Aloo is still salty 😂😂😂😂😂 - Page 4

Haven't read the article. People, please start posting the gist or copy instead of links.

Anyway, her role in RRR was negligible. I don't know if she expected a bigger role. But if I expected to have a significant role on a project but was pushed to the sidelines, you bet I would be salty and bitter. I would not want to work with that leader again unless they apologized.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with walking away from a project that is going to pigeonhole you and not let your talents shine. I wish all humans had the confidence and privilege to walk away from projects that will not serve them. There is nothing wrong in preserving your career.

Originally posted by: guftagoo

Also I don't understand, Alia has no contemporaries per se, she has juniors(all annoying kids who idolize her) , she has seniors, but barely anyone who is a true contemporary. Ek parineeti thi, she has vanished, Sonakshi has now moved on to web (and rightfully so) and what happened to Shraddha? What a weird thing, an industry as big and not enough 'good' actresses being cast in films even.

That is a very good observation..all her contemporaries have vanished from the scene or doing small movies.. Yami, Diana and Huma debuted in the same year..parineeti a year before.. but none got great roles

Started watching Gangubai but couldn't complete. Didn't really like it. Alia was not bad but the storyline and treatment wasn't very absorbing

Originally posted by: guftagoo

Also I don't understand, Alia has no contemporaries per se, she has juniors(all annoying kids who idolize her) , she has seniors, but barely anyone who is a true contemporary. Ek parineeti thi, she has vanished, Sonakshi has now moved on to web (and rightfully so) and what happened to Shraddha? What a weird thing, an industry as big and not enough 'good' actresses being cast in films even.

Shraddha is there. She has an interesting lineup.

Kriti Sanon is also doing well.

Taapsee too.

Originally posted by: guftagoo

Aloo is doing great at this point of her career both in terms of acting and saleability. There is no doubt about it and no point debating it also.

However, I agree with the member here who has stated that Aloo's filmography is so carefully curated , unlike say a Deepika's whose filmography has a Race, Housefull, a desiboyz thrown here and there.

A a lot of Telugu actors from filmi families also very carefully choose their directors, music directors, heroines and item numbers even, right from then beginning of their career. Might not work everytime, but curated nevertheless. The problem here is, it seems that KJo plays a big role in her career and this is something that doesn't sit too well with me. Even at a philosophical level, I feel a superstar is someone who can make decisions for themselves and stand by them. Alia might have been disappointed with RRR but she displayed it out and out which she could have easily avoided, things like these reveal the strength and attitude of a person.

At the end of the day there is a reason why SRK is SRK, we love the success stories, but it is the struggle story which we root for. Aur wohi na ho toh kya maza? When you are at your lows, it is your previous struggles and owning upto your failures that keep you afloat.

Great point!

Hi all,

New user here. Followed the forum for sometime and like how the discussions are mature, healthy and more in depth then most other places.

Imo, the role was a small one was known to her, Rajamouli has clearly stated that length was small but it was connecting point in the story.

after baahubali and kgf Kjo was smart to realise the potential of these makers/movies and wanted to give her a headstart into these and got her in. It was a win-win as the makers got a star who was familiar with the Hindi audience. But I think the acclaim she got with Gangu and the critcial/commercial response that jr ntr and ram charan got with her being teased for the short role got to her. She is used to getting everything on a platter courtesy Kjo which can only go some distance and didnt work this time. His proteges might bend to accomodate her, filmmakers of stature will only go the distance which benefits them.

I agree that finally her tragedy will be that she is a great actress but it will always be tainted by the easy path, it will never be the sweat, blood and tears success which resonates with the audience of a SRK, Sridevi or Amitabh.

also, another great point, once you are a "performance oriented" actress, you will not find a part in the big hero films. Of course, one may argue that they are useless, but a lot of them are huge commerical successes and you need that too which is why actresses like Madhuri, Sridevi, Aishwarya and down south Nayantara, Samantha and Anushka try to balance both. But Aalia is also limited by her personality and looks where taking on true blue commercial large than life roles don't work for her

Originally posted by: return_to_hades

Haven't read the article. People, please start posting the gist or copy instead of links.

Anyway, her role in RRR was negligible. I don't know if she expected a bigger role. But if I expected to have a significant role on a project but was pushed to the sidelines, you bet I would be salty and bitter. I would not want to work with that leader again unless they apologized.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with walking away from a project that is going to pigeonhole you and not let your talents shine. I wish all humans had the confidence and privilege to walk away from projects that will not serve them. There is nothing wrong in preserving your career.

Here you go; like I said, not a very well written article but it made for some good discussion here.

After her disappointingly abbreviated role in Rajamouli’s RRR, is Alia Bhatt done with the Telugu cinema, at least for now?
News from Hyderabad is that she has opted out of her RRR co-star NTR Jr’s next project being directed by Koratala Siva . The veteran director’s mammoth Chiranjeevi-Ram Charan venture Acharya has just tanked at the boxoffice.

Alia’s exit from the project is significant in the light of her alleged disappointment with the way her role shaped up in RRR. Or maybe she didn’t want to offend Ram Charan (Alia was teamed with Ram Charan in RRR) by working with his RRR co-star NTR(Ram Charan was given a raw deal in RRR) in a film directed by Ram Charan’s flop Acharya’s director.

More likely, is Alia cutting down on assignments to start a family?

Originally posted by: return_to_hades

Haven't read the article. People, please start posting the gist or copy instead of links.

Anyway, her role in RRR was negligible. I don't know if she expected a bigger role. But if I expected to have a significant role on a project but was pushed to the sidelines, you bet I would be salty and bitter. I would not want to work with that leader again unless they apologized.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with walking away from a project that is going to pigeonhole you and not let your talents shine. I wish all humans had the confidence and privilege to walk away from projects that will not serve them. There is nothing wrong in preserving your career.

Posting copies is banned. Gists, you are expecting too much from lazy IFians🤣

Originally posted by: vcs17

Great point!

Hi all,

New user here. Followed the forum for sometime and like how the discussions are mature, healthy and more in depth then most other places.

Imo, the role was a small one was known to her, Rajamouli has clearly stated that length was small but it was connecting point in the story.

after baahubali and kgf Kjo was smart to realise the potential of these makers/movies and wanted to give her a headstart into these and got her in. It was a win-win as the makers got a star who was familiar with the Hindi audience. But I think the acclaim she got with Gangu and the critcial/commercial response that jr ntr and ram charan got with her being teased for the short role got to her. She is used to getting everything on a platter courtesy Kjo which can only go some distance and didnt work this time. His proteges might bend to accomodate her, filmmakers of stature will only go the distance which benefits them.

I agree that finally her tragedy will be that she is a great actress but it will always be tainted by the easy path, it will never be the sweat, blood and tears success which resonates with the audience of a SRK, Sridevi or Amitabh.

also, another great point, once you are a "performance oriented" actress, you will not find a part in the big hero films. Of course, one may argue that they are useless, but a lot of them are huge commerical successes and you need that too which is why actresses like Madhuri, Sridevi, Aishwarya and down south Nayantara, Samantha and Anushka try to balance both. But Aalia is also limited by her personality and looks where taking on true blue commercial large than life roles don't work for her

Agreed! Great that you brought up Samantha because she is a perfect example of balancing act. From flower pot roles to good roles in out and out commercial films to movies which revolve around her character, she has transitioned very well and just when nobody would have imagined she went on to do an item number and what it did to her graph is there for everybody to witness. Moreover we can argue about the raunchiness of the song 'O antava', but it has garnered a lot of respect for her in the industry just because she "agreed" to do that and gave her hundred percent to it.

This brings to another point that even a 10 minute role or song done either for glamour or any other purpose can fetch appreciation and respect from your peers and audience depending upon your growth as a star, your display of versatility, screen presence and just your stature in the industry and Aloo has a really long way to go in this regard.

Originally posted by: guftagoo

Agreed! Great that you brought up Samantha because she is a perfect example of balancing act. From flower pot roles to good roles in out and out commercial films to movies which revolve around her character, she has transitioned very well and just when nobody would have imagined she went on to do an item number and what it did to her graph is there for everybody to witness. Moreover we can argue about the raunchiness of the song 'O antava', but it has garnered a lot of respect for her in the industry just because she "agreed" to do that and gave her hundred percent to it.

This brings to another point that even a 10 minute role or song done either for glamour or any other purpose can fetch appreciation and respect from your peers and audience depending upon your growth as a star, your display of versatility, screen presence and just your stature in the industry and Aloo has a really long way to go in this regard.

spot on, it does require a lot of effort and skill to even carry off an "item song", a "glamourous role".

even a larger than life role in a masala film requires you to convince the audience to surrender to its world which is not easy. few actors who can straddle both.

true, and the "o antava" song is a great example of star power,

alia is a good actress and the role though short was decently written but she was not a fit into its nativity, a sai pallavi or keerthy suresh would have fit better and maybe that is why there was no connect and appreciation, in fact ajay devgn made a better impact in an equally short role

Yes, I agree that she is amazing but if she finds it suitable to do a role then why not. It is an add on to her career