Originally Posted by cinemalover
actually before analysing the success or failure of any actor the following must be taken into account,
1. entry into filmdom
2.growth and how it was achieved
3.susteneance
4.future prospects and potentialities.
in case of viay the entry is easy a cake walk and his father directed 7 of his first 10 films
for ajith he was identified by a producer/director and made a hero like mgr,sivaji,rajini,kamal which was conventional.
bith came to films at the same time, but ajith quickly came on top in 2years
amaravathy in 1993 and in 1995 aasai ajith become top star,whweras vijay was accepted as a star only after vikraman's poove unnakkaga in 1996.
so ajith's growth is without back uo,
when ajith was chosen by amitabh in ullassam in 1997,he become a top 5 hero,he even rejected shankar's offer in jeans as he had many films at hand.
whereas vijay continued as hero with appeal in b c centres like vijaykant had when kamal and rajini ruled hiugh.
so by 1999 ajith reached no.1 among young heros and had a dream run till 2002.
whers as all vijay gave only 3 hits out of 8 in the same peroiod.
the problem started with ajith decided to distribute his own films, so he earned many enemies in the industry,whereas viojay continued as a actor whether hit or miss with a film in every 3 months.
after diasatrous red in 2002 ajith's downfall began though he regained his market with villain in 2002 nov.
in 2003 he messed up ,many things and angered many producers who opted for emerging vikram who easily overtook both vijay and ajith in 2003.
gemini,dhool,sami,pithamagan ,though he too gave 4 failures in 2002-03 -thats differnt story.
but after tirumalai in 2003 and ghilli 2004 vijay continuously maintained his lead with the absense of rajinikant.
whereas ajith had more market than vijay ,because of his attitude ,poor advisors he suffered, now evberything is ok for him due to some DIVINE INTERVENTION,
wheras inspite of his succeses vijay doesnot have a huge following in A centres(urban middle class)which is essential to superstardom,which ajith has.
wheras all of ajith's hits comes from playing hero with negative traits ,lile ,vaali,citizen,villain,godfather,billa, he can experiment with many characters which vijay cant do ,vijay has become too one dimentional and dont offer variety,which is going to be a major drwback for his future growth.
so my vote goes for ajith as the next number 1(rajini,kamal not included they are too far gone in success)wheras vijay's market is eaten by a half a dozen young stars.
so ajith's future is entirely based on his choosing of scripts and mental maturity wheras vijay's future is only due to luck.