Originally posted by: RaniPreityAish
The way the goalposts change never ceases to astound me.
First it's that Alia is the only bankable female star at the box office. Forget Sridevi, Madhuri, they are old news. Forget Rani, Aishwarya, Priyanka, Deepika, Katrina, they are irrelevant. But now that Alia's real track record is being exposed, suddenly box office doesn't matter anymore.
Suddenly only acting counts. The same acting that requires KJo to purchase awards and had the comments section on Alia's own posts removed because of all the flack she got for her "acting." These people come after Deepika for her diction and modulation but she can actually do accents when necessary for her characters (ex. Chennai Express, Piku).
When was the last time Alia could do a convincing accent? She was the least convincing Bengali of all time with zero effort made on her accent. Got the worst reviews from Rocky Aur Rani out of that entire cast and was overshadowed by her sarees.
So now that Shraddha has proven to have the biggest box office success and Alia's 4 crore opening isn't even a fraction of that, her defenders have decided that her acting (which is getting mixed reviews btw) is her only saving grace. Nostril flaring is not acting and never will be. Stick to your floppy Dharma movies if Alia Bhatt is your barometer of good acting.
You nailed it right on the head. Its soooooo embarrassing how the narratives change so quickly despite the reality and truth being so obvious.
Look at this topic for example, 24 pages filled out curated tweets and PR - when we all know what exactly is going on.
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