Are television actors better than BW actors? - Page 3

I also want to note that I think the tides are finally changing when it comes to the tv actors. Before whenever I would praise their talents, I was told that the audience would never accept them because they only like the tv characters, the crying bahus, not the actors. But now with Sushant's breakthrough, it seems that truly wasn't the case. And an even better example of this is that Ankita Lokhande, the one who plays the consistently wailing Archana in PR, was considered to be cast opposite Shahrukh Khan. Now that's big. Edited by Storybrooke - 10 years ago

From the soap actors , I think Amar Upadhyay was the first to quit his daily soap and try films .. and chose really bad films...

TV actors act 12-15 hours a day every single day. Most of them are definitely better , at least acting wise, than fattu actors like Salman , Imran, Ranbir , Sonam etc.

Originally posted by: lunza

Choosing a right debut film is very important... because if you arent born into a film family ... you arent given many chances to prove yourself...

Of course , I know I am probably over-simplifying things, and you do need a bit of luck on your side... and it is easier said than done... but I feel if you just go about it a bit more carefully , without making hasty decisions... things might just fall into place...

Edited by nikitagmc - 10 years ago

Originally posted by: lunza

From the soap actors , I think Amar Upadhyay was the first to quit his daily soap and try films .. and chose really bad films...

And later many others left their TV shows for films.. But chose really dodgy films with no big producers backing the films properly... either the films got shelved mid-day.. or even if it got completed.. it didnt get distributors..

Thats the biggest mistake they used to make... do any damn film that was offered to them... 

And I think after that , for sometime in between... a lot of TV actors felt hesitant to take such a huge risk with their careers again.. i.e leaving a successful shows for an unknown territory where they know no one... and in an industry where the chances you get is usually dependent upon you being born into so-and-so families...

Choosing a right debut film is very important... because if you arent born into a film family ... you arent given many chances to prove yourself...

Of course , I know I am probably over-simplifying things, and you do need a bit of luck on your side... and it is easier said than done... but I feel if you just go about it a bit more carefully , without making hasty decisions... things might just fall into place...

But then the question arises that why aren't big producer or famous directors offering them movies? Why are only small producers interested in them? Why big stars don't want to work with them?

The answer is simple really. The TV stars appear on daily soaps which air everyday of the week for years. The actors became saddled with the image of the characters they play -like Kashish or Khushi or Gopi. They don't have the element of surprise or freshness or uniqueness that is essential for a newcomer to succeed in BW. That's why big producers would rather take an unknown model like Anushka or a newcomer like PArineeti who probably gave a fantastic screen test to bag the YRF movies.

It's different in USA where many TV satrs became famous Hollywood actors. But there they have once a week shows which air for 13 or 26 weeks per year. It's easy for them to shed their TV image and take on a new personality for the big screen.

Generally speaking TV actors have a much demanding schedule than Bollywood actors. They have to work 12 - 15 hours a day with no break in between for any festival or occasion if they are the leads! Even though they play 1 character for a long period of time, they get to emote various degrees of emotions and hence have a better experience.

Originally posted by: tantal

But then the question arises that why aren't big producer or famous directors offering them movies? Why are only small producers interested in them? Why big stars don't want to work with them?

The answer is simple really. The TV stars appear on daily soaps which air everyday of the week for years. The actors became saddled with the image of the characters they play -like Kashish or Khushi or Gopi. They don't have the element of surprise or freshness or uniqueness that is essential for a newcomer to succeed in BW. That's why big producers would rather take an unknown model like Anushka or a newcomer like PArineeti who probably gave a fantastic screen test to bag the YRF movies.

It's different in USA where many TV satrs became famous Hollywood actors. But there they have once a week shows which air for 13 or 26 weeks per year. It's easy for them to shed their TV image and take on a new personality for the big screen.

Originally posted by: tantal

It's different in USA where many TV satrs became famous Hollywood actors. But there they have once a week shows which air for 13 or 26 weeks per year. It's easy for them to shed their TV image and take on a new personality for the big screen.

Good and bad actors are present both in telly wood and Bollywood

On TV actresses are far better than actors. but on a basic note, its same everywhere. on tv too there are some good actors, and some bad, and in BW too, it is the same. but currently an actress like vidya exists in BW(not only because she acts good, but also because her roles are extraordinary) while all the women are almost same on TV screen.

and in actors, BW has some absolutely fine actors, who just don't have mass appeal, but when come to acting, no1 can beat them. I don't think any1 can replace aamir in TZP, or srk in devdas or MNIK, or irfaan khan or so many actors. at least in BW topmost actors have done some extraordinary work, on indian tv its same...a young dashing handsome angry young man, who mostly times, is a business tycoon.