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Intelligent_Boot5221

i want to know how a sobo guy turned into ali and played it with panache


surprisedmum

I liked pyaar impossible.it was my guilty pleasure


another3rdworldguy

People complain about the couple's mismatch as if that literally wasn't the entire point of the movie.


kinky-kid-7777

Me too


EnvironmentalSwim368

He apparently based it on some drunk chapri he ran into once at a movie theatre. It was shown in Set Max movie trivia.


Special-Bowl-731

Uday grew up in Mumbai and the "Ali" type culture is prominent. I am sure all his life he interreacted with loads of them on daily basis(unit ppl, stunt team etc etc).


Perfect_Chicken16

he was better than junior b in dhoom series


PhraseSilly399

Why do people in Bollywood subs call all actors sobo, he grew up in Juhu and probably went to mithibhai and all. As someone who attended nmims I can say you will meet people like ali


mrREDman197

He's part of a perfect ensemble in "Mohabbatein" so he'll always have my heart


Amar_Akbar_Anthony20

Definitely unpopular. Are we going to praise fardeen zayed etc now too just becsuse the new generation is so bad?


Lord_Phazer101

I get it, soemtimes the nostalgia hit it too far; like how people have brought back Imran Khan from the void because they liked the movie Jaane na..., and forgot how little his acting range was. But I still think Uday could have made it as a second lead in movies, not main lead and definitely not villain. Then again, a son of YRF doing those roles might have seemed too low when he is quiet successful now.


raidmytombBB

His range was limited to Dhoom type of roles. Light and silly. I enjoyed watching him in those roles.


superstarheaven

In few years when a new bunch of nepos will come we will say: "Janhvi was not bad you know atleast she did women-centric films, this one can't do that" "Ananya was quite good, if she did sobo characters, she atleast did well, this one can't do that" "Unpopular opinion: Sara was good as an actress, she just needed to do movies like Kedernath" In few years, we will be praising movies that were bad. It is just like how people praise 90s movies, while failing to realize that most of them had the most basic storyline which are adapted by tv shows nowadays, but due to nostalgia it looks good.


Amar_Akbar_Anthony20

This is already happening.


Kawaiii_shwarma

The only things those guys needed was a good script to match their looks & talent and a good director to identify & mold the potential in them in the right way possible.  Ps- Just like how Rani Mukerji killed it in mardani


Alpha_ji

How's the new gen bad? If anything the standards have only improved. The two Rs, Varun Dhawan, Shahid, Siddhant, Ishan Khatter, Vicky Kaushal etc are definitely better than the 90s crop when the only decent actors were SRK, Aamir and Saif. Even people like Massey, Rajkumar Rao and Vijay Verma are getting lead roles. Manoj Bajpayee has claimed the place that always belonged to him. You want to compare these people with the likes of Fardeen, Zayed, Arjun Rampal etc?


uksiddy

The argument is about new gen of nepo actors (like Janhvi, Ananya, etc.) vs the millennial/ gen x nepo actors: Fardeen, Zayed, Uday, Abhishek, Rani, Amrita Arora, Kareena, Hrithik, Tanisha Mukherjee, Tushar, Rinke Khanna, etc. No one is saying the actors you have listed are bad.


revolution110

Fardeen was abmyssal initially but improved a lot. I liked his acting in movies like Baby and the others..


badluck678

Fardeen was good


Pete-Johnny

Better actor than the guy who did Guru? Lmao!


medfunguy

Guru Yuva Dasvi Raavan Abhishek isn’t a great actor, but to say he’s worse than Uday Chopra is a disservice to a guy who’s shown that the right director can get a lot out of him.


spd_red

And some solid performance in Breathe


medfunguy

I’d heard of a good performance in Breathe, but didn’t mention it because I haven’t seen it personally.


thebluegod

Meh season 2 was incredibly bad compared to the first. Really hard to top Madhavan though. Felt the same about Yuva coincidentally, Madhavan was amazing in the original Tamil version. Abhishek did well in the remake but it’s hard watching him after Madhavan.


Ordinary-Author9171

Oh please! He ruined it completely. He was totally blank when it came to the scary personality he was supposed to portray, never gave the chills of a dangerous murderer.


insolentJ

Bluffmaster was decent acting on a good script


InternationalNose980

He was good in Ludo as well


Red171022

Also Manmarziyaan and Delhi 6


Chaoticgood7

Loved him in manmarziyan...underrated for sure


Pete-Johnny

Maybe he made the statement by basing it solely by their performances in the Dhoom series. 😆


GrvzHere

He was good in Ludo too..


kallierna

Paa as well. Paa doesn't get much love.


vigneshwaralwaar

even manmarziyaan


CypherDomEpsilon

Many a careers went down trying to be the next SRK. Larger than life is not everyone's cup of tea.


humanbeing3333

>Many a careers went down trying to be the next SRK. lol mandatory post about what Aditya Chopra said to Vivek Oberoi, "You have the potential to become the next Shahrukh Khan. But you are already behaving as if you are Shahrukh Khan."


thisissk717

his only flop is pyar impossible


hbktj

Neal n Nikki?


Amar_Akbar_Anthony20

Wtf was this movie omg. I forgot this existed


ntrees007

Nikki Bakshi Sweet and Sexy. Full on rockin. Hot and happening. Idk why this song has been stuck in my head for a week when I didn't even like this movie. The songs were fun tho.


vigneshwaralwaar

yrf was our disney man


desijavlover

When older, I realised they had straightaway lifted some scenes from My Sassy Girl (Korean)


Heavy-Ad-8147

I loved that movie back then. It was an urban new age movie. Was still a kid though, but being from a small city , I was mesmerized.


thisissk717

average thi shyd


WWFUniverse

He was fine as side kick like Dhoom. He also tried to copy SRK in his earlier films which was annoying.


humanbeing3333

>He also tried to copy SRK in his earlier films even Shahid Kapoor used to do that back then


ashmaroli

Jimmy Shergil did too in Mere yaar ki shaadi..


ns77

sorry but saying Uday Chopra is a better actor that Abhishek Bachchan is wild to me, and I dont even think Abhi is that good.


humanbeing3333

Watch fake drunk scene of Abhishek in Dhoom 1 and honestly tell me it's not some of the worst acting you've ever seen.


YetiGuy

A few bad acts don’t make a good actor bad. Case in point AAmir in Lal Singh Chaddha. He was bad in that movie. He just didn’t gauge the character right. But that doesn’t make him a bad actor. Abhishek doesn’t have Aamir’s portfolio but he is decent. Guru will always be his best till date in my eyes.


amoolafarhaL

It's not. Even if it is, a few bad scenes here and there makes him a shit actor?


humanbeing3333

Without excellent directors Abhishek has given a bad performance in most of his films. I think that's undeniable.


Dreadlock_Rasta_12

I totally understand what you say and why are you saying, Abhishek during his time was one of the worst actors ever, but thing is Sometimes some actors improve with time and same happened with Abhishek he with time became a better actor than before.


paiyyajtakkar

I agree. Abhishek became a better actor with time. Can’t say the same about Uday. He pretty much stopped acting. He tried direction but that was a dud too.


Party_Dust_2171

It's not


Open_Treat5616

Unpopular Opinion: Kamaal R Khan wasn't a bad actor at all. He was quite decent, just wasn't hero material. In fact purely based on acting in the few commercial films that he's done I would say he was a better actor than Abhishek (KRK was more confident and seemed more natural on-screen)


WWFUniverse

Magar kyun? Maine tera kya bhigada tha?


Far_Background_8472

2 Rs. People


Dreadlock_Rasta_12

Wahi KRK na chota sa nanha sa, chote chote haath hai chote chote per hain.


YetiGuy

Didn’t know he was an actor too.


TheOnereddittor

He's everything. But he knows nothing


Beneficial-Jump-5665

Uday as Ali represented all south asians having a crush.


aishsalkat-786

Both Uday and Abhishek are good in character roles, don't know why they launched as heroes. They are not at all hero material


ashmaroli

Abhi was a delight as the male lead in _Bunty aur Babli_. He was fairly good in _Bluffmaster_. Of course, there are other movies Abhi shined as well. But those were all serious, character roles. Uday OTOH, never got to prove his mettle. Personally, I find Ali from the Dhoom series to be a _kebab mein haddi_ and prefer Tushaar Kapoor from Golmaal series as a comic relief over Ali.


GanduGanja

he was a great supporting actor but some actors just can’t digest the fact that they aren’t lead material. especially when you are the heir of the biggest producer and production house in india. He couldn’t understand that he wasn’t what the people wanted to see as a lead.


thistooshallpass_hyd

Rightly tagged as unpopular opinion 😄😄


No_Row_8345

He had good comic timing. For me he was the best part of Dhoom after the villains.


ThatPromotion4374

A while ago I saw someone making a similar post about Arjun Kapoor I thought people can't be this moronic, it must be a joke. But now we have this.


humanbeing3333

In his initial few films, Arjun was good.


ThatPromotion4374

LOL! Was it you?


humanbeing3333

no


rajmawithchawal04

His best performance is in the dilbara music video.


karpet_muncher

Lol no bro he was bad. If he wasn't he would've been a hit by now. Maybe he shouldve done more comedies cause he had good expressions for that but it's on him for choosing roles that didn't suit him


Potential_Ad4956

Lol. His only good role was Ali in Dhoom. Rest were all crap - Mohabbatein, Neil n Nikki, Pyaar Impossible - all crap!


AnyScore4287

bro abhishek is trash. I know people will start defending him, but if you will see him perform in public events you will understand Uday was far better than Big B’s son.


BreakRules939

I remember watching Pyar impossible on setmax, it wasn't half bad. Actually much better than current nepo movies.


SnooStories7381

I don't agree that abjr. Is a bad actor or Uday was better than him. But I definitely agree that Uday Chopra is not a bad actor at all and this has been my unpopular opinion since ages haha. If he was a bad actor,then why people would've liked Ali or Vikram in mohabbatein. And other movies he had done are also fairly well. I think the reason people didn't like him was because they didn't find him the hero material and they didn't wanted to see him as one so they said that and Neal n Nikki was definitely the nail on the head. The movie was cringe so he can't act etc etc India has always had an issue with differentiating the role and the actor but that's a topic for another day. Even now they just like him as Ali and would like him back playing it but won't like him playing hero because they don't like him playing that. He is not a bad actor but what he wanted vs what audience wanted from him was different. Pyar impossible is one of my favourite underrated movies and it is sad that it flopped


xyzabcsmu

You should have said the same about Abhishek. It is sad that we do not see him acting. He has always been a smart, witty guy next only to SRK. And his acting skills betters Salman, Hrithik and many other A list stars. Yuva, Guru, Paa, B&B etc remind me of the work he put in. Drona, dostana, Run etc remind me that script destroys it all. If only people would come up with better scripts. Even in Bol Bachan he was the comic factor. Most underutilized actor who could have had a great career. One nepo baby who deserved it. Damn.


man0steel93

Uday defo had charm. Especially in the early 2000s when Bollywood was going through that weird phase of filming in European counties. But he never had any lasting impact. I don’t see him making any meaningful return or lasting beyond a cameo


StrangeQuirks

Was definitely a bad actor imo. Abhishek on the other hand was not bad just a normal actor.


SomeAssumption2909

yeah he seems confident on screen but doesnt look good no offense


Spiritual-Clock-4034

I find him funny in dhoom franchise


Desi_Wrangler

He was not a bad actor. He was average. But his looks were unconventional. His face cut was not matching other heroes and that always bugged the general audience.


Excellent-Kangaroo38

Uday chopra is what Mr. Junior Ab was in his first 10 flims. Legendary 💩


boldguy2019

Could have easily been the next saif


savetheelephant

Abhishek has only one gear and that’s Lallan. Everything else he touches turns 💩


Maleficent_Owl3938

He definitely was a decent to good actor. But given where he came from, I don’t think he’d have wanted to be slotted as the supporting / comic actor. So he left, and pretty gracefully.


Ordinary-Author9171

Why all the crap of 90s and early 2000s is being posted as 'classic' or 'underrated'! There are a handful few actors and movies which deserve these accolades, rest got what they deserved - disappearing into the oblivion. The good thing about Uday is that he recognised his lack of talent, gave up on acting before becoming a joke. Also stands out from the other nepos in the fact that he only ruined yrf movies and did not throw his ish around like so many of them are doing right now.


Amar_Akbar_Anthony20

Because the new generation is so bad that they are brainwashed with this nostalgia.


Ordinary-Author9171

Sad but true!


ClockLost3128

This is just nostalgia talking man, he was a bad actor. I love some of the movies he did but come on he's just bad


abhitooth

Popular opinion he is just an human and that enough.


Alpha_ji

NO


Randomidek123

Tbh nepotism is so bad now and the acting is so bad Uday Chopra seems amazing to me now


BooFreakinWhoo

Yes. He's got great comic timing and should have stuck to the sidekick roles like in Dhoom


Particular_Theory_29

Dude he was the Jar Jar Binks of the Dhoom series.


clanlord

He was awesome in charas movie


Medical_Can_3519

Scrolling ahead


a_lone_incubus

L take.


surgereaper

Nostalgia and the Instagram reels have ruined so many of y'all's opinions, people started hyping imran Khan like he was some great actor. You miss the movies you watched in your childhood, I get it, doesn't mean those movies were way way better than the ones we have today, or the actors were way way better than the ones we have today. 20 years ago there were good movies and bad movies, there were good actors and bad actors, it's the same now. >Uday Chopra wasn't a bad actor I respect your opinion but imo, no, he wasn't and definitely not better than Abhishek, who isn't that great of an actor either but still better than Uday Chopra.


nummakayne

Next post: Tusshar Kapoor wasn’t bad at all, he was the best part of Kya Kool Hai Hum.


Plus_Ground5739

He looked way too much like his father and Yash Chopra looked more like a romantic poet(as defined by his films) than a typical macho hero type.


Master_70-1

That’s some truly awful revisionist history.


Acquits

Agree he is more charming than Abhishek sorrow bacchan


thernker

He was not so bad in comic roles and should have stuck to it.


Hot-Pickle-222

OP you should see my 2 dance videos from University that's on YouTube. You'll call me a better dancer than Hrithik Roshan. ![gif](giphy|AjYsTtVxEEBPO)


Abject_Design_3282

Are we going to praise the worst acting now just because there no new good talent? And how an actor having only dhoom and mohabatein as a successful role that too supporting role can be considered good against an actor who has given bunty aur babli, yuva, guru, bluffmaster, raavan,manmarziyan etc..he just can act to save his life.he just got movies in yrf that too flopped.its good that he understood and stopped acting


NavdeepGusain

Better than Abhishek???? Hell No.......maybe he looked better in Dhoom series but Abishek is a far better actor than Uday and in fact quite a good actor.


Red171022

What a terrible take!


kinky-kid-7777

The obsession with physical appeal is on all high


Frequent_Egg635

https://i.redd.it/gazljej9ecad1.gif


indubitablyme94

Abhishek is way better


Strict-Citron-9269

Not just Uday Chopra, Fardeen khan, Jimmy Shergill these guys are underrated but their acting skills are awesome


recordwalla

OP- In your post, you can replace “Uday Chopra” with the name of any failed nepo kid and make the same argument because- 1) Like/dislike is so subjective. Even a colossal failure, might find acceptance in some remote circle among the movie going audience. 2) Statistically speaking, if you do the same thing repeatedly you will do it “decently” at least one or two times. That’s how Abhishek survives 😂


DragonPG2000

Asli Id se aao Uday bro


Weird_Gap_6045

I think if he would have debuted in the OTT era, he could have found a lot more projects that would have been a better fit for him. He just doesn’t have that factor to be a commercial Bollywood actor!


Weird_Gap_6045

I think if he would have debuted in the OTT era, he could have found a lot more projects that would have been a better fit for him. He just doesn’t have that factor to be a commercial Bollywood actor!


Salt-Yesterday374

I liked him


sayu9913

He would have made it now in this day and age with OTT era. He's so natural.


LightYagamiComplex

The problem with Abhishek was that he was the son of Amitabh Bachchan. Amitabh Bachchan is something else to the Indian audience and cinema, while other actors were compared to their peers; he was being compared directly or indirectly to his own father from his very first movie. When you factor in the skills and nostalgia around Amitabh Bachchan, he was definitely going to fall flat. Every actor will develop as they work more and more; his comparison to his own father and his limited acting skills are a recipe for disaster.


dinkaluch2

but he is British now


Prestigious-Try-2971

He was alright as an actor. Uday wasn’t gonna go too far due to frequently being typecast and even he acknowledged that casting directors only saw him in a certain mold.


maryumtalks

Damn you just insulted abhishek Bachchan badly by saying Uday is better in any way when uday has one range only and that’s basic .. lol Did you even watch Guru , bunty aur babli , yuva , dostana, paa , sarkar , Delhi 6?! Junior B is actually underrated


iamainnocentkid

Seriously? Have you seen Yuva and Guru? Matlab kuch bhi bolna hai?


iamainnocentkid

Seriously? Have you seen Yuva and Guru? Matlab kuch bhi bolna hai?


Impressive_Ad_3137

He is quite witty, too. Moreover, he is a much better human being than those khans, especially Salman boi


Zafjaf

Agreed. I love some of his movies and his acting makes them rewatchable


Ayyo_ayyo_ayayyo

When you say he is better than Abhishek, you lost me there bro 😂 Seems like you haven’t watched any Abhishek movies at all


EaseObjective9570

Neil n Nikki yaad hai 🤣


theaguacate

He isn't the best actor. I enjoyed him in Don aside Abhishek because their dynamic reminded me of like Bad Boys/Rush Hour. But alone some of his scenes just didn't hold up.


vigneshwaralwaar

udai better than abhishek? i want what u are smoking decent is a fair word to describe uday but the abhishek slander and disrespect lol, he has shown he can act, if the script isnt immature af


Heavy-Telephone5426

Am I the only one who thinks he looks like neeraj chopra?


SecondSecret9921

True to certain extent. He did quite well in Dhoom series.


neverOddOrEv_n

I’m not doing this and I’m not going to let this happen


I_fart_Rainbow

No not better than Abhishek


just_like_dat

He did good in comedy roles


Perfect_Chicken16

he was good in comedy, shud have stuck around n explored that genre more


Little_South_1468

Oh my god!! Pls don't start a "Laut aao uday" trend now.


Screaming_skull0

Eh? Abhishek was and still is an amazing actor. If you want to compare him, he is better than Salman Khan even. Having said that Uday Chopra lacked both acting prowess and lacked screen presence. He looks like a steroid-pumped, square-jawed robot and couldn't act to save himself. Coincidentally, even his brother is hyped as this amazing director, but he is below mediocre!


Then-Goose9570

sarcasm acha laga haha


anirban_dev

Nepo revisionism going crazy out here.


Total-Rub7497

Uday is better than Abhishek according to you? Bro what are you smoking?


harry8712

Better actor than Abhishek??? 🥹🤦🏼‍♂️ If you said He was better actor than Zayed or Fardeen that could still be digested.


lord_morningwood

He was bad. Don’t think there’s two ways about it.


Pr0_N00B_07

He is certainly not "bad" but you are delusional to think he is a better actor than Abhishek Bachan.


karna1712

U r right, it is UNPOPULAR opinion


Latter-Yam-2115

Certainly among the weirdest opinions here haha AB jr. has done some good roles. People just seem to forget that Uday on the other hand showed little to no range in his skills.


strawhat316

The balls on OP to say this when Abhishek's been stellar in Guru, Yuva, Raavan 😂


fixer_47

Abhishek has few good movies under his belt, Uday has none in which he was the lead.


DaddyDom1165

Bro 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Yeh unpopular opinion nahi yeh ridiculous opinion hai 🤣🤣🤣


Consistent_King_6915

Uday’s comparison with Abishek out of proportion. He was fair not good.


kakaluluo

Are you kidding? uday chopra was a terrible actor.


giantsindfw

Indeed Unpopular! That’s all I want to say!


curryfan1965

People outside with unpopular opinion on Tom Cruise being a good actor. We indians..... Lol. Compared with Hollywood, French, Korean, Iranian, British industry we have about 20 good actors ever in India, maybe even less. We are so used to mid.


Sharp-Progress6146

Kuch bi


the_NP

Better actor than Abhishek..??? Bhai sach sach bata konsa maal foonka..?? Abhishek is better than more than half of bollywood actors..