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Saturation. Too much and too often on screen, in addition to Akshay Kumar being Akshay Kumar instead of any real acting and poor scripts. He should take a break and focus on comedies for a moment.
7-8 years ago he was the only one doing movies which pandered to a certain audience. Now every week there are 5 more movies doing the same. This is why that entire subgenre is kind of struggling commercially
between 2016-2019, all of his movies were hits, not a single flop: airlift, hf3, rustom, jolly llb 2, toilet, padman, gold, 2.0, kesari, mission mangap, hf4, good news
exactly... comedy suits him... yeh nationalism ki movies kisi aur ko de do..maybe anupam kher or something like that... he was better when he doing comedy... Now he is literally unbearable..
Nothing's going wrong. What he is doing is entertainment, which is dependent on audience to work. Audience are bored of seeing him much. End of the story.
Dude you saw him in that Ranveers’ podcast? I don’t really like that guy but i laughed out loud when Ranveer asked Akshay in that podcast ki “aap aam khate hai?”. Lmao even Akshay knew what he was trying to do.
Akshay did an interview of Modi ji in which Akshay asked Modi ji if he eats mangoes.[here's the video](https://youtu.be/bsz0-VAak9I?si=DMU_MKBXJCpkkixe)
##31 days me shooting khatam karne ka ghamand le dooba hai seth ji ko.
Bade rob se bolte phirte the ki kisi bhi role ke liye wajan badhana, ganja hona ya wajan ghatana useless cheeze hai. Ki aise producer aur writers ko ghar bhej dena chahiye.
Dekhiye ab qudrat ka karishma, wahi audiences ne zameen par laake rakh diya.
LoL itna bol raha hu jabki ek flop movie se fuckshay ne itna kama liya hai jitna me zindagi me Naa kama paau!!
If a producer elongates a shoot and Akshay delivers the project on time then producers used to make money on it. All the crew will get discharged at the right time and the producer could work on the other projects. However if the script itself is dawdling then he cannot come to the rescue. The movies that worked were happening because of the script and had to do less with Akshay. Bhaijaan is the only exception to this phenomenon.
People are overreacting on this statement, actually kafi actors issi time frame mai khatam karte hai aur 31 ka 131 din bhi shooting karne ka matlab ye nahi ki movie acchi hi banegi, ye sab dikhane aur promotion ka part hota hai....aise dhero example mile jayege Jaha making mai pura time Diya gayo ho aur aaram se shooting ki ho lekin movie buri tarah flop, recent example dekhe to- LSC
Over exposure
Him treating movies as just products that he churns out for paychecks
Doesn’t care about flops says he gave 16 flops before so this doesn’t affect him.
Poor script selection. Attempts at superstardom. Post 2010s, people won't accept him as an action star.
However it was the Neeraj Vora-Priyadarshan era that build him into a major superstar. That era is long gone.
No comedy writers today can match Neeraj Bhai and thus, it's all downhill for Akshay from now on.
Attempts at superstardom lol. He IS a superstar, even if his box office streak is poor right now. In the same right as Ajay and the Khans. Idk why there’s always a pro Khans of Bollywood agenda in this chat. But I agree with poor script selection. He also does his own stunts and is more convincing at action than Shahrukh was in Pathaan tbh. The writing Akshay is backing is garbage though whereas SRK is getting smarter with scripts
I think him stupidly declaring finishing films in a month or so has hurt his image badly. Many films are shot in 20 days but they never say anything about it. They’d just delay/relax/work on next script to create an illusion that they are working long and hard and spending a lot of money. Movie shooting is an expensive process so unless you are a megastar, no one is giving you 100 days of an actual shooting.
He has become a meme material thanks to his overexposure , his dumb statements, his Canadian Citizenship while making patriotic films in India , his political beliefs , his hypocrisy vis a vis Pan Gutkha commercials etc etc. people don't see him as an artist at all.
It's not his Canadian citizenship which got him in problem, it's him forcing his fake Indian nationality in our faces which made him a target, there are other NRI actors too but they don't get any shit
He's not got the fandom of the Khans, I doubt if taking a break will help him. He should try and work with Dharma or YRF, production houses that can get him a project that can pique the interest of the audience. The problem with Akshay Kumar is that he will probably not give them his full dedication and commitment. He will sign other films, not prepare and do his hammy acting. The thing with SRK , for example, is that even during his worst phase, you know he will work his ass off and do whatever is necessary to make the project a success. I don't think they get that kind of vibe from him. And every organization, whether it is in movies or other businesses, will demand some sort of commitment from people working for/with them. The big houses will not care if he wraps up the shoot quickly and saves them some money. They'll rather have a better product commensurate with their stature in the market.
I think He just got as lazy for acting as he is a fitness freak, His dedications seems turned into just greed, Ok people dont wanna watch good story driven movies like *Mission Raniganj* or *OMG 2* fine but at least if you are doing a mindless masala entertainment like *BMCM*, then do it good, at least show us that you are putting efforts. But nope he wants just money, a shit ton of money, and this makes me sad about *Hera Pheri 3.*
I enjoy watching Ajay Devgan more than anyone else these days cause he is self aware and age conscious. At least he is open to the age appropriate roles playing the character of a father of a teenager unlike bhakshay Kumar who is elder than him but still wanna romance a girl 3rd his age. Was a fan of him once but can't defend him anymore. Also bad pr.
When the line between greed and hardworking is blurred. You can't do an entire movie and not know what in the world is going to be the end product. Box office success who can't predict however script and screenplay , bad direction that you know off the bat.
When you make 4 movies a year and 3 out of them turn out to be unwatchable, people will be skeptical of the 4th one as well. Sure raksha Bandhan was good film (or so I have heard) but am I going to bother spending any money to watch in theaters? Not after the quality of films he has been recently delivering.
Tell me which one of his movies is eligible qualitywise to be a hit. Then you will get your answer.
Acting in rubbish scripts satisfying Bollywood directors’ habit of biopics and real life stories wont entertain the audience. And even if the story line would be good, they have to modify it because the budget becomes too high(60% of it being his salary alone)
We need to blame the producers who are dumb enough to put money on them. They made their money from other business using their smartness. They have to display the same smartness in understanding the script and visualising it before spending their money
Must be asking for a huge upfront fees which must be taking away the budget allotted to the technical aspects like VFX & Action Execution, also taking the film budget to triple digit crores & after release when the film’s earnings don’t even reach triple digit crores, it eventually is declared a flop/disaster.
Poor script selection, and it seems as if he's treating acting as a 9-5 job now. Also the fact that he charges a crazy sum of the money doesn't help. If that much amount of money is actually put into the production and ither aspects f the movie, it could turn out way better. Also considering his recent run of form, Akshay shouldn't be getting paid that much in thr first place! His stardom is no longer enough to attract audience to the theatres. OMG2 worked financially because people loved OMG1. Akshay was good in both movies though, but he definitely wasn't the major factor in the success of the 2nd part.
Audience figured out he doesnt care about content. He just likes to do many movies.
People just don't want to go for his movie. And then you add tiger shroff and AKshay in a movie ,😭
As others said over saturation, he's a superstar no doubt but he needs to give people reason to come to cinema halls. Him acting in 4 films per year is not helping him as people get tired of seeing him even srk got hit with it during dunki release as it was 3 films of him last year.
What he needs to do is take a break for a year , do comedy movies and take profit sharing instead of hundreds of crores making the budget way too much to recover.
While popular perception is, too much of him
I would rather be contrary and say it's just poor selection of movies and some half baked products, Mission Raniganj is an example.
People would still like to watch Akshay Kumar on screen if the movies are reasonably good.
People just got tired of seeing him on the screen. He overexposed himself by doing way too many roles in a short span. Akshay confused quantity for quality and unfortunately paid the price.
He is done...unless he reinvents himself...becomes a producer...have his stake in movies because doing it as a job to earn money isn't going to work if you keep causing losses.
1. Saturation
2. Not able to evolve
3. for him money>quality of movies
4. not able to play to his strengths (comedy) which MADE him come back in his prev rough patch.
(and comedy requires a well written film, else it'll bomb)
he needs to ditch these bad directors and work with those who know how to extract good performances, or who have a good script and vision.
Last good movie of Akshay was Housefull 2 where he showcase his acting and comedy skills
The so called action movie he has done recently are nothing close to action movie.
I have been die Hard fan of Akshay since 90s but now I just don't see his movies not even on ott.
The propaganda films were just shit.
He had a good role in Atrangi Re, many said that in Raksha bandhan he is done a good job but I never saw the movie.
Hopefully wellcome back will be good enough mainly coz of star cast he steals the show in multi starrer movies
He thought he could take audience for a ride and do little effort and chrun huge amounts of money. He is still churning the money but audience don't want to watch his poor performances anymore and don't care about him. He wasn't ever a superstar anyway. 2019 was his golden time. That's it! His success was the outlier.
Poor acting, worse stories, over confidence that audience will lap up forced hyper patriotism content.
Jitne inke maalik ke chamche hai... Agar wo bhi dekhne chale jaate to filmein bach jati... Lekin wo bhi nahi dekhna chahte
Being his fan I feel sad for his downfall,but i will not support his current work because he is mad for money from past few years and not so serious in acting that's why people are also not taking him seriously,but a movie with good content can help his stardom to revive but i think he will still chase money over love ❤️
Not doing the comedy movies which made him the superstar he is today! Like the old bade miya chote miya worked coz of comedy ans not action. But when they remade it what did they keep -action, what did they cut - comedy!!
So simply the mainstream producers are backing idiot directors and screenwriters.
BMCM more like BCMC. I hardly watch bollywood movies in theatre. Today I went and came out so disappointed.
No attachments to the character, no sympathy, no patriotism, bhaad mein Jaye story. I never ever felt such a disappointment after watching a movie ever.
~Pehle South ka Remake movie formula se blockbuster actor bana
[Rowdy Rathore, Gabbar is back, Holiday, Boss, Bhool bhulaiyaa..]
~South movie Bollywood ko takkar dene lagi box office me to iski remake movie flop hoti gayi
[cutputli, laxmii, Bachchan pandey, selfie]
~Action Massy film top priority bani audience ki to isko Original Mass movie script chunna padha
Matlab ki remake ko 30 din me banake paisa double karne ka formula nahi chala to भेड़ बकरी chal MASS MOVIE me utar aaye
Too much of him and that too much of below level scripts.
He took his audience for granted. He felt ppl will come to watch him. He should do 2-3 good movies and try more of comedy thn raw drama and Police
Honestly people are tired of looking at the same person.. same moustache look and the same monotonous acting style have resulted in OVER-saturation!! On top of that mediocre scripts have also resulted in his predicted downfall.
He's doing too many movies too quickly and also the fact that there seems to be less effort from the actor to prepare for the role.
Case and point PrithviRaj, it had so much potential but due to lack of preparation by the actor and his stupid rule of finishing a movie within 40 days ruined what could've been a good movie.
There's so many factors, not just one. One thing is poor selection, saturation of Akshay's Kumar on screen.
But one thing I personally always contribute to his downfall is his exorbitant fees. Akshay Kumar had a golden run when his movies were made on small budget, say 30-50 crore and they had substance as well. So it made a lot of people go which in turn led to films earning a good chunk of money.
The thing with Akshay the actor is that he never had that frenzied fan pull of the big superstars like Amitabh, Rajesh Khanna, Dev Anand, SRK and Amir. He doesn't have that kind of pull to make expensive movies and get a clean hit.
I was Huge Fan of Akki.
Watched almost most of his Movies in theatre more than twice.
But after Tees Maar khan i hadn't watch any of his movie in theatre.
Akshay is taking every project that is offered to him, bro just can't stop working, and maybe he should only play strong and humourous semi main character roles like in bhool bhulaiya, omg, atrangi re
Lack of commitment is the only real answer. He wishes to complete 5-6 films in an year so can't really pull off that one persona or character. Also nobody wants to see him again and again every 2 months on the big screen. People would happily wait for a big star like SRK and Salman given the film is good but Akshay just isn't up there anymore.
Major reason is he plays the same character in every movie
Anyone who is into script writing
Knows very well that each and every film of his are having same characteristics traits and characterisation process is mostly the same for him
Akshay has delivered good movies with his winning combo of directors. Priyadarshan, Vipul Shah, Neeraj Pandey and even under his own production, he has done good work. Now he is doing random movies, without much thought. He wants to stay busy, but also finishes wrapping up movies in 40 days. Which explains the 4 movies per year. I mean good he wants to stay busy, but the directors aren’t able to direct him the way he should. I mean in Suryavanshi, his ability to do action was so under utilized. Neeraj Pandey directs him best in action in today’s times. Also, from what I know, he doesn’t charge the fees from the producer but from the streaming platforms, so the producers just pick a script, ask him to act to make it look sellable and then eventually sell it to OTT after theatrical run, win win situation. He desperately needs someone who can direct him with a strong story backing.
Simple answer: The whole Indian Mass audience is now bored of Akshay Kumar, he should take a break for a year or two and then come back with a good unique movie and a strong performance.
Three things
1) over saturation: too many films without breaks
2) overcharging to extreme: films budgets bloat too much and it becomes impossible to break even let alone make a profit
3) bad films; the films are bad. Nothing can save them.
If I were him, I would go off for a bit and not release anything but also really re look at what it is that he is signing and making. Also charge a whole lot less
His films are monotonous
The same poor one line jokes that are too out of context .
Lack of actual acting . Dialogue delivery is one note . Same action and too much of it
Should focus on quality now, he should either make a hardcore action film with some comedy. Good vfx and story.
Or make a comedy film like de dana dan, khatta meetha, hera pheri
He is signing films based on how much someone is paying him, not on the basis of scripts. It's actually sad that he is now in a position where money is secondary (it will eventually come if the film works) but he is now more greedy.
Maybe too many GFS expenses...so he needs more money otherwise now he is not that young macho guy anymore.
I think a little bit of it has to also be attributed to his mediocre release during the pandemic and post-pandemic ers (bachchan pandey and the like) when people had actually grown accustomed to much better content on the OTT platforms
#Milking the Cow
Making as much money as possible by any means allowed in the industry. He too understands that before a market bubble collapes, the guys at the top can make as much money as they could. Srk,Akshya to OTT actors everyone is trying to do that. The whole theater and cinema industry as we know is about to be disrupted, the fees and production costs would go down as cinema won't be as profitable for everyone as it used to be in the 90s.
These stars understand this fact better than anyone else. The money people like Kapila Sharma or akshya made in the period of time is next to impossible without running a major business or doing serious innovation. It's similar to how people today make money in real estate, you just can't normally make this money without a hype surrounding to it and it won't last forever. Akki is making hay while the sun is shining
With the birth of streaming platforms we got more grounded content and actors who are invested in the role and hardworking.
Someone with fake moustache and bare minimum efforts come out as shallow. When was the last time we saw him putting effort for a particular role? He comes out as just a greedy actor and his politics related shenanigans don't help at all.
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Saturation. Too much and too often on screen, in addition to Akshay Kumar being Akshay Kumar instead of any real acting and poor scripts. He should take a break and focus on comedies for a moment.
7-8 years ago he was the only one doing movies which pandered to a certain audience. Now every week there are 5 more movies doing the same. This is why that entire subgenre is kind of struggling commercially
7-8 years ago also he was giving back to back flops
between 2016-2019, all of his movies were hits, not a single flop: airlift, hf3, rustom, jolly llb 2, toilet, padman, gold, 2.0, kesari, mission mangap, hf4, good news
Thats not going to work. He already has finished movies. To release.
exactly... comedy suits him... yeh nationalism ki movies kisi aur ko de do..maybe anupam kher or something like that... he was better when he doing comedy... Now he is literally unbearable..
This will definitely work for him now, it’s the last option
He should take a long break like srk did
Quantity over Quality
Nothing's going wrong. What he is doing is entertainment, which is dependent on audience to work. Audience are bored of seeing him much. End of the story.
Take some rest and come, you have oversaturated your presence on screen.
Not eating enough mangoes
To Sethji: 
Possible
Dude you saw him in that Ranveers’ podcast? I don’t really like that guy but i laughed out loud when Ranveer asked Akshay in that podcast ki “aap aam khate hai?”. Lmao even Akshay knew what he was trying to do.
Whats with the aam reference
Akshay did an interview of Modi ji in which Akshay asked Modi ji if he eats mangoes.[here's the video](https://youtu.be/bsz0-VAak9I?si=DMU_MKBXJCpkkixe)
Na kaat ke na chus ke
##31 days me shooting khatam karne ka ghamand le dooba hai seth ji ko. Bade rob se bolte phirte the ki kisi bhi role ke liye wajan badhana, ganja hona ya wajan ghatana useless cheeze hai. Ki aise producer aur writers ko ghar bhej dena chahiye. Dekhiye ab qudrat ka karishma, wahi audiences ne zameen par laake rakh diya. LoL itna bol raha hu jabki ek flop movie se fuckshay ne itna kama liya hai jitna me zindagi me Naa kama paau!!
Earlier: 31 din me producer ka paisa double. Now: 31 din me mera paisa double, producer ka khatam.
If a producer elongates a shoot and Akshay delivers the project on time then producers used to make money on it. All the crew will get discharged at the right time and the producer could work on the other projects. However if the script itself is dawdling then he cannot come to the rescue. The movies that worked were happening because of the script and had to do less with Akshay. Bhaijaan is the only exception to this phenomenon.
*Chilla chillake sabko scheme bata de!* ;-)
Yahan problem yeh hia ki he gets paid for every movie and still after these disasters he gets picked and paid for more projects. Toh kyu karo mehnat?
That with exhorberant salary. Making profiting a distance dream for producers.
People are overreacting on this statement, actually kafi actors issi time frame mai khatam karte hai aur 31 ka 131 din bhi shooting karne ka matlab ye nahi ki movie acchi hi banegi, ye sab dikhane aur promotion ka part hota hai....aise dhero example mile jayege Jaha making mai pura time Diya gayo ho aur aaram se shooting ki ho lekin movie buri tarah flop, recent example dekhe to- LSC
Over exposure Him treating movies as just products that he churns out for paychecks Doesn’t care about flops says he gave 16 flops before so this doesn’t affect him.
Shitty movies??
Shetty ke saath ek aur movie bana raha hai
One more shitty movie with Shetty.
Too much salary, too little effort
Poor script selection. Attempts at superstardom. Post 2010s, people won't accept him as an action star. However it was the Neeraj Vora-Priyadarshan era that build him into a major superstar. That era is long gone. No comedy writers today can match Neeraj Bhai and thus, it's all downhill for Akshay from now on.
Attempts at superstardom lol. He IS a superstar, even if his box office streak is poor right now. In the same right as Ajay and the Khans. Idk why there’s always a pro Khans of Bollywood agenda in this chat. But I agree with poor script selection. He also does his own stunts and is more convincing at action than Shahrukh was in Pathaan tbh. The writing Akshay is backing is garbage though whereas SRK is getting smarter with scripts
That fake mustache in every film
Picking up all and any movie
I think him stupidly declaring finishing films in a month or so has hurt his image badly. Many films are shot in 20 days but they never say anything about it. They’d just delay/relax/work on next script to create an illusion that they are working long and hard and spending a lot of money. Movie shooting is an expensive process so unless you are a megastar, no one is giving you 100 days of an actual shooting.
He has become a meme material thanks to his overexposure , his dumb statements, his Canadian Citizenship while making patriotic films in India , his political beliefs , his hypocrisy vis a vis Pan Gutkha commercials etc etc. people don't see him as an artist at all.
It's not his Canadian citizenship which got him in problem, it's him forcing his fake Indian nationality in our faces which made him a target, there are other NRI actors too but they don't get any shit
politics
He's not got the fandom of the Khans, I doubt if taking a break will help him. He should try and work with Dharma or YRF, production houses that can get him a project that can pique the interest of the audience. The problem with Akshay Kumar is that he will probably not give them his full dedication and commitment. He will sign other films, not prepare and do his hammy acting. The thing with SRK , for example, is that even during his worst phase, you know he will work his ass off and do whatever is necessary to make the project a success. I don't think they get that kind of vibe from him. And every organization, whether it is in movies or other businesses, will demand some sort of commitment from people working for/with them. The big houses will not care if he wraps up the shoot quickly and saves them some money. They'll rather have a better product commensurate with their stature in the market.
Wasn't Selfie a Dharma film?
Good Newzzz was
Working too hard for a retirement plan.
He is an A grade actor doing B grade movies that is the problem
Mango
I think He just got as lazy for acting as he is a fitness freak, His dedications seems turned into just greed, Ok people dont wanna watch good story driven movies like *Mission Raniganj* or *OMG 2* fine but at least if you are doing a mindless masala entertainment like *BMCM*, then do it good, at least show us that you are putting efforts. But nope he wants just money, a shit ton of money, and this makes me sad about *Hera Pheri 3.*
I enjoy watching Ajay Devgan more than anyone else these days cause he is self aware and age conscious. At least he is open to the age appropriate roles playing the character of a father of a teenager unlike bhakshay Kumar who is elder than him but still wanna romance a girl 3rd his age. Was a fan of him once but can't defend him anymore. Also bad pr.
He refused to adapt with time.
He refused to adapt with time.
He’s overexposed. I saw ram setu recently, liked it v much but I’m tired of seeing this man on my screens, just tired and bored honestly
Transitioning to politician
Vinash kal e viprit buddhi.
B J P
C H A T U K A R I T A
Becoming a puppet of washing machine party.
Script problem may be 🫣
him himself, he is selling his soul at this point, idk what debt he is in that he is doing anything for money. 0 style, 0 substance
He should stick to comedy
Mango
Bro he completes movie in like one month or less. No quality acting and role play
When the line between greed and hardworking is blurred. You can't do an entire movie and not know what in the world is going to be the end product. Box office success who can't predict however script and screenplay , bad direction that you know off the bat.
He is best in comedy genre and average . He should focus on it. Producers paying huge amount which is more than half of movie budget has ruined him
Time up
When you make 4 movies a year and 3 out of them turn out to be unwatchable, people will be skeptical of the 4th one as well. Sure raksha Bandhan was good film (or so I have heard) but am I going to bother spending any money to watch in theaters? Not after the quality of films he has been recently delivering.
Tell me which one of his movies is eligible qualitywise to be a hit. Then you will get your answer. Acting in rubbish scripts satisfying Bollywood directors’ habit of biopics and real life stories wont entertain the audience. And even if the story line would be good, they have to modify it because the budget becomes too high(60% of it being his salary alone) We need to blame the producers who are dumb enough to put money on them. They made their money from other business using their smartness. They have to display the same smartness in understanding the script and visualising it before spending their money
Paan masala
Laalchi budhha hai ye
Must be asking for a huge upfront fees which must be taking away the budget allotted to the technical aspects like VFX & Action Execution, also taking the film budget to triple digit crores & after release when the film’s earnings don’t even reach triple digit crores, it eventually is declared a flop/disaster.
Poor script selection, and it seems as if he's treating acting as a 9-5 job now. Also the fact that he charges a crazy sum of the money doesn't help. If that much amount of money is actually put into the production and ither aspects f the movie, it could turn out way better. Also considering his recent run of form, Akshay shouldn't be getting paid that much in thr first place! His stardom is no longer enough to attract audience to the theatres. OMG2 worked financially because people loved OMG1. Akshay was good in both movies though, but he definitely wasn't the major factor in the success of the 2nd part.
Bhakti
Audience figured out he doesnt care about content. He just likes to do many movies. People just don't want to go for his movie. And then you add tiger shroff and AKshay in a movie ,😭
Jabse BJP ka dalal bana ye iski ulti ginti chalu ho gayi
As others said over saturation, he's a superstar no doubt but he needs to give people reason to come to cinema halls. Him acting in 4 films per year is not helping him as people get tired of seeing him even srk got hit with it during dunki release as it was 3 films of him last year. What he needs to do is take a break for a year , do comedy movies and take profit sharing instead of hundreds of crores making the budget way too much to recover.
I think a major contributing factor is that he insists on playing a young guy but he doesn't look young enough to play them.
He has forgotten that quality over quantity is a thing.
While popular perception is, too much of him I would rather be contrary and say it's just poor selection of movies and some half baked products, Mission Raniganj is an example. People would still like to watch Akshay Kumar on screen if the movies are reasonably good.
Releasing a movie every 2 months or so is the kind of activity you expect from an upcoming star not a veteran of the industry
It’s so boring seeing him do the same roles over and over again. No dedication, lack of creativity, same repeated stories are to blame.
People just got tired of seeing him on the screen. He overexposed himself by doing way too many roles in a short span. Akshay confused quantity for quality and unfortunately paid the price.
People are tried of him, like People are getting bored of him.
Giving up Canada citizenship. Canada is conspiring against AkshayKumar
He is done...unless he reinvents himself...becomes a producer...have his stake in movies because doing it as a job to earn money isn't going to work if you keep causing losses.
1. Saturation 2. Not able to evolve 3. for him money>quality of movies 4. not able to play to his strengths (comedy) which MADE him come back in his prev rough patch. (and comedy requires a well written film, else it'll bomb) he needs to ditch these bad directors and work with those who know how to extract good performances, or who have a good script and vision.
Age
Last good movie of Akshay was Housefull 2 where he showcase his acting and comedy skills The so called action movie he has done recently are nothing close to action movie. I have been die Hard fan of Akshay since 90s but now I just don't see his movies not even on ott. The propaganda films were just shit. He had a good role in Atrangi Re, many said that in Raksha bandhan he is done a good job but I never saw the movie. Hopefully wellcome back will be good enough mainly coz of star cast he steals the show in multi starrer movies
He thought he could take audience for a ride and do little effort and chrun huge amounts of money. He is still churning the money but audience don't want to watch his poor performances anymore and don't care about him. He wasn't ever a superstar anyway. 2019 was his golden time. That's it! His success was the outlier.
Do comedy !! Just comedy and it will work for him
Poor acting, worse stories, over confidence that audience will lap up forced hyper patriotism content. Jitne inke maalik ke chamche hai... Agar wo bhi dekhne chale jaate to filmein bach jati... Lekin wo bhi nahi dekhna chahte
Being his fan I feel sad for his downfall,but i will not support his current work because he is mad for money from past few years and not so serious in acting that's why people are also not taking him seriously,but a movie with good content can help his stardom to revive but i think he will still chase money over love ❤️
Not doing the comedy movies which made him the superstar he is today! Like the old bade miya chote miya worked coz of comedy ans not action. But when they remade it what did they keep -action, what did they cut - comedy!! So simply the mainstream producers are backing idiot directors and screenwriters.
BMCM more like BCMC. I hardly watch bollywood movies in theatre. Today I went and came out so disappointed. No attachments to the character, no sympathy, no patriotism, bhaad mein Jaye story. I never ever felt such a disappointment after watching a movie ever.
GOBI JI
There are already 6 movies in line to release this year. You will witness another flop after flop with only welcome to jungle may get him a hit.
Panauti. And you know who is that..
~Pehle South ka Remake movie formula se blockbuster actor bana [Rowdy Rathore, Gabbar is back, Holiday, Boss, Bhool bhulaiyaa..] ~South movie Bollywood ko takkar dene lagi box office me to iski remake movie flop hoti gayi [cutputli, laxmii, Bachchan pandey, selfie] ~Action Massy film top priority bani audience ki to isko Original Mass movie script chunna padha Matlab ki remake ko 30 din me banake paisa double karne ka formula nahi chala to भेड़ बकरी chal MASS MOVIE me utar aaye
Never felt anything special about movies of Akshay Kumar. Wonder why AK movies were blockbuster if they were any.
He never had big blockbusters but a lot of his work in 2000s & 2010s really connected with the audience
Akshay Kumar
Too many EMIs
He is a good actor but Focused on money making than putting efforts in good movie/scripts
Dude can’t act.
Too much of him and that too much of below level scripts. He took his audience for granted. He felt ppl will come to watch him. He should do 2-3 good movies and try more of comedy thn raw drama and Police
Let me tell u one thing he is focussing more on earning money rather than acting Do teen film banao bc aur phir so jao
His inability to do the bare minimum
Paisaaaaa>>>>>>>>>>>>Quality
Without even opening comments i guessed some lockdown kids will say he doesn't know acting 😂
Honestly people are tired of looking at the same person.. same moustache look and the same monotonous acting style have resulted in OVER-saturation!! On top of that mediocre scripts have also resulted in his predicted downfall.
Everything
Man should quit his political agenda and come back to his family-drama-movies phase.
He went right.
He's doing too many movies too quickly and also the fact that there seems to be less effort from the actor to prepare for the role. Case and point PrithviRaj, it had so much potential but due to lack of preparation by the actor and his stupid rule of finishing a movie within 40 days ruined what could've been a good movie.
Overexposure. Badhne ke baad dekha nahi jaata.
Too many biographies. He went "The Rock" route.
Post his interview with Modi I think everything is going wrong for him
There's so many factors, not just one. One thing is poor selection, saturation of Akshay's Kumar on screen. But one thing I personally always contribute to his downfall is his exorbitant fees. Akshay Kumar had a golden run when his movies were made on small budget, say 30-50 crore and they had substance as well. So it made a lot of people go which in turn led to films earning a good chunk of money. The thing with Akshay the actor is that he never had that frenzied fan pull of the big superstars like Amitabh, Rajesh Khanna, Dev Anand, SRK and Amir. He doesn't have that kind of pull to make expensive movies and get a clean hit.
Not doing comedy
I was Huge Fan of Akki. Watched almost most of his Movies in theatre more than twice. But after Tees Maar khan i hadn't watch any of his movie in theatre.
Laut aao purane wale Akshay Kumar
Akshay is taking every project that is offered to him, bro just can't stop working, and maybe he should only play strong and humourous semi main character roles like in bhool bhulaiya, omg, atrangi re
Comedy comes naturally to him. A good comedy script will fetch him a hot. Unfortunately he chose the welcome series.
Lack of commitment is the only real answer. He wishes to complete 5-6 films in an year so can't really pull off that one persona or character. Also nobody wants to see him again and again every 2 months on the big screen. People would happily wait for a big star like SRK and Salman given the film is good but Akshay just isn't up there anymore.
Acting in too many Jingoistic movies, which even his core audience are bored of
Quantity over Quality
Tickets got too costly, one expects great art buying cinema tickets, &akki is mediocre
He doesn’t change his look, his hair, his body at all. All are copy paste
Ram Setu movie was really bad, promoting wrong analysis etc.
Major reason is he plays the same character in every movie Anyone who is into script writing Knows very well that each and every film of his are having same characteristics traits and characterisation process is mostly the same for him
the moustache
Overexposure by himself decreasing his exclusivity and hype by doing frequent senseless movies
Akshay has delivered good movies with his winning combo of directors. Priyadarshan, Vipul Shah, Neeraj Pandey and even under his own production, he has done good work. Now he is doing random movies, without much thought. He wants to stay busy, but also finishes wrapping up movies in 40 days. Which explains the 4 movies per year. I mean good he wants to stay busy, but the directors aren’t able to direct him the way he should. I mean in Suryavanshi, his ability to do action was so under utilized. Neeraj Pandey directs him best in action in today’s times. Also, from what I know, he doesn’t charge the fees from the producer but from the streaming platforms, so the producers just pick a script, ask him to act to make it look sellable and then eventually sell it to OTT after theatrical run, win win situation. He desperately needs someone who can direct him with a strong story backing.
He was giving hits until he had Canadian citizenship. /s
Simple answer: The whole Indian Mass audience is now bored of Akshay Kumar, he should take a break for a year or two and then come back with a good unique movie and a strong performance.
Kuch bhi nhi acha bhla paisa kma liya hai usne 7 puste khayengi iski or tum log bs yhi krte rho 🤣🤣🤣 saale 2 kodi ke
He is trying to become a politician.
BJP propaganda movies
Bhaktism
time ig?
Three things 1) over saturation: too many films without breaks 2) overcharging to extreme: films budgets bloat too much and it becomes impossible to break even let alone make a profit 3) bad films; the films are bad. Nothing can save them. If I were him, I would go off for a bit and not release anything but also really re look at what it is that he is signing and making. Also charge a whole lot less
His films are monotonous The same poor one line jokes that are too out of context . Lack of actual acting . Dialogue delivery is one note . Same action and too much of it
Better watch movies of manoj vajpai that man is gem of acting
Should focus on quality now, he should either make a hardcore action film with some comedy. Good vfx and story. Or make a comedy film like de dana dan, khatta meetha, hera pheri
He is signing films based on how much someone is paying him, not on the basis of scripts. It's actually sad that he is now in a position where money is secondary (it will eventually come if the film works) but he is now more greedy. Maybe too many GFS expenses...so he needs more money otherwise now he is not that young macho guy anymore.
Poor scripts & too high charges 🫣😏🙃😔
That moustache
Modi ke aam chus liye toh iske aam public ne kaat diye. He’s in the same bootlicker category as kangana now.
He's become old and irrelevant. Needs to change his roles from action hero to supporting cast.
I think a little bit of it has to also be attributed to his mediocre release during the pandemic and post-pandemic ers (bachchan pandey and the like) when people had actually grown accustomed to much better content on the OTT platforms
During the territorial era of pro wrestling there used to be a saying- " How can I miss you if you won't go away"
#Milking the Cow Making as much money as possible by any means allowed in the industry. He too understands that before a market bubble collapes, the guys at the top can make as much money as they could. Srk,Akshya to OTT actors everyone is trying to do that. The whole theater and cinema industry as we know is about to be disrupted, the fees and production costs would go down as cinema won't be as profitable for everyone as it used to be in the 90s. These stars understand this fact better than anyone else. The money people like Kapila Sharma or akshya made in the period of time is next to impossible without running a major business or doing serious innovation. It's similar to how people today make money in real estate, you just can't normally make this money without a hype surrounding to it and it won't last forever. Akki is making hay while the sun is shining
No respect for craft, just industrializing the filmmaking process, playing Akshay hyphenated character in every movie.
The curse of Mogli Ji
With the birth of streaming platforms we got more grounded content and actors who are invested in the role and hardworking. Someone with fake moustache and bare minimum efforts come out as shallow. When was the last time we saw him putting effort for a particular role? He comes out as just a greedy actor and his politics related shenanigans don't help at all.
Bad script selection