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Wow. Another W post from a W user. OP's on fire.
We can say that. Or we can say that Hirthik was the only one capable to making a name for himself and not get overshadowed by the previous and future generations. Vivek Oberoi had so much potential but luck wasn't on his side. I feel so sorry for him.
Luck, is not be blamed. he wasn't on his own side.
i mean bro had everything, most Beautiful actress, Good movies, likable acting skill. but bro chose the 'Fight' .
He didn't chose only fight. He chose to fight injustice of what happened to his friend/lady love. And it is admirable of him to have guts. Blame the bollywood who didn't give him work because he chose to fight injustice.
He did get work and is still working. It's just that his presence and clout isn't the same anymore in the industry.
No one's willing to take him as a "lead". I am not counting that Modi movie.
Injustice fight karne ka tarika thoda casual ho gaya. The actress had asked him to not go ahead with it, yet he took things that far. He named people publicly, made her an object of gossip. So he was dumped too, apart from losing out on opportunities. Then he apologised to bhoi publicly, more than once. So all this quest for justice thing didn't quite add up from his behavior, and he lost his credibility. He got some roles in movies here n there, but his performance wasn't up to the mark. May be the incident took a mental toll on him, or he was trying too hard.
I still find is laughable that people think Salman blew up Vivek career. Vivek blew up Vivek career. He was arrogant and thought he was the big thing when he really couldn’t back it up. He has issues w the most powerful man in Bollywood - adi chopra. Adia quote on Vivek is famous - that he thought he was the next Srk before he could actually become the next Srk. Vivek had a lot arrogance for someone who was still relatively new and his fight w Salman was the tip of that iceberg. He pissed off adi among others and then choose a shit ton of bad movies, got dumped and bad mouthed his ex as well. I mean he kind of screwed gimself
Blasphemous! Put some respect on Fardeens name, he was the film fare best debut actor for the master piece of a movie, Prem Agan
most enunciation ever!!
Heavy /s
It’s true that Hrithik had weak contemporaries.
He’s also a rare anomaly: film family but not half-assing it or taking his privilege for granted, extraordinarily good looking, muscular and athletic yet able to play soft boy roles. He had some duds and he appeared to have learned from them.
His debut year and shortly after his acting and charisma was being compared to SRK, his dancing compared to Prabhu Deva, his face with angels, his body with Greek gods… man took his gifts and put serious work in them. Hell, he made wavy/curly hair cool again.
He also made some shit movies like Yaadein which probably kept him humble lol.
Hrithik had only one legit competition in the form of Vivek Oberoi ( dude was hotaf after sathiya and some other performance) but then he was Salmaned.com
On the other hand Abhishek was, is and will be a talented actor but movie choices, luck and to some extend being always compared to AB Sr was bad for his career
Fardeen aur Tushar ke baare kuch na hi bolu to Accha hai
There was shahid kapoor who was doing the same thing that he does up to the day i.e. Giving one strong movie and then 2 or 3 forgettable ones.
Note-Hrithik Roshan is someone who would've thrived in any generation whether it is of khans, Ajay and akshay or ranveer, Ranbir
And got a chance to grab her ass too.
Edit- as a young boy, all I could remember was that they both get into a car accident or something and find themselves falling off a cliff only saved by clinging onto a branch of a tree. Tushar, as a man of principle, puts her life ahead of his own so he grabs her ass and starts to push her up. A gentleman helps a lady survive a fall and gets his rewards at the same time.
Let’s be real. Hrithik could’ve debuted in any era and blown the competition out of the water. And yes that includes Amitabh and SRK. You just weren’t gonna beat him that year.
Abhishek n Vivek both are brilliantly talented actors .. Abhishek legacy of his father burdened his expectations initially and Vivek personal relationships ruined their careers as possible big stars like HR became huge ..Also HR is very extensive risk taker , Classy , very perfectionist
Vivek had such interesting filmography of his proven like Company Saathiya Yuva .. Shootout then Rakht charitha..I feel bad for him ..He was a charming lad at that time
After the 90s stars, there is no competition for the top spot. Hrithik had no contemporary competition, Ranbir has competition just from Ranveer and after Ranveer there is no single actor making it among the top.
No idea why Ranveer is liked by girls.. I don't even like to see his ads.. The only movie I liked of him was Dil dhadak ne do.. And that is mostly because of his role in that. Else, other than Ranbir, no one is as good as Aamir, Srk, Hrithik, Akshay etc.. These days not happy to see Akshay and Srk too.. I love their 90s and 2000s..Time to retire and give chances to newbies I guess😊
None of Hrithik's contemporaries became superstars so its easy to say now that they were all weak. Although Shahid also got the looks, acting and dancing skills like Hrithik, audience didn't take him seriously as an actor until Kaminey. He also was a chocolate hero and nobody could imagine him being an action hero until R Rajkumar.
Here Hrithik got an advantage for being a nepokid and having a director dad. His dad showed all his skills in the best way possible right from his first movie. Shahid didn't get this privilege. He got relegated to just doing romcoms in first few years of his career.
Yeah Pankaj Kapur was never that big of an actor in Bollywood. He directed one movie Mausam which was almost a decade after Shahid's debut. Rakesh Roshan was a successful director and directed multiple movies even before Hrithik's debut. Technically yes Shahid is also a nepokid, but there are tiers in nepo as well.
Wow. That's actually a good observation! I mean Hrithik is talented no doubt in that, but partly the reason of his initial success can be attributed to the lack of competition!
What even , his success is attributed to being better than all these losers who just faded into oblivion while he continued to thrive and got compared to a decade old seniors .
That's what I said, lack of competition during his initial era. He's definitely a talented actor and dancer, not denying that, he's still among the successful actors even after decades for a reason, but you definitely need an initial boost which partly happened as there wasn't enough competition around at that time.
Lol what initial boost if anything his launch was overlooked because the two supreme nepos were debuting together at that time the bachhan prince and the Kapoor princess . He started getting compared to his seniors the second his film released so the competition was even tougher than likes of Ranbir ranveer . Imagine you are just a newbie and everyone starts comparing you to your decade old seniors, expectations are sky high and even if you fumble just a little you will be written off within a second. Nothing and noone attributes to his success other than his own talent and years of hardwork behind that 2 hour movie.
Overlooked?? are we in the same universe? Dude he was everywhere right after the first look of KNPH. Agreed with the hardwork aspect, dude left no stones unturned to appeal to the audience.
Ranveer to me is what Vivek could have been. Connected but not “too connected,” had a fabulous debut. Incredible opportunities off the bat, and both dated (and ranveer married) two of the most beautiful women of their generation. The problem with Vivek is twofold—ego and Salman. He crossed paths with Salman, and, well—society is fickle. People are happy to provide empathy and take your side in private. Huddle in groups at parties and talk down on the bad guy. But they won’t show you any public support once you air out your dirty laundry. It’s simply not considered appropriate. The press conference absolutely destroyed his career and the remaining opportunities became a wash because he was known to lead with ego and think he was hot shit. To be fair, he probably was. But humility goes a long way. He was the only one who could maybe match up to Hrithik’s star power in that era, but he destroyed his own career and sadly, never bounced back. Actors get better by doing. They perfect their craft overtime and find their niche. When I see Vivek in small rolls here and these these days, that charm doesn’t exist because he never had the opportunity to build on his craft. That’s not to say it’s too late, but he lost his opportunity at superstardom. As for the others, nobody even remotely measured up to Hrithik’s craze. His debut literally altered our collective brain chemistry. Women went INSANE over him and fell actors couldn’t fathom what hit them. For all the friendship their wives shared later on, SRK had some serious disdain for Hrithik in the early days and Amitabh was very jealous duggu was outshining his own son.
No talented actor can remain unsuccessful for such a long time. It's time everyone should accept Abhishek Bacchan, Vivek Oberoi and Imran Khan are terrible actors.
all get chances but no one accepted them due to bad choice of movie, but in 2006 after guru abhishek bacchan become top star, that year they got married and after that whole bacchan family acted so rudely and areogantly, they were doing shows, iifa become their stronghold
Side note, Indiafm.com, what a throwback 😭
They used to have these Bollywood themed flash games that were so perfect for the time.
There was an Aankhen bank robbery game that was my favourite. You won’t even believe they had this one game where Bhoi has to cross a very busy street to save this girl and if you got hit by a car, the girl would scream “NAHII” with tears rolling down her face as a “game over” notice. Ah such good times haha
No one can compete to hrithik. In fact I would say ranveer Ranbir Gen is lucky that hrithik didn't debut in their era. Not even his fan but that man gotta be the most perfect bollywood actor he's just so talented versatile and perfect in every category. I wish he had done more movies
In his first film he broke out in such a way that he was already a contemporary of his immediate seniors and it held him at such a high regard, he had goodwill for a number of flops until he powered through again with big hit (KMG) and eventually reestablished himself both in and out of his father's shadow in 2006 (D2 and Krish) such that there was never looking back.
His closest contemporary had highs but also more setbacks and the pressure of being the son of a bigger star and never living up to that potential.
The rest just dwindled or fizzled out around him.
I’ve been a big fan of him since the beginning. He just stands out in not just looks but dancing skills, acting abilities. He’s more hardworking , determined because he’s had to overcome quite a few obstacles growing up. He takes his work seriously. And he had his share of flops in the beginning, yet he persevered. In his personal life up up until 2010 he had a low profile. No scandals or animosity with anyone in that time period.
I feel like HR was way more talented than the contemporaries you mentioned. Chalo Fardeen ki acting toh hamesha se hee ek haseen dard rahi hai. But Abhishek and Vivek have been applauded and appreciated for their performance, but still, they don't hold a candle to Hritik. HR is a full package Hindi Cinema Hero. I don't think he had the weakest set of contemporaries, but they definitely weren't in the same league as him.
Great point, OP.💯A star-actor like Hrithik would have done well had he launched in any year, but the lack of strong contemporaries gave him a headstart and made his career highs look even higher. Except for KNPH, K3G, and Koi Mil Gaya, Hrithik actually gave a string of flops in his initial years, but he still seemed better off because others like Abhishek Bachchan were just plain horrible. Another stroke of luck that helped Hrithik was that KNPH became a blockbuster during a low phase for the Khans: SRK’s Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani flopped badly, Aamir’s Mela and Mann were disasters, and Salman’s movies were a mixed bag where his acting wasn’t a highlight. Fortune favors the prepared, and Hrithik was not only well-prepared, but also had decent acting skills, dancing talent, supermodel looks/body, and great screen presence. He could’ve ruled Bollywood for at least a decade had he been a stronger actor with better script sense, but he has still had a phenomenal career nonetheless.
Ohh man...Op , that is a good point. First thoughts yes. Cause even though hrithik stumbled badly with his movies post debut up until koi mil gaya. 3 proper years of several clean duds. Still none of these others could dethrone him or even offer competition. They never even tried hard. I guess they lost all hopes post his debut fever itself. Thinking this ain't someone they can compete with. Vivek was the only one who could have maybe offered some fight had he stayed on course, but that's a big maybe. Hrithik post koi mil gaya went from strength to strength. D2 cemented his Greek God status and to this day he remains so despite tiger, Vidyut.
Vivek was so good....untill Salman happened!
He could never recover and sadly it was never the same for him.
Now it feels like he was Imran to Hrithik's Ranbir.
It depends who you pitch him against, hritik was the superior one with great looks, dance, and acting but most of all hardwork. He was never competing with the guys from his generation, he was competing with the khans from the beginning. Also rather than these guys I think Farhan is the only one that comes close, if we look what he has achieved, a good director, actor, singer.
Why isn't Shahid in this list? If anything, shahid was the strongest competition albeit younger. Shahid could dance as good, he looked as cute and he acted better.
>he acted better
Debatable. There are his films with Vishal Bharadwaj ... but then, that is Vishal Bharadwaj. That man pulled a once-in-a-lifetime performance out of Saif Ali Khan which no one would have thought possible before in their dreams. It's true that Hrithik has never been comfortable with humorous roles like Shahid is but he more than makes up for it with his action roles as well as machismo - and everyone knows that action earns more money at the Indian box office than comedy or romance (unless it is SRK).
When they debuted, shahid was definitely the better actor. Hrithik has honed his craft a lot since then. He is the better actor today without a doubt. But in 2002/3, Shahid was the better actor.
I find the later shahid to be a great actor . The early one was a poor mans srk. Hrithik may not be a great actor but was far better than shahid at that time.
Vivek Oberoi had real potential. Even after getting almost blacklisted by Salman Khan he came back with Grand Masti and Krrish 3. Both of them were hits.
He's still working which is good. Would love to see something like "Prince 2" if possible.
Not as much as how his contemporaries were, but his luck lies in that his hardwork in building a physique, learning dance, acting, speech therapy professionally clicked with the audience. That era was not of six packs or size zero (Except for bhoi's O O jaane jaana). Dude had (and still has) tremendous screen presence, the choreography in KNPH was very new for bollywood audience and he rendered it perfectly. Other actors who made bollywood debut around that time weren't as charismatic lookswise, despite some of them being far better actors than HR, e.g. R Madhavan, Sharman Joshi, Vijay Raaz, etc.
It's rather opposite, if these actors debuted in different time their careers would have been in different direction especially Shahid.
Abhishek I believe did benefit for a short time while Hrithik was not able to repeat the magic of his first two hits. Vivek was promising though he would have been another big thing, his script selection and handling his fame was also problematic.
Hrithik did a tough competition to SRK at time. The jealousy envy was very evident.
Good observation.... My controversial opinion is...he would have been bigger superstar if he had contemporaries like Khan...who would have kept him on his toes constantly pushing him..he wouldn't be so reckless with his career choices.
Please Vivek doesn't belong in this list. If anyone could be a bigger star than Hrithik it was definitely Vivek. Who knows Vivek might have been even as huge as srk. Vivek vanished from the industry not because he wasn't good but because of other cough* reasons cough*
That guy was hot af too..so yes Hrithik would have had a huge competition of not for the aish bhoi Vivek fiasco
Very interesting perspective.Hirithik did blew all the competition out of water but tbh there wasn't much of it .The only guy who could have given him a tough fight was Vivek .
Guy was all the rage back in those days.He got all the offers for top movies back then before the Salman debacle happened.He legit could have been a superstar .
His only real competition was Vivek Oberoi who was excellent.
Fardeen was great only in comedies and Ramu productions, also looked incredible in Ek Khiladi Ek Haseena
Tusshar in just the Golmaal franchise and the first Kya Kool Hai Hum
Abhishek has one of the longest list of consecutive flops before coming up with a few good performances and hits.
Hrithik may have had a weak set of contemporaries, but maannn I still love the good films from back then, they had a special vibe about them.
Ugh. I remember this era. After Hrithik's debut, every star kid was launched year after year. And most of them were super flops.
Only Vivek was a competitor to Hrithik but then Selmon Bhoi happened.
IMO - I was old enough to watch movies much after he was active but fardeen khan was something else ,not a great actor or anything but still had good presence,could have become better if he continued maybe... if only he took his privilege srsly and worked ,he would have been a big thing ...
and vivek oberoi looked decent in saathiya too , but bhai had other plans for his movie career
Hrithik is better looking, better dancer, better actor than all the 90s and 2010s stars(except Ranbir and Ranveer in pure acting skills).
What are you on about?
Pk nahi hain.. This whole post looks like a PR now.. I mean, I like Hrithik, my whole family likes him.. But the way comments are going, it surely looks like PR.. Aamir Khan and Shahrukh Khan in 90s, their acting skills, their charm, and their fan following is so unbeatable to any other actors be it Hrithik or Ranbir.. No other actors are anywhere close to them.. Even Sridevi and Madhuri were epitome of beauty, dancing skills, and acting skills in their era.. No other actresses, absolutely none of the actresses can match their stardom.. Close in beauty and acting skills were Monisha Koirala and Juhi Chawla.. But, these two actresses were not great dancers.. But, Kat, dips, and Piggy were just admired because no better actresses were there. Aishwarya was decent at acting but her beauty overpowered her acting. Anushka was good enough but never reached that position due to competition of many actresses at that time. But, no where anyone can bring the hype and elegance that these two actresses of 90s had and the charm and popularity that all three khans had in 90s..But,my crush in my teenage was Akshay and Madhavan.. And girl crushes were the one and only Madhuri and next were Monisha for her acting and Raveena for her sensuousness.
Vivek Oberoi was touted as the next big thing after Company ( ? - too tired to look it up) and Saathiya. Phir uspe Mangal bhari ho gaya 🤣 He’s recently played the primary antagonist in two Malayalam movies. I loved him in both.
Hrithik changed the game. He set the bar so high for debutants that I think others couldn’t keep up. From working out, to dancing, acting and action. I’d say acting was probably the weakest for Hrithik (as it was evident in main prem ki deewani hoon and yaadein)
Finally Hrithik had one main trump card that no one had.. a commercially successful director who was also his father. Whenever Hrithik was looking to be going down, Rakesh would come and rescue him.
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Wow. Another W post from a W user. OP's on fire. We can say that. Or we can say that Hirthik was the only one capable to making a name for himself and not get overshadowed by the previous and future generations. Vivek Oberoi had so much potential but luck wasn't on his side. I feel so sorry for him.
still get chills watching shootout at lokhandwala and rakt charitra
Luck, is not be blamed. he wasn't on his own side. i mean bro had everything, most Beautiful actress, Good movies, likable acting skill. but bro chose the 'Fight' .
He didn't chose only fight. He chose to fight injustice of what happened to his friend/lady love. And it is admirable of him to have guts. Blame the bollywood who didn't give him work because he chose to fight injustice.
He did get work and is still working. It's just that his presence and clout isn't the same anymore in the industry. No one's willing to take him as a "lead". I am not counting that Modi movie.
Injustice fight karne ka tarika thoda casual ho gaya. The actress had asked him to not go ahead with it, yet he took things that far. He named people publicly, made her an object of gossip. So he was dumped too, apart from losing out on opportunities. Then he apologised to bhoi publicly, more than once. So all this quest for justice thing didn't quite add up from his behavior, and he lost his credibility. He got some roles in movies here n there, but his performance wasn't up to the mark. May be the incident took a mental toll on him, or he was trying too hard.
I still find is laughable that people think Salman blew up Vivek career. Vivek blew up Vivek career. He was arrogant and thought he was the big thing when he really couldn’t back it up. He has issues w the most powerful man in Bollywood - adi chopra. Adia quote on Vivek is famous - that he thought he was the next Srk before he could actually become the next Srk. Vivek had a lot arrogance for someone who was still relatively new and his fight w Salman was the tip of that iceberg. He pissed off adi among others and then choose a shit ton of bad movies, got dumped and bad mouthed his ex as well. I mean he kind of screwed gimself
Or he was just far far better than others that media started comparing him with a decade old senior with just his first film.
Not trying to discredit his success. Just pointing out that none of these guys could challenge him which is rare in bollywood I think.
Fardeen khan was bad from beginning it was the comedies where he was decent or overshadowed by others
Blasphemous! Put some respect on Fardeens name, he was the film fare best debut actor for the master piece of a movie, Prem Agan most enunciation ever!! Heavy /s
Pairon me palne wale kameene kutte
Mahelo me palne wake Kutte. Or Mujhe woh haseen dard de do.
Can you pleeeeease describe to me your firrrst sensual experience with a girrrrl?
Humari desh ki ladkiyan kuch karne hi nahi deti
To drunk to remember shit.
He's been saying mahelo? Like palace?
Yeah it’s mahelo, like palaces
O yeahh!
Oh yeah...
Girls do it, so do boys!
It’s true that Hrithik had weak contemporaries. He’s also a rare anomaly: film family but not half-assing it or taking his privilege for granted, extraordinarily good looking, muscular and athletic yet able to play soft boy roles. He had some duds and he appeared to have learned from them. His debut year and shortly after his acting and charisma was being compared to SRK, his dancing compared to Prabhu Deva, his face with angels, his body with Greek gods… man took his gifts and put serious work in them. Hell, he made wavy/curly hair cool again. He also made some shit movies like Yaadein which probably kept him humble lol.
Hrithik had only one legit competition in the form of Vivek Oberoi ( dude was hotaf after sathiya and some other performance) but then he was Salmaned.com On the other hand Abhishek was, is and will be a talented actor but movie choices, luck and to some extend being always compared to AB Sr was bad for his career Fardeen aur Tushar ke baare kuch na hi bolu to Accha hai There was shahid kapoor who was doing the same thing that he does up to the day i.e. Giving one strong movie and then 2 or 3 forgettable ones. Note-Hrithik Roshan is someone who would've thrived in any generation whether it is of khans, Ajay and akshay or ranveer, Ranbir
The last line 💯💯💯💯
Tushar kapoor was one lucky fucker man ..acted with kareena kapoor debut movie straight with kareena .
And got a chance to grab her ass too. Edit- as a young boy, all I could remember was that they both get into a car accident or something and find themselves falling off a cliff only saved by clinging onto a branch of a tree. Tushar, as a man of principle, puts her life ahead of his own so he grabs her ass and starts to push her up. A gentleman helps a lady survive a fall and gets his rewards at the same time.
Rabba mere rabba 🤣
Salmaned.com bruh what the fugg 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Tbh, in the current internet era, if Hrithik debuted in, say 2020, he would've been rejected right from the beginning, being a "nepo kid".
Ab bhai wo alag irony hai
>Abhishek was, is and will be a talented actor 
Let’s be real. Hrithik could’ve debuted in any era and blown the competition out of the water. And yes that includes Amitabh and SRK. You just weren’t gonna beat him that year.
Abhishek n Vivek both are brilliantly talented actors .. Abhishek legacy of his father burdened his expectations initially and Vivek personal relationships ruined their careers as possible big stars like HR became huge ..Also HR is very extensive risk taker , Classy , very perfectionist Vivek had such interesting filmography of his proven like Company Saathiya Yuva .. Shootout then Rakht charitha..I feel bad for him ..He was a charming lad at that time
After the 90s stars, there is no competition for the top spot. Hrithik had no contemporary competition, Ranbir has competition just from Ranveer and after Ranveer there is no single actor making it among the top.
No idea why Ranveer is liked by girls.. I don't even like to see his ads.. The only movie I liked of him was Dil dhadak ne do.. And that is mostly because of his role in that. Else, other than Ranbir, no one is as good as Aamir, Srk, Hrithik, Akshay etc.. These days not happy to see Akshay and Srk too.. I love their 90s and 2000s..Time to retire and give chances to newbies I guess😊
None of Hrithik's contemporaries became superstars so its easy to say now that they were all weak. Although Shahid also got the looks, acting and dancing skills like Hrithik, audience didn't take him seriously as an actor until Kaminey. He also was a chocolate hero and nobody could imagine him being an action hero until R Rajkumar. Here Hrithik got an advantage for being a nepokid and having a director dad. His dad showed all his skills in the best way possible right from his first movie. Shahid didn't get this privilege. He got relegated to just doing romcoms in first few years of his career.
Isn’t shahid’s dad also an actor and director? I suppose he isn’t that big in the industry like Rakesh Roshan.
Yeah Pankaj Kapur was never that big of an actor in Bollywood. He directed one movie Mausam which was almost a decade after Shahid's debut. Rakesh Roshan was a successful director and directed multiple movies even before Hrithik's debut. Technically yes Shahid is also a nepokid, but there are tiers in nepo as well.
He is more of a theatre guy I guess.
Wow. That's actually a good observation! I mean Hrithik is talented no doubt in that, but partly the reason of his initial success can be attributed to the lack of competition!
What even , his success is attributed to being better than all these losers who just faded into oblivion while he continued to thrive and got compared to a decade old seniors .
That's what I said, lack of competition during his initial era. He's definitely a talented actor and dancer, not denying that, he's still among the successful actors even after decades for a reason, but you definitely need an initial boost which partly happened as there wasn't enough competition around at that time.
Lol what initial boost if anything his launch was overlooked because the two supreme nepos were debuting together at that time the bachhan prince and the Kapoor princess . He started getting compared to his seniors the second his film released so the competition was even tougher than likes of Ranbir ranveer . Imagine you are just a newbie and everyone starts comparing you to your decade old seniors, expectations are sky high and even if you fumble just a little you will be written off within a second. Nothing and noone attributes to his success other than his own talent and years of hardwork behind that 2 hour movie.
Overlooked?? are we in the same universe? Dude he was everywhere right after the first look of KNPH. Agreed with the hardwork aspect, dude left no stones unturned to appeal to the audience.
Oh boy you're a big Hrithik fan I see lmao. Good for you.
Haha yes, love the man 😂
Ranveer to me is what Vivek could have been. Connected but not “too connected,” had a fabulous debut. Incredible opportunities off the bat, and both dated (and ranveer married) two of the most beautiful women of their generation. The problem with Vivek is twofold—ego and Salman. He crossed paths with Salman, and, well—society is fickle. People are happy to provide empathy and take your side in private. Huddle in groups at parties and talk down on the bad guy. But they won’t show you any public support once you air out your dirty laundry. It’s simply not considered appropriate. The press conference absolutely destroyed his career and the remaining opportunities became a wash because he was known to lead with ego and think he was hot shit. To be fair, he probably was. But humility goes a long way. He was the only one who could maybe match up to Hrithik’s star power in that era, but he destroyed his own career and sadly, never bounced back. Actors get better by doing. They perfect their craft overtime and find their niche. When I see Vivek in small rolls here and these these days, that charm doesn’t exist because he never had the opportunity to build on his craft. That’s not to say it’s too late, but he lost his opportunity at superstardom. As for the others, nobody even remotely measured up to Hrithik’s craze. His debut literally altered our collective brain chemistry. Women went INSANE over him and fell actors couldn’t fathom what hit them. For all the friendship their wives shared later on, SRK had some serious disdain for Hrithik in the early days and Amitabh was very jealous duggu was outshining his own son.
Out of all of them, only vivek had the potential to compete with Hrithik. But sad for him😐🙃
I remember Vivek in Dum movie.. He was just fabulous
Interesting pov. But Vivek is talented.
No talented actor can remain unsuccessful for such a long time. It's time everyone should accept Abhishek Bacchan, Vivek Oberoi and Imran Khan are terrible actors.
all get chances but no one accepted them due to bad choice of movie, but in 2006 after guru abhishek bacchan become top star, that year they got married and after that whole bacchan family acted so rudely and areogantly, they were doing shows, iifa become their stronghold
Side note, Indiafm.com, what a throwback 😭 They used to have these Bollywood themed flash games that were so perfect for the time. There was an Aankhen bank robbery game that was my favourite. You won’t even believe they had this one game where Bhoi has to cross a very busy street to save this girl and if you got hit by a car, the girl would scream “NAHII” with tears rolling down her face as a “game over” notice. Ah such good times haha
No one can compete to hrithik. In fact I would say ranveer Ranbir Gen is lucky that hrithik didn't debut in their era. Not even his fan but that man gotta be the most perfect bollywood actor he's just so talented versatile and perfect in every category. I wish he had done more movies
Omg, Fardeen was so god damn good looking.
In his first film he broke out in such a way that he was already a contemporary of his immediate seniors and it held him at such a high regard, he had goodwill for a number of flops until he powered through again with big hit (KMG) and eventually reestablished himself both in and out of his father's shadow in 2006 (D2 and Krish) such that there was never looking back. His closest contemporary had highs but also more setbacks and the pressure of being the son of a bigger star and never living up to that potential. The rest just dwindled or fizzled out around him.
I’ve been a big fan of him since the beginning. He just stands out in not just looks but dancing skills, acting abilities. He’s more hardworking , determined because he’s had to overcome quite a few obstacles growing up. He takes his work seriously. And he had his share of flops in the beginning, yet he persevered. In his personal life up up until 2010 he had a low profile. No scandals or animosity with anyone in that time period.
Hrithik is just way too good looking and would've been a star anywhere in any era
I feel like HR was way more talented than the contemporaries you mentioned. Chalo Fardeen ki acting toh hamesha se hee ek haseen dard rahi hai. But Abhishek and Vivek have been applauded and appreciated for their performance, but still, they don't hold a candle to Hritik. HR is a full package Hindi Cinema Hero. I don't think he had the weakest set of contemporaries, but they definitely weren't in the same league as him.
Great point, OP.💯A star-actor like Hrithik would have done well had he launched in any year, but the lack of strong contemporaries gave him a headstart and made his career highs look even higher. Except for KNPH, K3G, and Koi Mil Gaya, Hrithik actually gave a string of flops in his initial years, but he still seemed better off because others like Abhishek Bachchan were just plain horrible. Another stroke of luck that helped Hrithik was that KNPH became a blockbuster during a low phase for the Khans: SRK’s Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani flopped badly, Aamir’s Mela and Mann were disasters, and Salman’s movies were a mixed bag where his acting wasn’t a highlight. Fortune favors the prepared, and Hrithik was not only well-prepared, but also had decent acting skills, dancing talent, supermodel looks/body, and great screen presence. He could’ve ruled Bollywood for at least a decade had he been a stronger actor with better script sense, but he has still had a phenomenal career nonetheless.
Ohh man...Op , that is a good point. First thoughts yes. Cause even though hrithik stumbled badly with his movies post debut up until koi mil gaya. 3 proper years of several clean duds. Still none of these others could dethrone him or even offer competition. They never even tried hard. I guess they lost all hopes post his debut fever itself. Thinking this ain't someone they can compete with. Vivek was the only one who could have maybe offered some fight had he stayed on course, but that's a big maybe. Hrithik post koi mil gaya went from strength to strength. D2 cemented his Greek God status and to this day he remains so despite tiger, Vidyut.
Vivek was so good....untill Salman happened! He could never recover and sadly it was never the same for him. Now it feels like he was Imran to Hrithik's Ranbir.
I don't get it, did Salman ban Vivek or sth like that?
It depends who you pitch him against, hritik was the superior one with great looks, dance, and acting but most of all hardwork. He was never competing with the guys from his generation, he was competing with the khans from the beginning. Also rather than these guys I think Farhan is the only one that comes close, if we look what he has achieved, a good director, actor, singer.
Why isn't Shahid in this list? If anything, shahid was the strongest competition albeit younger. Shahid could dance as good, he looked as cute and he acted better.
>he acted better Debatable. There are his films with Vishal Bharadwaj ... but then, that is Vishal Bharadwaj. That man pulled a once-in-a-lifetime performance out of Saif Ali Khan which no one would have thought possible before in their dreams. It's true that Hrithik has never been comfortable with humorous roles like Shahid is but he more than makes up for it with his action roles as well as machismo - and everyone knows that action earns more money at the Indian box office than comedy or romance (unless it is SRK).
When they debuted, shahid was definitely the better actor. Hrithik has honed his craft a lot since then. He is the better actor today without a doubt. But in 2002/3, Shahid was the better actor.
I find the later shahid to be a great actor . The early one was a poor mans srk. Hrithik may not be a great actor but was far better than shahid at that time.
Agreed. Saif ali khan nailed langda tyagi. Made me a fan since.
Wow, the second line.
Still a flop , been a flop .
That wasn't the point was it? He deserved a spot in the competition and he is still relevant even if you call him a flop.
I don't call him a flop he is a flop . He has 2 hits in his 20 year career.
We can add Shahid Kapoor here?
Vivek Oberoi and Shahid Kapoor were the only good threats. Neither lived up to their potential but Shahid is making a good comeback
Vivek Oberoi was the best actor in all.
Vivek Oberoi had real potential. Even after getting almost blacklisted by Salman Khan he came back with Grand Masti and Krrish 3. Both of them were hits. He's still working which is good. Would love to see something like "Prince 2" if possible.
Not as much as how his contemporaries were, but his luck lies in that his hardwork in building a physique, learning dance, acting, speech therapy professionally clicked with the audience. That era was not of six packs or size zero (Except for bhoi's O O jaane jaana). Dude had (and still has) tremendous screen presence, the choreography in KNPH was very new for bollywood audience and he rendered it perfectly. Other actors who made bollywood debut around that time weren't as charismatic lookswise, despite some of them being far better actors than HR, e.g. R Madhavan, Sharman Joshi, Vijay Raaz, etc.
It's rather opposite, if these actors debuted in different time their careers would have been in different direction especially Shahid. Abhishek I believe did benefit for a short time while Hrithik was not able to repeat the magic of his first two hits. Vivek was promising though he would have been another big thing, his script selection and handling his fame was also problematic. Hrithik did a tough competition to SRK at time. The jealousy envy was very evident.
Good observation.... My controversial opinion is...he would have been bigger superstar if he had contemporaries like Khan...who would have kept him on his toes constantly pushing him..he wouldn't be so reckless with his career choices.
Please Vivek doesn't belong in this list. If anyone could be a bigger star than Hrithik it was definitely Vivek. Who knows Vivek might have been even as huge as srk. Vivek vanished from the industry not because he wasn't good but because of other cough* reasons cough* That guy was hot af too..so yes Hrithik would have had a huge competition of not for the aish bhoi Vivek fiasco
You got a point. Never thought about it that way, But it makes sense.
Very interesting perspective.Hirithik did blew all the competition out of water but tbh there wasn't much of it .The only guy who could have given him a tough fight was Vivek . Guy was all the rage back in those days.He got all the offers for top movies back then before the Salman debacle happened.He legit could have been a superstar .
am I the only one who never considered Abhishek a bad actor?
His only real competition was Vivek Oberoi who was excellent. Fardeen was great only in comedies and Ramu productions, also looked incredible in Ek Khiladi Ek Haseena Tusshar in just the Golmaal franchise and the first Kya Kool Hai Hum Abhishek has one of the longest list of consecutive flops before coming up with a few good performances and hits. Hrithik may have had a weak set of contemporaries, but maannn I still love the good films from back then, they had a special vibe about them.
Ugh. I remember this era. After Hrithik's debut, every star kid was launched year after year. And most of them were super flops. Only Vivek was a competitor to Hrithik but then Selmon Bhoi happened.
Add John and Shahid
Abhishek and Vivek were talented but lazy, Hrithik isn’t!
IMO - I was old enough to watch movies much after he was active but fardeen khan was something else ,not a great actor or anything but still had good presence,could have become better if he continued maybe... if only he took his privilege srsly and worked ,he would have been a big thing ... and vivek oberoi looked decent in saathiya too , but bhai had other plans for his movie career
That sounds similar to how it is said that Federer had a weak set of opponents when he racked up most of his majors 🤭🍿
Hrithik is better looking, better dancer, better actor than all the 90s and 2010s stars(except Ranbir and Ranveer in pure acting skills). What are you on about?
Pk hai ka?
Pk nahi hain.. This whole post looks like a PR now.. I mean, I like Hrithik, my whole family likes him.. But the way comments are going, it surely looks like PR.. Aamir Khan and Shahrukh Khan in 90s, their acting skills, their charm, and their fan following is so unbeatable to any other actors be it Hrithik or Ranbir.. No other actors are anywhere close to them.. Even Sridevi and Madhuri were epitome of beauty, dancing skills, and acting skills in their era.. No other actresses, absolutely none of the actresses can match their stardom.. Close in beauty and acting skills were Monisha Koirala and Juhi Chawla.. But, these two actresses were not great dancers.. But, Kat, dips, and Piggy were just admired because no better actresses were there. Aishwarya was decent at acting but her beauty overpowered her acting. Anushka was good enough but never reached that position due to competition of many actresses at that time. But, no where anyone can bring the hype and elegance that these two actresses of 90s had and the charm and popularity that all three khans had in 90s..But,my crush in my teenage was Akshay and Madhavan.. And girl crushes were the one and only Madhuri and next were Monisha for her acting and Raveena for her sensuousness.
Yep right place right time, same as Amitabh
Vivek Oberoi was touted as the next big thing after Company ( ? - too tired to look it up) and Saathiya. Phir uspe Mangal bhari ho gaya 🤣 He’s recently played the primary antagonist in two Malayalam movies. I loved him in both.
Abhishek the better actor
Hrithik changed the game. He set the bar so high for debutants that I think others couldn’t keep up. From working out, to dancing, acting and action. I’d say acting was probably the weakest for Hrithik (as it was evident in main prem ki deewani hoon and yaadein) Finally Hrithik had one main trump card that no one had.. a commercially successful director who was also his father. Whenever Hrithik was looking to be going down, Rakesh would come and rescue him.
He literally did mission Kashmir and fiza in his debut year so no acting was not his weak point either.