Top 10 Versatile Actors

Theriyum Nerd. I have my own criticism of Chowdhry. But Chowdhry had his moments, sila pala edangaL thavira, it was a controlled performance.

vEL - my point was more about if you ignore the vijay-moments which needed vijay(I guess even Ajith could not have carrried those off), he was pretty watchable in the rest of the movie. He was very good in the scenes where he tells Asin that her betrothed is a drug addict(himself, actually) etc. That being one of his lesser movies, there is quite some slack that can be cut for him. he has his weaknesses, but versatile-nu solradhukku neraiyave claim irukku (Pithamagan, parts of Vel and Aaru(including accent as PR mentioned), Perazhagan, that movie where he kidnaps jyothika...ipdi)

Marvan Atapattu maadhiri career start panninadhala Surya-voda career average sure is not good but irukkara koLLila nalla koLLi dhaan sure-a. Maddy is also good. Adhukkaga, Suryavai koraichu pesanumnu illaiye...

Theriyama thaan kekuren, whats so special about Madhavan?
Enna periya versatile? His dialogue delivery is most of the times average to poor, his body language is ok, comedy sumaar, emotional scenes paravalla... except his Kanathil Muthamittal mithadhellam enakennamo perusa onnum abiprayam illa.

My list of versatile actors.

I define versatility in ability to give the appropriate acting required for that performance.

1) Madhavan
2) Dhanush
3) Arya
4) Bharath

Hard to think of the rest. Bharath is another severely underrated actor. Role may not be versatile but acting is.

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Originally Posted by Sanguine Sridhar

Theriyama thaan kekuren, whats so special about Madhavan?
Enna periya versatile? His dialogue delivery is most of the times average to poor, his body language is ok, comedy sumaar, emotional scenes paravalla... except his Kanathil Muthamittal mithadhellam enakennamo perusa onnum abiprayam illa.

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He is actually the best natural actor after the terrific two(kamal and rajini). Just take thambi for example, alot of them criticised his so called rolling eyes but the way he modulated the dialogues, body language was that of someone hurt by all this violence and one who wants to eradicate this non-violently. A innocent misled person in nala damayanthi and as a misunderstanding then approving friend of kamal in anbe sivam. He does it all realistically. The thing like rakesh said was that he does not do it like he wants to show the world he is acting. All his acting is within the zone of the role.

Vikram-ku PR sonna maadhiri, adhellam intentional-a unintentional-a?

Forgot to add the romantic quotient. Surya is believed to be very romantic but he all he does is just look handsome. His scenes in ayan with tamanna were very old fashioned and if not for his looks would have been overwritten.

Madhavan is good looking as well but you can see that the way he "chases" a girl is like how a girl would want a guy to chase. Being ridiculously interested and wanting to convince her to be with him despite the otherwise negative situation like in minnale and run.

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Originally Posted by Sanguine Sridhar

Theriyama thaan kekuren, whats so special about Madhavan?
Enna periya versatile? His dialogue delivery is most of the times average to poor, his body language is ok, comedy sumaar, emotional scenes paravalla... except his Kanathil Muthamittal mithadhellam enakennamo perusa onnum abiprayam illa.

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Dialaak delivery- he is good in his zone. At least he does not attempt something else and end up making a fool out of himself (Kiddo :lol2: )
Comedy - Who is better according to you? Maddy is slightly better than surya and vijay *used to* be good.

Anbe Sivam
Yaavarum Nalam
Aayitha Ezhuthu
Alaipaayuthey
EvanO oruvan
Nala Damayanthi

Idhula ellAm try putting someone else :huh: not to mention his indhi films.

Have not seen many masala's of Maddy but Run > Surya's masala's!

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Originally Posted by Nerd

Have not seen many masala's of Maddy but Run > Surya's masala's!

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even Rendu - chance-e illa......the blind man character is seriously out of surya;s reach and ability :P

"Idhula ellAm try putting someone else "
Nerd, indha aatai dhaan venaangaren. Idhukku mudive illa - apram Pithamagan sakthi Maddy pannuvaranu question varum?
Sithan role-la Maddy nenachu paarka mudiyalai? So? It doesnt prove anything.

In the list, except Aaidha Ezhuthu and to an extent, nala damayanthi, it's all his comfort
zone. Andha role kooda apdi irreplaceable oNNum illaye...Nala Damayanthi, maybe but AE is not definitely a unparallelled achievement for Maddy.

RUN - entertaning-a kooda illiye :-(
(Meera was the only tolerable part of the movie - that is if you can ignore the monkey jumping she does in song sequences)

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Originally Posted by Hulkster

My list of versatile actors.

I define versatility in ability to give the appropriate acting required for that performance.

1) Madhavan
2) Dhanush
3) Arya
4) Bharath

Hard to think of the rest. Bharath is another severely underrated actor. Role may not be versatile but acting is.

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Neenga innum 'Garvam' pakkalaya???
And moreover Arya 5 padam kooda nadikala, athukulla versatile?

Pithamagan othukkurEn, of course!

I was talking about the performances in Run/ other surya masala's. And you felt aaru/VEl were much entertaining than run? Shake hands walk off dhaan!

Nerd, aaru/vEl - parts of Surya's performance was good, including accent in Aaru. Doesnt mean the movies were entertaining.
RUN - Maddy's performance was quite unplaceable. Epdi solradhunu theriyalai - movie was unentertaining and Maddy did nothing to salvage it. Meera mattum illaina, andha padam paarthadhukku romba varutha pattiruppen.
Neenga Alex pandianukku thittuveenganu paartha, ipdi madhavanukku vakkalathu vaangittu nikkareenga? :-)

Plum,

You are the first person I know to say Maddy was not good in Run. He was just a chocolate boy till that film, but he did more than a convincing job as an action hero.

LM, agree the role was different for him. Apdi stand-out-a onnum panninadha enakku theriyalai. Enna, if you take out teh action scenes, it was typical madhavan romance scenes. Action scenes-la shine aanaranu ketta....sari vudunga, adhu epdiyum naan action scenes choice-la vuttuduven - so I am not the one to comment on that. Padam entertaining-a illai enakku and madhavan did nothing to make it better for me...

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Originally Posted by Plum

Neenga Alex pandianukku thittuveenganu paartha, ipdi madhavanukku vakkalathu vaangittu nikkareenga? :-)

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Alex Pandiyan is more style than substance. I like him immensely but I do respect a non-Rajini fan's opinion on him. IdhuvE neenga MM/Johnny/BOK etc. pathiyO, even the Muthu daddy pathiyO sollirundheengannA.. :twisted:

Non-Rajni fan-a? yaara paarthu...
Naanlam veerappa Apoorva SagodharargaL theatre-la paarkama irundhavan theriyuma?
(kadavuLe, indha post-ai CR padikkama irukkanum)

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Originally Posted by Plum

LM, agree the role was different for him. Apdi stand-out-a onnum panninadha enakku theriyalai. Enna, if you take out teh action scenes, it was typical madhavan romance scenes. Action scenes-la shine aanaranu ketta....sari vudunga, adhu epdiyum naan action scenes choice-la vuttuduven - so I am not the one to comment on that. Padam entertaining-a illai enakku and madhavan did nothing to make it better for me...

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I guess you are not favorable towards action/masala films. Aana Surya made Aaru watchable-nu solreenga :confused2:

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Originally Posted by SRT fan

I guess you are not favorable towards action/masala films. Aana Surya made Aaru watchable-nu solreenga

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idhula enakku oru consistency illainga. Neenga pattern-lam thedadheenga. Nejamave surya made *parts of* aaru/vEl watchable. Appo kooda action scenes choice-la vuttutu dhaan solren. Aarula PR quote pannina advice scene-lam nallave paNNi irundhapla. I could believe he was what he was in the movie - a hireling for a goon low-level politician.
RUN vandhu andha movie just didnt have much scope for Madhavan-nu nenaikkaren.
Madhavan was excellent in ND, 13B(saw it in Hindi), AS. AE was so-so. reNdu-lam....sometimes his 1000 watt smile is too over powering to notice other features of his acting

AE was so-so va :| :shake_hands: :walking_off: :lol:

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Originally Posted by Hulkster

Forgot to add the romantic quotient. Surya is believed to be very romantic but he all he does is just look handsome. His scenes in ayan with tamanna were very old fashioned and if not for his looks would have been overwritten.

Madhavan is good looking as well but you can see that the way he "chases" a girl is like how a girl would want a guy to chase. Being ridiculously interested and wanting to convince her to be with him despite the otherwise negative situation like in minnale and run.

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Need the youtube link of Perazhagan scene- Inside the car before a bad Shankar Mahadevan song. uvve types. Even the much-in-the-mouths Kaaka Kaaka romance was terrible. There was a spoof by CBE college studs some years back... avasiyam pArkaNum..

The most versatile actor after Kamal & Rajni in tamil cinema is Vijayakanth

Village based - Chinna Gounder, Vaanathai Pola etc...
City based - Bharathan, Vaanchinathan etc...
Romance - Amman Koyil Kizhakkaley, Ninaivey Oru Sangeedham
Cop/Military/CBI/CID/IAS/IPS - Sollanuma
Gangster - Poondhotta Kaavalkaaran, etc
Singer - Vasantha Raagam, Paattukku Oru Thalaivan
Professor - Ramana
Rib tickling comedy - Narasimma, Gajendra
Politician, Loving brother, Caring Famiy man, Journo, Doc, GOD, etc, etc

Ivaru seyatha role'ae illanu sollalam, that too, he does it with atmost conviction. Very underrated and least discussed, but good actor and versatile too :thumbsup:

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Originally Posted by littlemaster1982

AE was so-so va :| :shake_hands: :walking_off: :lol:

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:lol:

plum, enna dhaan surya abhimaani ya irundhaalum run/ae ellaam aaru/vel a vida better nu (sollalai - neenga adhayum solluveenga :evil:) solradhellam three much!!

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Originally Posted by Hulkster

My list of versatile actors.

I define versatility in ability to give the appropriate acting required for that performance.

1) Madhavan
2) Dhanush
3) Arya
4) Bharath

Hard to think of the rest. Bharath is another severely underrated actor. Role may not be versatile but acting is.

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agree with this list except for Arya :? he was too good in Arindhum Ariyamalum and parts of Oram Po (adhula Son of Gun and dialogues stole the show). mathapadi guess needs more films

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Originally Posted by "Direct-a ennai Hit pannina DH" :-)

plum, enna dhaan surya abhimaani ya irundhaalum run/ae ellaam aaru/vel a vida better nu (sollalai - neenga adhayum solluveenga ) solradhellam three much!!

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I have been misquoted, your honour. I refute all charges made against me, sir.
Surya Abhimani - Uncheck
Aaru/Vel are better films than AE - uncheck
Aaru/Vel are better films than RUN - uncheck

I deny all charges, your honour. I am innocent

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Originally Posted by Prabo

The most versatile actor after Kamal & Rajni in tamil cinema is Vijayakanth

Village based - Chinna Gounder, Vaanathai Pola etc...
City based - Bharathan, Vaanchinathan etc...
Romance - Amman Koyil Kizhakkaley, Ninaivey Oru Sangeedham
Cop/Military/CBI/CID/IAS/IPS - Sollanuma
Gangster - Poondhotta Kaavalkaaran, etc
Singer - Vasantha Raagam, Paattukku Oru Thalaivan
Professor - Ramana
Rib tickling comedy - Narasimma, Gajendra
Politician, Loving brother, Caring Famiy man, Journo, Doc, GOD, etc, etc

Ivaru seyatha role'ae illanu sollalam, that too, he does it with atmost conviction. Very underrated and least discussed, but good actor and versatile too :thumbsup:

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Rightly said Prabo........

the most important point u have given is:

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Originally Posted by Prabo

Very underrated and least discussed, but good actor and versatile too :thumbsup:

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once our Hubber Selvakumar posted about these type of Top 10's "idhukkuthan nanga ellam aaniya pudunguradhillai" ..... nanum ippo adhaithan follow panraen

(even before starting the thread, they wud finalise the result.. like solomon pappaya's verdict)

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Originally Posted by Plum

Non-Rajni fan-a? yaara paarthu...
Naanlam veerappa Apoorva SagodharargaL theatre-la paarkama irundhavan theriyuma?
(kadavuLe, indha post-ai CR padikkama irukkanum)

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Oh neenga avvalavu periya theeviravaathiyaa (iruntheengalo??)

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Originally Posted by Plum

IMO, Alex Pandian was a joke. Andha naDai was so unnatural. And Arun performing the Alex Pandian nadai later in the party was even more horrifyingly laughable.
Not one of Rajni's best at all.
(dharma aDi poda poreeenganu theriyum but innikku maddy-oda oru practice round of boxing ippo dhaan potten - so konjam confidence irukku ella dharma aDiyum face pannalamn :-) )

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Originally Posted by Prabo

:shock:
Neenga innum 'Garvam' pakkalaya???
And moreover Arya 5 padam kooda nadikala, athukulla versatile?

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From the performances i see, he has ability to make it interesting, the role in naan kadavul could have gone haywire if not for him and he still manages to have a legitimate presence in all the roles he plays without overdoing it.

Plum you must be a fan of the obviously attractive acting style as madhavan does not do such a style.

A true actor is one who makes it look realistic but not overdoing. Loads of madhavan performances match the requirements of the character. Some parts of aaru and vel are so similar that its just surya showing anger in one type and in fact is a member of the loud-shouting angry hero group.

Take a look at madhavan when he confronts atul kulkarni in run. All his anger is compressed within his expressions and modulation and when he lets out the "aei" you can see that he really means business. I love that scene in run.

Nerd, Hulkster, and others who supported Madhavan, great job.

So, Plum, are we done with Madhavan? Ippo Surya-va?

Hub is flooded with Madhavan fans :victory: :victory:

Madhavan theevira visiri WIBHA engE :roll:

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Originally Posted by Hulkster

Plum you must be a fan of the obviously attractive acting style as madhavan does not do such a style.

A true actor is one who makes it look realistic but not overdoing. Loads of madhavan performances match the requirements of the character. Some parts of aaru and vel are so similar that its just surya showing anger in one type and in fact is a member of the loud-shouting angry hero group.

Take a look at madhavan when he confronts atul kulkarni in run. All his anger is compressed within his expressions and modulation and when he lets out the "aei" you can see that he really means business. I love that scene in run.

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even in JJ, there is similar kinda scene.... maddy pulls it marvoulously :thumbsup: kaila seruppa eduththukittu Maddy pEsura style irukkE :vow: wt a timing ..adhula irukkura natural humour :rotfl:

Surya acting adhuvum pats-la pidicha "look ma I'm acting" rasigar endru pudidhaga oru karuthai anbar hulkster munvaithuLlAr. Idhai paRRi nanbar prabhu ram ippodha sila vaarthaigak uraippaar.

Plum, Ayan adhu illeenga 8-)

Hulkster.... ayan paaththeengalaa ??

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Originally Posted by Plum

Non-Rajni fan-a? yaara paarthu...
Naanlam veerappa Apoorva SagodharargaL theatre-la paarkama irundhavan theriyuma?
(kadavuLe, indha post-ai CR padikkama irukkanum)

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kaiyyum kaLavumaaga pidipattAr

CR-ai padikka vaikkiradhu enadhu kadamai

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Originally Posted by Hulkster

Take a look at madhavan when he confronts atul kulkarni in run. All his anger is compressed within his expressions and modulation and when he lets out the "aei" you can see that he really means business. I love that scene in run.

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While I like (mildly) some other parts of Run I found this scene particularly funny. sodakku ellAm pOduvaapla (Lollu sabha version is :lol:)

The fun continues after Madhavan leaves with Atul Kulkarni's 'acting'.

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Originally Posted by Prabhu Ram

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Originally Posted by Hulkster

Take a look at madhavan when he confronts atul kulkarni in run. All his anger is compressed within his expressions and modulation and when he lets out the "aei" you can see that he really means business. I love that scene in run.

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While I like (mildly) some other parts of Run I found this scene particularly funny. sodakku ellAm pOduvaapla (Lollu sabha version is :lol:)

The fun continues after Madhavan leaves with Atul Kulkarni's 'acting'.

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he was funnier when he walks after talkin to meera jasmine.ungannan vettunahan aruval vettuma..etc etc....

he turns and walk back with a villainous look :lol:

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Originally Posted by Plum

Surya acting adhuvum pats-la pidicha "look ma I'm acting" rasigar endru pudidhaga oru karuthai anbar hulkster munvaithuLlAr. Idhai paRRi nanbar prabhu ram ippodha sila vaarthaigak uraippaar.

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LMIA fans enRumE LMIA label-ai maRukkavE seivaargaL. naanum maRukkiREn. :P

maRuppukku saanRu: Vietnam Veedu poster pArthAlE enakku allergy.

In what follows I use the label DLIMCA (Don't look ma I can't act)
Hat tip to Hub's leading linguistic innovator CR

IMO
LMIA Surya > DLMICA x for several values of x

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Originally Posted by Vivasaayi

he turns and walk back with a villainous look :lol:

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:lol2:

EnglishkAran VV's fat sidekick (Cycle soosai) gives an idea on how to scare Sathyaraj

Boss....naama ellArum suththi ninnu avanai kodooramA muRaichi pArppOm boss :lol: