahesh Babu as well
There is one reason that I can point out about the reason for expectations.
I think Stars always wants to portray themselves as stars. They do not want to accept more mature roles which will suite their age well. If you want to be a star in a movie like Pathan or Jawan, then to look realistic you need to fit in the mould and that requires certain body shape.
Look at the roles Nawaz, Pankaj Tripathi, Manoj Vajpayee do. We never expect 6 packs from them.
I think whole onus is not on audience Jammy.
Akshay kumar dont have six pack he is action hero
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Kudos to Kareena Kapoor for dealing with aging so gracefully out n out and even accepting it in public .
The trick I think is to find age appropriate roles and find interesting scripts where the protagonist is not in his 20s or 30s. Afterall, who says there cant be interesting stories about 50 year old men and women. Think about the Taken series from Liam Neeson, he nailed it and the emotional hook worked for the audience because of his age.
While I empathize their is also something to be said about actors choosing roles that fit their age. That adaptation we rarely see especially in Bollywood. Hard not to judge a 50 year old pretending to be a college student.
Because demigod actor's sab kuch ban sakte h 😂
I agree with everything that you pointed out. However, it helps to call out people who have set these standards. These standards did not appear overnight in the industry and the society. Very few casting directors, directors and producers won't invest money on actors who depart from the conventionally good looking standards/ In the off chance that such actors do get a break, they land up doing only a particular kind of roles. Seldom will you get the opportunity to see a non conventionally good looking person play anything apart from an individual riddled with distress or some structural challenge. Never have non conventionally good looking people shown falling in love, romancing each other etc. It is the biggest of the biggest people in the industry who set these standards and then create a hue and cry about it.
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I respect you so much for this video!
Brilliant.. An excellent insight... Thank you for making this video