After a long long time, I see superstars being produced in Bollywood. This is in this year, 2018. These are the times, when we, the public are moving away from Khans, Bachhans and Kapoors; and ready to explore, give a chance to new generation of actors.
In around 2000-2004, when we saw Hritik and Abhishek coming in, there was hope that they can displace the Khan superstars of that time. However, that euphoria fizzled out very soon. While Abhishek could not establish himself as an actor, leave aside star status. Hritik showed some promise, but a few wrong choices and judgement did not allow him to sustain the momentum. He has picked up his act in last few years, however not enough to bring back the glory for himself. It was the same period, when an average actor Akshay made some right choices, did the right movies, improved on his acting quotient, exhibited consistency and he acquired the superstar status. His name is now taken in parallel with some of other superstars of Indian cinema.
This year (2018), we saw the coming of Rajkumar Rao, Ayushmann Khurrana. Public has accepted their acting talent in last few years; but giving them the well-deserved 100-crore superhits establishes them as superstars in the Indian Bollywood industry. This is really a good sign for Indian cinema.
I simply love the way, how public is becoming more aware of what interests them, and what they want to watch. There were those days, and those years; when films were hit or even superhit because there was a particular actor in the movie, or it was a movie from a particular director. However, now a film cannot sustain itself, if the so called actors don't perform, if the movie is not backed by strong content, if the story is not holding together a movie. We have seen bigger blunders, and disasters from the actors and directors who were reckoning once.
Todays moviegoers crave for watching meaningful cinema has given rise to Rajkumar's and Ayushmann's of the world...Also, another crop of good actors such as Vickie Kaushal are coming up. These are indeed good times for Bollywood.
For now, let us welcome these new age actors of our times. May the good work shine, and create place for itself. May the public become more demanding.
