A long time back, I had wrote a post on how people considered Don 2
performance of Shah Rukh's, best after Chak! De India performance. Then I
was supposed to reveal my list of top 10 SRK performances. Well here we
are.
Arun of One 2 ka 4
Shah Rukh as a police officer without the police uniform! Anyway, performance wise Arun holds a rank number on my list because he is a bit of an angry idiot. Ready to encounter anyone and not caring about the possible consequences of losing his job. Later in the movie, he sheds his careless hot tempered image to become a more responsible and caring Arun. It is one of those performances of Shah Rukh which looks like a pile of shit at the beginning then Shah Rukh builds a neat character by the end of the 3 hours.
Don/Vijay of Don/Don 2
Time for a role reversal. Shah Rukh as Don in both part 1 and 2. Don is really an amazing guy. Honestly, Don wasn't present much in part 1 which was mainly about Vijay. But if you watched it carefully then you would be able to see Don in Vijay. But Don 2 was purely about Don himself. He truly is a grand criminal who made other kinds of robberies look petty in front of what he did! And performance wise, Don is WOW. Such performances makes you want to applaud Shah Rukh's versatility.The anger, wittiness, deceiving ability, unmatched shrewdness...words fall short to describe what a genius role it is and the way Shah Rukh pulled it off.
Dev of Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna
This performance of Shah Rukh's was truly unexpected and really great. Dev was an angry and frustrated guy with a rude sense of humor. Then he falls in love but he still holds on to his characteristics of what he was before. This was a new kind of "romantic" role Shah Rukh played. Every character he portrayed before KANK, he is shown to be sweet, wicked, evil, careless, etc. But later he sort of lets go of those personality traits. In KANK, it was different, he held onto his negative traits. How I see the role of Dev is it's a mixture of a protagonist and an antagonist. Of course it was out of Shah Rukh's comfort zone but I view Dev as the ticket to Kabir, G.One, Rizwan, etc.
Rizwan of My Name Is Khan
How can I not have Rizwan in my top 10? Like how? It's impossible. Anyway, as I have said before, that I find Rizwan's character very special. The simple man with beyond simple beliefs that are too naive for the twisted world we live in. Shah Rukh as Rizwan was really outstanding. He worked hard to step in Rizwan's shoes. It was a physical challenge for Shah Rukh rather than morally challenging. But he pulled off Rizwan extremely well. An actor who is able to make the audience copy his emotions and reactions in real time, had to get the audience to really feel for Rizwan because Rizwan was limited when it came to expressions. But this time, we got along with Rizwan perhaps more than we did with the poster boys Rahul and Raj of their respective films...who are really just fantasies. Rizwan made us remember the basics of life which are buried in our everyday affairs.
Four performances are enough for a lazy Sunday! I will reveal the rest and the numbers some other day. Take care people, have a good day.
Arun of One 2 ka 4
Shah Rukh as a police officer without the police uniform! Anyway, performance wise Arun holds a rank number on my list because he is a bit of an angry idiot. Ready to encounter anyone and not caring about the possible consequences of losing his job. Later in the movie, he sheds his careless hot tempered image to become a more responsible and caring Arun. It is one of those performances of Shah Rukh which looks like a pile of shit at the beginning then Shah Rukh builds a neat character by the end of the 3 hours.
Don/Vijay of Don/Don 2
Time for a role reversal. Shah Rukh as Don in both part 1 and 2. Don is really an amazing guy. Honestly, Don wasn't present much in part 1 which was mainly about Vijay. But if you watched it carefully then you would be able to see Don in Vijay. But Don 2 was purely about Don himself. He truly is a grand criminal who made other kinds of robberies look petty in front of what he did! And performance wise, Don is WOW. Such performances makes you want to applaud Shah Rukh's versatility.The anger, wittiness, deceiving ability, unmatched shrewdness...words fall short to describe what a genius role it is and the way Shah Rukh pulled it off.
Dev of Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna
This performance of Shah Rukh's was truly unexpected and really great. Dev was an angry and frustrated guy with a rude sense of humor. Then he falls in love but he still holds on to his characteristics of what he was before. This was a new kind of "romantic" role Shah Rukh played. Every character he portrayed before KANK, he is shown to be sweet, wicked, evil, careless, etc. But later he sort of lets go of those personality traits. In KANK, it was different, he held onto his negative traits. How I see the role of Dev is it's a mixture of a protagonist and an antagonist. Of course it was out of Shah Rukh's comfort zone but I view Dev as the ticket to Kabir, G.One, Rizwan, etc.
Rizwan of My Name Is Khan
How can I not have Rizwan in my top 10? Like how? It's impossible. Anyway, as I have said before, that I find Rizwan's character very special. The simple man with beyond simple beliefs that are too naive for the twisted world we live in. Shah Rukh as Rizwan was really outstanding. He worked hard to step in Rizwan's shoes. It was a physical challenge for Shah Rukh rather than morally challenging. But he pulled off Rizwan extremely well. An actor who is able to make the audience copy his emotions and reactions in real time, had to get the audience to really feel for Rizwan because Rizwan was limited when it came to expressions. But this time, we got along with Rizwan perhaps more than we did with the poster boys Rahul and Raj of their respective films...who are really just fantasies. Rizwan made us remember the basics of life which are buried in our everyday affairs.
Four performances are enough for a lazy Sunday! I will reveal the rest and the numbers some other day. Take care people, have a good day.
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