SRK, a modern day Michaelangelo, a Monet, a Rembrandt.
Would you buy a Mercedes Benz that does not drive like a Mercedes ? Better still, imagine a Monet, but without the typical Monet characteristics. Or a Rembrandt that does not posses anything that will tie it to Rembrandt’s other works.
Do you think the above mentioned hypothetical paintings will fetch the same price as the other normal Monets or Rembrandts ? The answer is no, never. it has been said by people, even half as smart as me, that as much as a work of art is valued for its absolute art content, it is undoubtedly valued more so for the inherent signature propensities of its creator. Take for example, Michelangelo, who was a painter, sculptor, architect, poet and engineer. Nonetheless there is a common thread that runs through all his work. We see a little of Michelangelo in all of his works and thus it is valued (and not just for its content).
From a perspective, the greatest Bollywood star actor, Shah Rukh Khan, can be described as a modern day Indian Michelangelo, a Monet, a Rembrandt. No actor in the history of Bollywood has been able to captivate our total attention the way Shah Rukh has. Dilip Kumar once said that when SRK is on the screen, one forgets that anyone else also exists in that frame. His presence is so captivating that even in roles where he has played a character with a sand paper like personality (i.e. KANK) he has managed to make the audience feel his pain and cry out for him. We all know by now that that regardless of what the wannabes or their paid media consultants think, the party, or the action is wherever SRK is. In his silence also, SRK manages to upstage great actors (e.g. Veer Zaara, at the police station while being confronted by Manoj Bajpai) just on the basis of his facial expressions. Nonetheless, as great as his acting ability is, SRK’s value lies in giving a little something of himself to his roles. Case in point is the manner in which he transformed a hemorrhaging TV show, KBC, into a highly watched show by adding a spoon full of his personality to it. Undoubtedly, it is SRK’s personal characteristics that have transformed a great actor into the best ever star-actor that Bollywood has ever seen. If God forbid, SRK totally disappeared into his role, he will win a small battle, but loose the larger war (the box office collection will disappear). No star actor, not even in Hollywood, has ever been able to do justice to his producers and his financial backers by totally disappearing in a role. Such attempts are akin to show boating, and considered counter productive to the financial health of a project. An over the hill, has been, like our very own, Mr. Irrelevant, i.e. Big B can afford the luxury of jerking off on the screen and calling it art. But, a star actor has to be the lead anchor. He has bigger responsibilities and cannot afford to be absent or show boating. The requirement is to be convincing, to be very good, and yet to be the star. Hence while SRK has played varied roles, romantic, negative, incompetent looser, etc and while in all his roles he has been very convincing, there is a little of SRK in all of them. He is a modern day Michael Angelo, a Monet, a Rembrandt.
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what coincidence? You post an article saying srk is michael angelo and the right next article is that original michale angelo is dead. LOL.