Top 10 Versatile Actors

Pre-Apoorva, Nagesh already established himself as good character actor. He is one of the strongest case in point of how a good comedian can also be great dramatic actor (as proven also in Hollywood....and at the same time I am not including Vivek here).

Versatility here means what? Ability to do many types of role? Sure, any actor can do, but can they do well. What we see is indeed cases of actors attempting many role, but do they excell in it?

Or versatility as in able to do things other than acting and do it well. Appadi paartha Sakalakalavallan-nu oruthar mattume.

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Originally Posted by groucho070

Or versatility as in able to do things other than acting and do it well. Appadi paartha Sakalakalavallan-nu oruthar mattume.

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definitely not this definition

nagEsh, imo, is many things, but versatility is not his strongest point. which doesnt really matter, since that was not required of him.

Well, to "see Robert De Niro" is to be "aware of," in some sense, how he'll play a role, not to say that the "how" is the same all the time. But with Nagesh, I think the "how" is often quite the same. One of his chief exploits is his physicality, and again he puts it to use the same way in most of his films.

Don't mistake me, I'm a big fan of Nagesh, and like him a lot in 'character' roles. Especially when he's in the tragicomic mode, he's superb. His tour de force in 'nammavar' or his Suri in 'abUrva rAgangaL' come to mind. Just that I think he's not really a versatile actor.

"In a layman's definition, it is simply carrying out many different types of roles with perfection.
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Different type of roles - idhula kooda, naan 80's-la chinna payyana irukkarache, vaLarum actors-lam pEtti kodutha ipdi solluvanga:
Interviewer: What is your dream role?

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Originally Posted by Random Interview

Vethu actor(say Pandian): Naan idhu varaikkum Doctor, engineer, policeman, rowdy, gramathu kaattan indha vesham ellam katti irukken. Innum Military veerana nadikkalai. Adhulayum nadichu naan oru versatile actor-nu niroobikkanum.

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:-).
grocuho is getting close to a definition.

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:rotfl: @ the random interviewed actor

of course we are not talking about occupations as roles to be acted out here

more like Vikram - from a Sethu to a nice decent role in Dhil, to a more commercial Saamy, Pithamagan, Anniyan

you can see some versatility in his acting

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Originally Posted by equanimus

Well, to "see Robert De Niro" is to be "aware of," in some sense, how he'll play a role, not to say that the "how" is the same all the time. But with Nagesh, I think the "how" is often quite the same. One of his chief exploits is his physicality, and again he puts it to use the same way in most of his films.

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De Niro's tilted head, drooping mouth, dialogue delivery?
Relative-a Nagesh ku adhigam nu solreengala? Or, apart from these De Niro brings something different in each role nu solreengala?

P.S: Let not anyone misunderstand that i'm comparing DN's versatility with Nagesh's. Namma oor kanakku padi paathu solren, avvalavu dhaan

Plum :lol:

Back in the days, I used to translate Tamizh written interviews of stars in English for a movie publication. Each time I see the word "intha padathula different-aana role panniirukken", I'd be fuming mad.

Athey moonji, athey kural, athey body language, athey modulation...give me a break. And then of course, get-up mathina Kamal agiduvaangganu innoru neneppu.

And then there is "actor-proof" role that Vikram hijacked successfully. I call that cheating. His take on Anniyan was one of the most hillarious piece of circuis freak act I had seen in years...wait, maybe I have never seen anything as hilarious as that. National award my.... :evil:

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Originally Posted by jaaze

:lol:
:rotfl: @ the random interviewed actor

of course we are not talking about occupations as roles to be acted out here

more like Vikram - from a Sethu to a nice decent role in Dhil, to a more commercial Saamy, Pithamagan, Anniyan

you can see some versatility in his acting

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idha thaanga Pandian-um sonnaaru, avara pathi :razz:

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Originally Posted by NOV

I seriously think we should limit it to main artistes.

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I seriously think we should limit it to TAMIL artistes. :D :lol: