Rani Mukerji vs Kareena. Why Rani had a shorter stay at the top? - Page 6

Kareena didn't even start her peak until she hit 27 whereas Rani hit her peak when she was much younger and thus fizzled out when she was younger than 30. 

I don't think it's a fair comparison for Rani. Because Rani started way before Bebo..so she had her share of popularity and success. 

Edited by beboholic - 10 years ago

I believe that Rani has always been a far better actress than Kareena. She has displayed a greater amount of versatility. She also had a far greater run at the top than Kareena. Rani has given a lot of note-worthy performances whereas Kareena hasn't (in my opinion). Some say that JWM was Kareena's best; I beg to differ. 

Dont know
My history is weak

I remember how hugely both Rani and Preity benefited when Aishwarya was made the outcast post the Chalte Chalte fiasco. They got all the big movies Ash was then out of.

Rani and Preity were never number 1 material. Their peak time was 2003-05, and that was thanks to the same time being a weak time in Aishwarya's career. Once Ash bounced back again in 2005-06, they were gone!

Coming to Kareena, she almost debuted around the same time as Ash, Rani and Preity, but she neither had the popularity nor the hits to hold a candle to their stardom.

It was only when Rani and Preity were no more in the running for top 3, suddenly two places had emptied and that made way for Kareena and Priyanka to make entry into the top 3. This happened in 2007.

Kareena had three other major hits after Jab We Met with 3 Idiots, Golmaal 3 and Bodyguard. After that she hasn't delivered a single hit. And now her place has been taken over by Deepika. 2012 was her descent and marked Deepika's ascent.

Both Rani and Kareena are similar in the regard that they tried too hard to suck up to the Khans and the Khans dumped them when they werent in the top anymore. And too much reliance on YRF and Dharma made it worse.

But have to say Kareena's fall is far more gradual. Rani's happened too quickly.

Rani's association with YRF primarily. If you look back the actresses who had to struggle a bit even after successful debuts/initial films are the ones who survived the longest vs the ones who had it easy. Probably because they learnt tricks of the trade the hard way or built contacts with a wide range of people. 

Originally posted by: ponymo

I remember how hugely both Rani and Preity benefited when Aishwarya was made the outcast post the Chalte Chalte fiasco. They got all the big movies Ash was then out of.

Rani and Preity were never number 1 material. Their peak time was 2003-05, and that was thanks to the same time being a weak time in Aishwarya's career. Once Ash bounced back again in 2005-06, they were gone!

Coming to Kareena, she almost debuted around the same time as Ash, Rani and Preity, but she neither had the popularity nor the hits to hold a candle to their stardom.

It was only when Rani and Preity were no more in the running for top 3, suddenly two places had emptied and that made way for Kareena and Priyanka to make entry into the top 3. This happened in 2007.

Kareena had three other major hits after Jab We Met with 3 Idiots, Golmaal 3 and Bodyguard. After that she hasn't delivered a single hit. And now her place has been taken over by Deepika. 2012 was her descent and marked Deepika's ascent.

Both Rani and Kareena are similar in the regard that they tried too hard to suck up to the Khans and the Khans dumped them when they werent in the top anymore. And too much reliance on YRF and Dharma made it worse.

But have to say Kareena's fall is far more gradual. Rani's happened too quickly.

Rani farts a lot and whole unit has to evacuate.. thats why.  Edited by AllBlacks1 - 10 years ago

One of the reasons for heroines to stay longer at BO is to cater to the male fantasy apart from acting competently. Rani somehow never had that pull.

Rani is easily the more talented between her and Kareena but I do find her a bit repetitive in her acting choices sometimes, although I think she is vastly more watchable than her annoying cousin.