IMHO Aamir in NO way even come close to legends ARR and Sachin.
--- In [email protected], "Chord" <purev...@...> wrote: > > http://www.naachgaana.com/2009/02/24/the-three-little-masters-of- > india/ > > Sachin Tenulkar, AR Rahman and Amir Khan. Something about the three > that sets them apart. apart from their short stature that is. Their > striving for excellence, their single minded dedication to their > craft, and their standing apart from the crowd. The only area where > Amir differs from the other two is in display of modesty and not > being dragged into controversies related to competitors. You try to > talk to Tendulkar about Dhoni or Rahman about Nadeem Shravan or > Himesh Reshamiya or whoever, they brush the questions aside with > polite, politically correct answers. That is partly because Rahman > and Sachin are so sure of their place in history that don't have to > bother. Amir is obviously a little more insecure. With Amir slowly > getting his due recognition, that should change. > > Since the achievements of Sachin and Rahman is easy to see, let me do > a bit of explaining about those of Amir. He has been a bit of a late > bloomer, starting to discover his rhythm from Sarfarosh and Ghulami > and coming onto his own with Lagaan. What a journey it has been since > then1 > > The modern Hindi film industry can be effectively divided to pre and > post-Lagaan. Imagine what the film achieved. an Oscar nomination ( > and pretty close to a win) with a film that was not an art-house fare > like Salaam Bombay, nor a humanistic dram alike Mother India, but a > rollicking entertainer with song and dance! A period sports film that > was 3and half hour long! And it worked and how! It led to more period > films like Bhagat Singh films and Jodhaa Akbar , and more sports > films like Chak De India. It awoke the West to Bollywood. In the same > year he came out with Dil Chatha Hai. A true cult film if there was > one. This was the precursor to all those hip youthful movies that the > gen-x audience love. From Salam Namaste to Rock On. He makes Mangal > Pandey with an art house director like Ketan Mehta and it gets a > record opening. Next he comes out with Rang De Basanti, allowing > himself to be cast as one among three, with no explicit romance, no > lip-sync songs , and it becomes a super-hit and the film for the > politically conscious youth. Fanaa is not a particular good film, yet > it gets a record opening and helps him reinforce his box office > status, allowing him to make Taare Zameen Par. Again what a film. a > film with a child hero, with dyslexia as the them! How many could > even spell the word before the film? A film which features a painting > competition as its climax, a film where Amir himself appears at the > half time. Made under less than ten crores it nets more than 60 > crores. t's a film that is seen by thousands who never watched a > Bollywood film. It is used as case study by NGOs and health care > professionals. Oh, before I forget, it was his directional debut as > well. Soon after he produces Jane Tu ya Jaane Naa. With two virtual > newcomers on a shoestring budget with a new director. The film bowls > everyone with its charm, emerging as the most loved film of 2008. > Grossing more than two and half times its sizable opening week > figures. Towards the the end of same year he comes out with Ghajini, > a film with violent action, a film that most people predicted would > keep the family audience away. No such luck. The film took a record > opening till date 50 cr approx for a 7-day week. And a mind boggling > total of 115 crores. A film that had a director and lead actress > totally new to Bollywood, a theme that many considered risky. Yet > Amir made t work. The people who dont see the mark of a perfectionist > even in a commercial venture like this will never understand Rahman > or Amir. For a sufi it does not matter if it is a Lattoo or an > Arziyan, Papu Cant Dance or Kehno Ko Jashne Bahara both demand total > devotion, and both can test your ability as an artist. Successes like > Ghajini are no accident. Every arc of the script has been carefully > structured. The choice of Asin as the heroine, the styling of Amir's > appearance, his acting which is mostly silences ( when did you last > see a Hindi film actor speak so little in a film?) , the use of songs > like Kaise Mujhe Mil Gayi.. all these are careful choices. Choices > only a master of his craft can make. And next he has lined up 3 > Idiots, a film whee at 43, he plays a college student, and I will bet > by last wretched rupee he will pull it off. And his forthcoming > productions like Dhobi Gaat and Delhi Belly will have the nation > talking about them, discussing, debating. Because make no mistake, > Amir' films have impact far beyond the box office ( Think Lagaan, > think Dil Chahta Hai, Think RDB, and think TZP). and with Ghajini he > has shown that he can play the box office game as well as anyone > else. Actually he does not have to play the game, like Rahman he can > swim against the stram, march to his own tune, make the films that he > believes in, give them his best, and the box office will take care of > itself. > > Little Masters, keep going on. The journey of a pioneer is that of a > loner. So don't worry about what others are saying or doing,. You > just keep going on your chosen path. Follwers, admirers and co- > tarvellers will come along. >
