Top 10 Versatile Actors

[VENKIRAJA]

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.

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..

[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

[directhit]

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

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

[directhit]

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.

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

[Plum]

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

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

[HonestRaj]

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

Rightly said Prabo........

the most important point u have given is:

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

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)

[omega]

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

Oh neenga avvalavu periya theeviravaathiyaa (iruntheengalo??)

[m_23_bayarea]

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 )

[Hulkster]

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

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.

[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.