A Tale of Two Stars

Omar Quereshi

I think chowk staff is too busy censoring articles and posts and playing big brother to us now a days. It was a good website, while it lasted. Innalillahe wa innaelaihe rajoon.

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Well friends, I didn`t compare Amitabh and Nadeem but wrote about the striking similarities they share in their recent comebacks after becoming flop heros. They both are great actors in their own rights with Amitabh having large fan following because of Bollywood. Incidentally, Nadeem also worked in an Indian film in the mid 80s, Doordesh, with Raj Babbar and Shashi Kapoor but failed there as an actor. Amitabh is a better actor but Nadeem ain`t that bad. You must see some of his movies, specially the ones directed by Nazrul Islam, to make an opinion on his greatness. This article got published in Dawn Images last week and in the fact file, mentioned on the newspaper only, it was clearly stated that the two have striking similarities.

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#2 by kaurasach
//they are over glorified images......worshipped by millions of idiots..//

I agree. In south India - people have temples built for film stars - they kill/burn themselves in their name.

Coming back to Amitabh Bachhan - his latest films are atrocious, tear-jerking nonsense or violence-filled cr@p ... almost unwatchable. Watever talent this guy ever had is already down the drain.

Comapre him to the luminaries of Hollywood - well ... actually there is no comparison at all. As an actor and artist - Bacchan is a miserable failure. SO are most of the so-called ``Super Stars`` and ``Mega Stars`` from bollywood/mollywood. They have no depth, no range - they thrive on mindless stero-typed themes and sentimental bullsh!t.

Not the right comparison...does not make sense at all. BigB cannot be compared!!!

very apt comparison. its like comparing lahore with dilli ;-)

Omair,

This article would have made more sense to Indians if it was preceded by an article on Paki film industry. Most of us don`t even know that movies are made in Pakistan...

You said right. But if you see what`s the status of Amithab in India and what is the status of Nadeem in Pakistan. It will be clearly visible that Amithab has got much respect and honour in India. When India invited Nadeem to come and act in their movie, what was the role given to him? He was given a role of ``extra``. What does it mean?
I clearly say that if Amithab would happen to come to Pakistan. People will receive him with their deep wishes. And it is not the same as the case with the Pakistani actors in India!

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Mr Author,

You have dropped a lot of names of movies and directors. it will be helpful to draw attention to various kinds of roles.

amithab is known for his followign portrayals.

Supporting role as dyeing r. khanna`s friend in anand
angry young man (and a pathans friend) in zanzeer, deewar don etc.
funny guy hero in mr. natwarlal
romantic guy in silsila and kabhie kabhie
real sappy rile in bagwan
pur-bhaiyya in rang-barase and khaike pan songs

can you describe some nadeem roles (in comparison or otherwise) for readers?
thanks.

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first of all, the writer has not compared how great these actors are or anything. rather he is talking about the similarities in thier career. i fail to see anything wrong with that. also, what i dont understand i why is everyone so pissed about the actors being compared or whatever. even if they were being compared so what, amitabh is a part of an industry about a 1000 times bigger than then pakistani film industry obviously he will have more poularity and a much bigger name. and even if nadeem isnt quite the actor amitabh is. i do love amitabh`s movies a lot more than nadeems but that doesnt mean they cant be compared. so chill n relax. r u worried amitabh value will go down if he is compared in this way. god help ya my man. god help ya.