Happy birthday to superstar Anil Kapoor.
The viewers of
bollywood films wish happy birthday to superstar Anil Kapoor on 24th
December, 2011. Critics argue that other than Dilip Kumar, Raj Kapoor and
Amitabh Bacchan, no other actor in India had the same amount of individual
talent as that of Anil Kapoor. He had sustained the heat and storm of bollywood
films for more than 25 years and even at an age of 52, still remains an
indispensable figure in bollywood industry. Although Shahrukh Khan and Salman
Khan took the industry by storm from the mid-90s, but Anil Kapoor had given one
hit or the other in all those years.
Furthermore
those actors who had come with Anil Kapoor like Jackie Shroff, Sunny Deol and
others shifted to character acting, but Anil Kapoor still remained hero in the
recent period. That describes his talent in totality. In 2008, he had played
different types of roles.
In Race, the
first super hit film of 2008, Anil Kapoor played the role of detective who had
solved the mystery relating to the death of Saif Ali Khan. He disclosed the
fact that Saif Ali Khan had not died but his death was planted. He also
witnessed the death of Akshay Khanna when he competed with Saif Ali Khan in a
car race. The film was related to the devolvement of family property between
the two brothers. Anil Kapoor balanced the suspense –drama with action stunts
of Saif Ali Khan, Akshay Khanna and dance sequences of Katrina Kaif, Bipasha
Basu and Sameera Reddy. The songs composed by Pritam like “pehli nazar”, “allah
duhayi hai” became landmark hits in the early part of the year.
He acted in a
negative role in the big banner film Tashan with Saif Ali Khan and Akshay
Kumar. He sent Akshay Kumar to collect the debts of Saif Ali Khan and Kareena
Kapoor. Akshay Kumar discovered his childhood relationship with Kareena Kapoor
and took revenge against Anil Kapoor at the end of the film in a power-pact
action sequence. Although the film could not do justice to the star-cast and
high expectations of the audience of the country, the funny performance of Anil
Kapoor could not be ignored.
Anil Kapoor was
sublime in Subhash Ghai’s musical venture Yuvvraaj that was released in the
last part of the year 2008. It was the first time that Subhash Ghai, AR Rehman
and Gulzar had united together to compose the music of the film, and the music
had already become hit. The hit songs of the film included “tu muskura”,
“shanno shanno”, “to mera dost hai”, etc. Although Subhash Ghai concentrated
more on the romantic presentation of the relationship between Salman Khan and
Katrina Kaif in the film, the performance of Anil Kapoor as the elder brother
and an innocent character appealed to the viewers the most. The audience has so
much weakness for Anil Kapoor that the scene where Zaid Khan had slapped Anil
Kapoor had created negative impact on the crowds and there were requests of
editing of the scene. Although the film did not get box-office Anil Kapoor’s
splendid performance was appreciated.
In 2009, the
film directed by Anil Kapoor titled Short Cut, got critical acclamation. He had
cast Akshay Khanna in the lead role who played the role of a devoted director.
He was cheated by the actor Arshad Warsi who got success in films by short cut.
Akshay Khanna used him in his own film and took revenge against the cheating
committed by Arshad Warsi. Sonu Nigam’s song “kal nau baje” appealed to the
viewers. The film he had produced in 2009, titled Slumdog Millionaire, won
numerous number of Oscar awards, including the best composer award won by AR
Rehman. Anil Kapoor is continuing with his directoral projects ahead.
In his long
career, Anil Kapoor had acted with giants like Dilip Kumar and Big B in Sholay;
Dilip Kumar, Nasiruddin Shah, Jackie Shroff in Karma, Nutan in Meri Jung, etc.
He had performed in every type of film including romantic films, comedy films,
action dramas, serious films, etc. He had acted different actresses ranging
from Padmini Kolhapuri, Sri Devi, Madhuri Dixit to Tabu, Aishwarya Rai, Lara
Dutta, to name a few.
Articles after
articles can be devoted to the versatile actor. His notable films include Mr.
India, Meri Jung, Tezaab, Pukar, Nayak, Virasat, No Entry, to name a few. He
received filmfare awards, national awards for best actor and other awards
dedicated for the excellence in bollywood cinema. Critics say that he never
received the recognition that he deserved in life.
In 2010, the
film No Problem, produced by him, did mediocre business. He had acted well in
the film along with Sushmita Sen, Sanjay Dutt and Akshay Khanna. A section of
the crowd thinks that Anil Kapoor can contribute in mainly character roles, as
his age is in the 50s.
Even then the
viewers expect him to continue the good work and entertain the viewers in the
same way both as actor and also producer, director, as he did in the last 25
years.
