Top 10 Versatile Actors

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Originally Posted by VENKIRAJA

Forget this century. If you cannot find a replacement for Hunchback Surya, can you find a replacement for Amaidhipadai Amaavasai?

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Amaidhippadai AmAvAsai is a made-for-Satyaraj role. It is a role he has kinda of been playing before and since in some part. I will not call it a departure. If anyone else does it it will be like 'mimicking' Satyaraj.

That is not the case with the hunchback role. It was out there done in Malayalam, waiting for someone to try in Tamil.

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Originally Posted by littlemaster1982

You are scoring a same side goal now. Just one look at the Kannada film still will show how better Surya is :P

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//sumaal dig
a look at the malayalam film wud show how surya fares as well //

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Originally Posted by directhit

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Originally Posted by littlemaster1982

You are scoring a same side goal now. Just one look at the Kannada film still will show how better Surya is :P

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//sumaal dig
a look at the malayalam film wud show how surya fares as well //

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Surya-vai vida Dileep better-nu solreengala :roll: I haven't seen the original.

Dileep > Surya appidingreengaLA

Even though I have not seen the original I am willing to grant that point simply to prevent digression. inge yaarum illai appidingradhu dhaan panjAyathu

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Originally Posted by Prabhu Ram

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Originally Posted by VENKIRAJA

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Originally Posted by Prabhu Ram

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Originally Posted by VENKIRAJA

Suriyar versatile-nA, Mike Mohan is versatile as well.

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ringtone ungaLai romba baadhichchirukku :lol2:

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1. Hunchback role
2. Nandha (to an extent)

3. Pithamagan (can find replacements...)
4. ?
5. -

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Thanks for small mercies like 1-3.



I haven't seen Aaru but I understand it is one of his lesser movies.
I saw a scene where he 'rescues' a girl from a not-well meaning boy. He reprimands the boy and his parents in the girls' house and then 'advices' the girl.

Somethign like this....

unga ponnutte oru reNdu vaarthai pEsikkarEn...sister maaRi dhaan...... sosial sosial-nu solli kanda galeej-Oda suththi enna aachu paathiyA.....pethavanga pEchchai kElu etc etc

As cliched as it gets. But he was very 'convincing' and 'real'.

This is what I mean. He may be good or bad in his performances. But even his failures are a cut above 'ngrEn.

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PR, idhula I am with you. He is quite convincing in his 'lesser' roles like Aaru, Vel. Very natural, if I may, as much 'nature' as possible in a masala movie
Where he is uncomfortable with:
1) The vijay-type savadal scenes like where he reels off ways to use kerosene, petrol etc in Vel
2) Ghajni mottai kind of out-of-normal characters
3) Romance - especially post marriage epdina - when revathy came back to field after marriage, one movie review went thus "kaadhal kaatchigaLil munbirundha saraLam ippodhu illai" ( Now, before marriage mattum enna vaazhndhudhamnu digress panna koodadhu - karuthai mattum eduthukkunga). One can say the same of Surya

Adhavadhu, oru masala herovukku thevaiyana sila pala vishayangaLil effort theriyudhu. Adhulaiyum net result is ok but it is the effort he takes which stands out and kind of makes you laugh

Mathabadi, the family scenes in Vel were pretty impressive. The much maligned Aaru, he was quite convincing - even the "naan podarenNa" to Vidyarthi. Your example is also very apt. In general, he is quite versatile in terms of results achieved - natural a panninara illiaiyangaradhu not relevant at all to the discussion.

Sari vidunga, inge pala peru Ringtone matter-la paadhikka pattirukanga. Sila pala varushangaLukku munnal avanga nilaimaiyila irundhadhala purinjikka mudiyudhu. (You, of course, pinjula pazhuthadhala, I reckon you might gone through this ringtone-jealousy phase by the age of 16 :-) )

LM - neenga pathuttu sollunga, if they are telecasting sometime in tv, PM panren :)

PR - that role of a hunchback aint a diffi one - the plus in that role is the comedy, and he did do well, but there are ppl who do better comedy than him in tamil anyways :huh:

//SP, adhaan discussion-ai democratic-a steer pannikittirukkomla //

ungalukku full marks kudukaren :bow:

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Madhavan:

1. lives the role with ease
2. tries variety (comedy, action, choclatey-romance, thriller)
3. Creates impact even in small roles
4. Expressions at times are repetitive, but charismatic enough to overrule the handicap.

Negatives:

1. Action roles like thambi, ae, didn't brign out the best in him
2. I wonder if he would fit in country lad roles. Suited enough only for elite presentations. If otherwise, he needs to prove himself.

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Originally Posted by Prabhu Ram

I am reminded of an old ad (Directors Special I think) featuring Venkatesh Prasad. This was right after his performance in SA in '96.

First he will miss the stumps and there will be voice-over than say gone are the days when we had bowlers like Imran Khan, Malcolm Marshal.

Then a sweaty, determined Prasad will train hard and then come back and hit the stumps. Some perusus will now say "...bowlers like Imran Khan, Malcolm Marshal, venkatesh prasad.."

VP singappal theriya mandhirappunnagai seivaar.

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:lol:

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Originally Posted by directhit

LM - neenga pathuttu sollunga, if they are telecasting sometime in tv, PM panren :)

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OK :D

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Originally Posted by Plum

Very natural, if I may, as much 'nature' as possible in a masala movie

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:o onniyum solradhukilla. periyavanga ellaam vela kuduthuttu interview edukkaraapla irukku :lol2: