During his journey on Koffee With Karan 7, Akshay Kumar candidly admitted how Bollywood heroes are petrified of doing multi-starrer movies. Considering how frequent hero-worship is within the nation, his assertion was not a shock to many. Most of the main males in movies wish to shoulder their initiatives and infrequently find yourself with sleepless nights once they need to share display screen house with one other large star. However, now we have seen a change within the type of some stars, who’re assured of their pores and skin, have taken up multi-cast initiatives. Vikram Vedha, which is slated to launch on Friday, is one such instance. While the unique additionally starred Vijay Sethupathi and R Madhavan in lead roles, the Hindi adaptation stars Hrithik Roshan and Saif Ali Khan.
Recently, at a press meet, Hrithik opened up about signing multi-hero movies, saying that it makes his job ‘simpler’. Giving examples of his outings Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara and War, he stated, “My first instinct is to say, ‘It just makes your job so much easier and better.’ You get to see more. So I don’t think an actor should be opposed to it. I would prefer to do an ensemble, the more the merger. Because working in those equations where you don’t stand alone, but you have to be in the same film Relationships with other important, or more important characters are the give and take, these are the access points for you to grow. With ZNMD, War and now Saif, it really inspires you to become better because you are in front of you. Watching the amazing performances. And for me, it’s been an incredible experience, every time I’ve done a two-hero film or an ensemble cast. It’s been so much better and funnier for me.”
Saif Ali Khan, Raveena Tandon and Akshay Kumar in Keemat. (Express Archive)
While Hrithik has made these decisions over time, his co-stars Saif Ali Khan Never shied away from working in multistarrers. Since the start of his profession, Nawab has labored with different stars, generally to an identical extent and generally, whilst second Bela. Interestingly, his greatest hits, critically and field office-wise, have been movies during which he has acted reverse one other hero. Saif’s alternative on OTT remained the identical, be it Sacred Games or Tandav.
Saif made a excessive appearing debut in 1993 with Yash Chopra’s Parampara reverse Aamir Khan, however it appeared that Sharmila Tagore’s eldest youngster, was not fairly able to blossom into movies. After a sequence of flops, Saif was roped in to pair with Akshay Kumar in two movies – Yeh Dillagi and Main Khiladi Tu Anari, and he went on to star in Sona Atka Diya. Both emerged because the highest-grossing movies of the 12 months and helped the actor set up a powerful foothold in Bollywood. He was seen for his comedian timing and dance strikes, and it regarded just like the actor is lastly able to stay his dream. However, his hopes have been dashed as his subsequent set of movies like Suraksha, Ek Tha Raja, Dil Tera Deewana, Price and Humse Badkar Kaun failed on the field workplace.
Saif Ali Khan, Ajay Devgn, Manisha Koirala and Namrata Shirodkar in Kacche Dhaage. (Express Archive)
Soon it was assumed that his profession was over, and rightly so, as a result of for 4 years in a row, the actor had no success. And then, in 1999, the actor appeared in Kachche Dhaage, Aarzoo and Hum Saath-Saath Hain, all of which hit the correct be aware on the field workplace. In all these movies he labored with different stars like Ajay Devgn, Akshay Kumar and Salman Khan respectively and gave them an opportunity to showcase their many aspects. While it is likely to be nice to be seen as a ‘supporting actor’, Saif discovered relaxation and a few respectable roles alongside the way in which.
In 2001, after Love Keise Kuch Bhi Karega with Fardeen Khan and Aftab Shivdasani, Saif Ali Khan starred in Farhan Akhtar’s directorial debut Dil Chahta Hai. The coming-of-age movie celebrated bromance for the primary time and gave equal significance to its actors Saif, Aamir Khan and Akshaye Khanna. Now a cult traditional, Dil Chahta Hai received the National Award for Best Film, and in addition received a sequence of awards for Saif.
Akshay Khanna, Saif Ali Khan and Aamir Khan in a nonetheless from Dil Chahta Hai. (Express Archive)
His profession, a minimum of a roller-coaster journey, once more went by way of a dip, till Saif Ali Khan Signed up for Kal Ho Naa Ho in 2003. Pitted in opposition to Shah Rukh Khan, Saif performed an enthralling younger man attempting to win over the love of his finest buddy, performed by Preity Zinta. In an interview, the actor talked about how the success of the movie impressed him to attain his ‘first solo lead’ Hum Tum. “I used to be the final within the second lead. I felt coming of age. I used to be working with the perfect individuals within the business. Director, co-star, DOP – and I saved my very own. I believed Shah Rukh had me Has taught me loads – primarily the duty of the lead function, however it was an actual problem to maintain up together with her. This function bought me my first solo function,” Bollywoodlife quoted her as saying.
While Hum Tum received him a National Award, it additionally gave filmmakers the boldness to convey Saif in main initiatives from Parineeta, Ek Haseena Thi to Salaam Namaste. However, even then the 52-year-old selected to be part of a number of multi-starrers. Being Cyrus with Naseeruddin Shah, Omkara with Ajay Devgn, Eklavya and Aarakshan with Amitabh Bachchan, Race with Anil Kapoor and Akshaye Khanna and even Tashan with Akshay Kumar. Meanwhile, Saif Ali Khan additionally topped his filmography with a couple of solo movies like Love Aaj Kal, Agent Vinod, Tara Rum Pum and Cocktail.
In 2013, he starred within the thrillers Race 2 and the zombie-comedy Goa Goa Gone, and the next 12 months within the comedy-drama Humshakals, all multi-starrers. After enjoying the lead function in Phantom, Saif once more discovered himself sharing house with one other hero (Shahid Kapoor) in Rangoon. Chef and Kaalakandi got here earlier than Netflix India signed up for Sacred Games, the primary authentic. Even although he performed the lead, the present had some wonderful character roles that stood out, with Nawazuddin Siddiqui because the antagonist, who took up related display screen house. However, it did him actual good as he immediately gained an enormous international viewers.
His subsequent movies Baazaar and Laal Kaptaan have been failures and the excitement about him as a solo hero was getting louder. Then got here Tanhaji (2020) with Ajay Devgn, which restored the belief of the business and followers in him as an actor. However, the actor. Jawaani Jaaneman failed once more as a hero, solely to garner reward in Tandav, Ali Abbas Zafar’s net present on Amazon Prime Video.
Akshay Kumar, Madhuri Dixit, Saif Ali Khan, Lawrence D’Souza and Amrish Puri on the Mahurat of Aarzoo. (Express Archive picture by RD Rai)
His final two movies – Bunty Aur Babli 2 and Bhoot Police, although multi-starrer, failed on the field workplace. While Vikram Vedha with Hrithik Roshan is now set for public viewing, Saif can be gearing up for the discharge of Aadipurush with Telugu star Prabhas and the sequel of Go Goa Gone with Kunal Khemu and co.
Well, as they are saying, Saif Ali Khan could have discovered his calling in multi-hero movies. Maybe Hrithik Rightly stated, it makes the job ‘simpler and higher’. It can push your boundaries to match your co-stars or work comfortably with out the duty of the movie’s future solely on you. Saif is just not solely getting higher roles, an opportunity to shine but in addition awards. It makes us really feel higher than being the face of a challenge, solely to be rejected by the viewers. And effectively, so long as his followers will not be attending to see him mesmerizing on the display screen, he has no complaints both. Isn’t it?
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
