THACKERAY: Amrita Rao returns to films with this powerful role as Nawa - Page 2

Originally posted by: grumpydwarf

What outsiders ? Vidya, Priyanka, Kangana, Deepika ? Deepika's prestigious family helped her a lot! Katrina's boyfriend. PC was Miss World. I will give Kangana and Vidya credit. You honestly think nepotism played no part. Yes Amrita's family was also rich but nothing like the Padukone's in prestige. I have enough sources to know how much that helped her.

Amrita Rao failed bcoz she got stereotyped in Girl Next Door roles and though she tried for a make over in Main Hun Naa, she was unimpressive as she was physically puny and looked out of place.

Originally posted by: grumpydwarf

What outsiders ? Vidya, Priyanka, Kangana, Deepika ? Deepika's prestigious family helped her a lot! Katrina's boyfriend. PC was Miss World. I will give Kangana and Vidya credit. You honestly think nepotism played no part. Yes Amrita's family was also rich but nothing like the Padukone's in prestige. I have enough sources to know how much that helped her.

Originally posted by: grumpydwarf

What outsiders ? Vidya, Priyanka, Kangana, Deepika ? Deepika's prestigious family helped her a lot! Katrina's boyfriend. PC was Miss World. I will give Kangana and Vidya credit. You honestly think nepotism played no part. Yes Amrita's family was also rich but nothing like the Padukone's in prestige. I have enough sources to know how much that helped her.

Originally posted by: grumpydwarf

Another beautiful talented outsider who didn't get her due !

Originally posted by: pallavi25

If Asin can be called successful with her 2.5 Blockbusters, then Amrita also had a few superhits and BBs, mainly with Shahid. In MHN also she had quite a central role.

Amrita could not succeed because she refused to compromise or wear revealing clothes, do sexy dances etc. Actually she was correct to refuse all that since bold roles, revealing outfits would not even suit her, she had typical girl next door looks which would not suit in item songs.

Actually Amrita would do better in these current BW films which have more simple, slice of life stories, small town setting etc.

Asin was much popular than Amrita though pallavi-ji.Unlike Amrita, Asin actually enjoyed a male following.
Amrita's biggest "thing" was the she was the girl who looked best with Shahid. Other than that, she didn't had anything going for her.
Also if you agree that Amrita didn't succeed because of her choices, why than blame the industry and nepotism/her being outsider for it.


Vidya Balan, who would have thought she could perfectly play the sex siren of the 1970s and 1980s, but she did and did so brilliantly that TDP won her both acclaim and box office success.

That is risk taking, that is talent.


And Amrita was cocky about how she is sati-savitri.

Although later on when grass was not green, she had to do all things she didn't like doing in Short Kut i.e. wearing skimpy clothes and doing racy dance numbers.

Amrita was a decent actress actually and she is best suited for simple kind of roles, in glam roles she looked misfit. I don't believe that she is underrated or anything! She just did not have it in her to be a top actress in bollywood. But yeah given there are so many content driven small budget movies these days, i think she could easily try to fit in now, she is talented enough to do that!

My point was the title and name recognition opened the door for them. Afterwards they were like most star kids in 90s. They were on their own. I know Padukone did benefit from the last name to some extent. Not saying it was completely that. It a source from her former agency bling global.

Four films can't release on the same date. If Manikarnika gets postponed, it'll be Super 30 vs Thackeray on Republic day next year.