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Sanjeev is an Indian Actor, who is working in Tamil film and television industry. In Raja Rani serial along with Alia Manasa in Vijay TV. Note: Sanjeev as.
Amitabh Bachchan in Deewar, 1975 Bachchan’s breakthrough was Zanjeer, but the Vijay of that film was angry and sullen; his acting largely focussed around only one emotion: Anger. In Deewar, he assembles the entire orchestra of rage. Deewar’s Vijay was defiant, cool, cocky, unreasonable and full of pathos. Amjad Khan in Sholay, 1975 The rasping voice, the arrogant swagger, the evil laugh, that malevolent eye—Amjad Khan’s bravura performance of a dacoit from the badlands of Chambal has few parallels in Indian cinema. Khan put the venom back in villainy in a performance that hasn’t ever been matched.
Sanjeev Kumar in Angoor, 1982 Normally great acting performances are associated with tragedy, or the character exhibiting a panoply of emotions. It is not often that a comic role gets this status. The one exception is Sanjeev Kumar’s double role in Angoor (based on Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors) where he makes you joyful with effortless acting and amazing comic timing.
Dilip Kumar in Devdas, 1955 Drunkard, loser and a coward. Who wants to see a character like that? It was left to Dilip Kumar and his intensity to make you feel for the pathetic fellow.
Devdas was an extreme performance; on the deep end of the tragedy ocean. Only an expert of the emotion, which Dilip Kumar is, could have taken the viewer there.
Naseeruddin Shah in Sparsh (Touch), 1980 The film explores a complex relationship between a visually impaired principal (Naseeruddin Shah) of a school for such children and a teacher (Shabana Azmi). Azmi is terrific but it is Shah whose controlled performance has the right mix of rage, loneliness and, at the same time, extreme vulnerability. Smita Patil in Mirch Masala, 1987 Patil was a great actress. Many of her great performances are laser-like in focus on a few things. So Arth for instance was about vulnerability and desire.
Jait Re Jait was about resilience and belief. Mirch Masala covers the entire oeuvre of her acting chops. From the low key of the early frames to the full blast upper registers in the closing stages of the film: The transformation is awesome. Rekha in Umrao Jaan, 1981 This is a journey back in time to the Lucknow of 1840 and your guide to the journey is Rekha’s matchless Umrao Jaan. Played with supreme poise, Rekha constructs a character that is unforgettable and heartbreaking.
One wonders if the role can be ever be attempted by anyone again. Supriya Choudhury in Meghe Dhaka Tara (Cloud-Capped Stars), 1960 Nita, portrayed by Choudhury, is the sole breadwinner of a refugee family from East Bengal, living in the suburbs of 1950s Calcutta.
Her family exploits her, while caring little for her own personal dreams, hardships and losses. Broken by circumstances and tuberculosis, her anguished cry ‘Dada ami banchte chai’ (Brother, I want to live) is one of the most well-recognised moments of Bengali cinema. Soumitra Chatterjee in Jhinder Bandi, 1961 Chatterjee is a creation of Satyajit Ray, but ironically his best performance happens to be in a non-Ray film. He’s the charming anti-hero in this adaptation of The Prisoner of Zenda, pitted against his biggest contemporary Uttam Kumar. Swordplay, wordplay and myriad emotions later, he wins this fascinating battle of superlative performances.
Upendra Limaye in Jogwa (The Awakening), 2009 The national award winner features Limaye who is given away by his parents to the service of goddess Yellamma. He plays a Jogta, a person who begs in the name of the goddess, is treated as a sex slave, taken advantage of by the ruling classes. A Jogta has to stop feeling like a man, wear a sari and live a life without desires. Limaye goes through a range of emotions from being subdued to extreme anger. He is able to convey the searing emotional conflict of a man forced to live like a woman by falling in love with a woman. Nilu Phule in Samna, 1975 Phule plays Hindurao Dhonde Patil, a zamindar who treats the village like his personal fiefdom. He represents the old, feudal system of the co-operative and sugar lobby.
One day, he meets a beggar (Shreeram Lagoo) and is impressed by his straight talking and his ability to stand up to him. He takes care of the drunkard but is not able to answer all the questions raised by him. Phule’s cruelty is subtle: He does not commit acts of gruesome violence or delivers crass dialogues; his presence is enough to fill you with revulsion. Almost Incredulous Wow what a list. Where do we start? OK Balraj Sahni and Smita Patil in - that 's good.
But if you are going to include Amitabh and Amjad Khan in the list, then why not Guru Dutt or Ashok Kumar? I do applaud you for not including that huckster Raj Kapoor.
And if Rekha and Nutan are in the list, why not Nargis, Meena Kumari, Suchitra Sen or Madhu Bala? And what 's the deal with just one selection from each of the 'regional ' film industries? You mean to say you can compare a JV Somayajulu and Balraj Sahni. And you mean you have seen and comprehend and understand all these languages and sub-cultures so well as to judge performances across 100 years.
The whole idea IMHO is preposterous but then I guess that 's what sells copy. On Dec 23, 2015. Sudhir there is no wonder Balraj sahni tops the list. Sanjeev kumar should come next. Both were extraordinRY TALENTS.ANR was far better than Dilip kumar as devdas. So neither dilip/amitabh 's performances should come in to the list.rather i would go for naseeruddin shah in masoom and one of the Uttamkumar 's performances.
If they count on south indian cinema, there are actors like SVR/NTR/Sivaji/DR rajkumar who would top the list at least with one of their performances if iam not wrong. SV ranga rao once rated as top 5 actors allover the world - all of these south stars were extraordinary, but they were more dramatic in their approach in most of their films as to cater the liking of south audiences. Mohanlal/mammootty are exceptional actors in current generation. On Oct 31, 2015.
Rajesh Rajagopal Maybe ur knowledge of kannada cinema is limited. Dr rajkumar in bangaaradha manushya is a right choice. He gave a world class performance. But some other mind blowing performances that shud have been a part of this list are b r panthulu in school master, vishnuvardhan in muthina haara, anantnag in beladingala baale, chaaruhaasan in tabarana kathe & shankarnag in ondhaanondhu kaaladhalli. Anantnag is a fine actor, on par with the best in india, but unfortunately, he has not got the recognition he deserved!! On Apr 22, 2015. Kousik First of all you need to watch generations & wide variations of movies both culturally & language wise.
Then only it is possible to comment. I have watched some. First comes The greatest of world cinema Uttam Kumar. If you thoroughly watch his movies, u can notice that he played characters of a farmer or poor village boy wearing dhoti, middle class unemployed with pant shirt, rich businessman with blazer & suite. Now actors wear dresses according to their characters. But all the dresses merge with the character all the time?
Not possible. Character & dress is okay, but if the actor can not merge with both of them then there is problem likewise oil & water. Here comes the exception.Uttam Kumar.he merged with dress, character, his own body & time.thats where you find no flaws. When character looks perfect characterically it is called natural acting, else acting.
Balraj Sahni, Dr. ANR, Sivaji Ganesan, Dilip kumar are in the same league with Uttam Kumar. On Mar 26, 2015.
Zsivaz A silly list. The person who made the list seems to have just put the actors who are regarded as great actors - purely for the sake of it. Take Sivaji Ganesan - arguably the greatest actor of them all. They have included Parasakthi - which is an awesome performance.
But I could think of several of his performances which I consider far better. Thiruvatchelvar Thiruvillayayadal Deiva Magan Thangapathakam Kappotoliya Thamizan Vasantha Maligai Veerapandiya Kattaboman Gauravam These were all far better performances Kamal Haasan in Mahandi was brilliant but I still think he was better in Guna and Nayagan. Mohanlal 's best performance is Iruvar- no contest! On Dec 13, 2014. Bhaskar I would like to make a small correction here. All 4 of Mohanlal 's National awards are not for performances.
One he won as the producer of the best movie in the same year that he got the best actor (for the same movie) award. Then he won a special jury mention for his acting in the same year that Mammootty won the best actor award.
Only two times he one the best actor award. And then there is an award for the best movie which he received as the producer and not for any talent. The fourth one special jury mention is for his talent, but again it is not an award. Only three actors have one 3 best actor awards. In chronological order, Kamal Hasan mammootty and Amitabh Bachan. None has got 4 or more.
On Dec 16, 2013. Sudhir whats wrong with Nargis Dutt's performance in Mother india?
SV Rangarao's performance in Nartanasala was unmatched by any indian actor till date.Waheeda Rehman's sensible performance in Guide, Meena kumari's performances in Saheb bibi aur ghulam and Pakeejha should also be considered. Savitri's great performance in 'Chivaraku migildei' was only a glimpse of her abundant acting skills - I think no actress can match her skills in acting in india - if you don't agree with it, Ask legendry kamal hassan.NTR's Dana Veer Sura Karn is also worth mentioned. On May 19, 2013.
Sudhir I congratulate the author for this meaningful list. Good thing about the author was he tried to cover more languages. Only Rajinikanth is seems to be misfit in this list. I watched tamil version of Golmal, but I liked Amolpalekar 's acting in original film when compared to that of Rajni 's. Few mistakes i want to rectify from the synopsys.
Kannada thespian Rajkumar is not the only actor to excel in all types of roles: comedy,sentimental,historical and mythological. Infact NTR (Nandamuri taraka Ramarao ) who enjoyed highest success rate in his times, beleived to born for doing mythological films - he was a versatile actor who have done an incredible range of characters- Mthological, Historical, folklore, Social, Socio-fantasy, Action, Romantic, Sentiment,comedy. His dialogue delivery can be matched with only with either sivaji Ganesan or SV Ranarao. I have a great respect in rajkumar - as he is the only superstar in india to have won national award for his SINGING talent.
Sivaji Ganesan was the first actor in india to have won an international award. SV rangarao ( for his role kichaka in Nartansala) is second indian to win international award. If you want to see the 'fluency ' in acting, watch any movie of SV Rangarao. He was at ease, in any kinda of roles he played- Most People Say on May 19, 2013.
Hari To Shishir Prasad, N.S. Ramnath, Sohini Mitter - Indian cinemas all time great actors are 4 they are Amithab Bachan,Kamal Hassan, Mammooty and mohanlal reason is very simple they all are super stars and super actors no actors in india can claim this ironic combination and these 4 actors carring 12 national award for best acting.
Nasurudin sha ompuri are super actors but not super stars Chiranjeevi rajanikanth or sharukh are super stars but nor super actors. I hope i am making sense on May 6, 2013. This is a list to appease regional prejudices, and not acting.
Of course without Dilip Kumar, a second rate actor, this list will be trashed. Not having Ashok kumar in Ashirwad, Madhubala in Mughl-e- azam, Gurudutt in Kagaz ke phool, Meena kumari in Sahib Bibi aur Ghulam, waheeda rehman in Pyassa, sunil Dutt in 'Mujhe jine do, and actors like Nargis, Sohrab Modi, Motilal, and a host of others will make the list more than 25. So enjoy your delusions. It is a story, that renders opportunity for memorable acting. On May 3, 2013. Lim S Mathilukal (malayalam film) Mathilukal (English: Walls; Malayalam: മതിലുകള്) is a 1989 Indian feature film written, directed and produced by Adoor Gopalakrishnan based on the autobiographical novel of the same name by Vaikom Muhammad Basheer. The film focusses on the prison life of Vaikom Muhammad Basheer and the love between him and Narayani, a female inmate of the prison, who remains unseen throughout the film.
Mammootty plays the role of Vaikom Muhammad Basheer while K. Lalitha gives voice to Narayani. The film was well received upon screening at the Venice Film Festival, and won four awards at the National Film Awards in 1990. About casting Mammootty, Adoor says: 'To play someone when he is living is no mean challenge, and the Malayalam star rose up to it '.1 Plot Confined to the narrow space of a prison cell, Bashir falls in love with a woman in the neighbouring prison compound. They are separated by a high wall so that they never see each other and have to devise ingenious ways for communicating. Narayani, Bashir 's love is presented as a female voice and never appears in person in the film.
On May 3, 2013. Rajkumar Chopra The choices given by you is not so appealing. Nobody can even think that the role of Meena Kumari in Sahib Biwi Aur Ghulam, Nargis in MotherIndia, Rajesh Khanna in Annand, Sushil Kumar in Dosti(1964), Waheeda Rehman in Khamoshi,Sanjeev Kumar in Naya Din Nayi Rat(nine roles played by him) and Jayant in Sunghursh is not in your list. You can delete Amitabh from Deewar and Sanjeev Kumar from Angoor and you can also add Sanjeev kumar in Koshish and V Shantaram In Do Ankhen Barah Hath and Rajkapoor in Jagte Raho on Apr 30, 2013. Lalit G Khamoshi would have been better than Angoor for Sanjeev Kumar. Rajesh Khanna in Anand is missed, and Dilip Kumar in Dosti (or even Naya Daur) would be better than Devdas - better to give it to Guru Dutt for Pyaasa on a similar theme of inebriation and pathos. Anupam Kher 's tour de force in Saaransh and Om Puri in Ardh Satya (or Aakrosh or Paar - anything with Om Puri, really) also deserve mentioning.
Also, the great Shabana Azmi in Arth. Kamal Haasan in Salangai Oli (Saagara Sangamam in Telugu) is certainly better than Mahanadi, and is probably the best male performance by an actor in any Indian movie according to me. All the others actors and movies cited are excellent and deserving of recognition. Expand it to 50 and you can fit in quite a few more gems like Meena Kumari in Pakeeza, Raj Kapoor in Teesri Kasam, Dev Anand (yes! Sue me for mentioning Dev in the same breath) in Guide, Jaya Bhaduri in Guddi, Nargs in Mother India, and Shah Rukh in Darr/Baazigar. Please remove Rajinikant if you wish to be taken seriously, and Laxmi in Sirai is better than Revathi in Mouna Raagam, but only by a whisker. Thanks for the list!
On Apr 29, 2013. Ravi I had a great regard for forbes list as I thought they do thorough homework before coming up with any top list, but only before reading this article.
Sorry to say this but true. Firstly, when we say Indian cinema, irrespective of population, all languages should be given equal importance. That is missing in this article. If the author does not agree with this, then the title should be changed to hindi cinema with some added things from other languages. Secondly, the selected performances list itself draws many arguments from all corners of the country. Telugu devdas by ANR is the pinnacle and well recognized by international critics also.
Even dilip kumar himself mentioned that he could not replicate the performance of ANR. Savitri is no less. One of the best natural actress in Indian cinema.
Thillu mullu itself is a remake. And till now, nowhere it is mentioned about great acting in this movie in history apart from the commercial name it got. Nobody would have felt so till now. I am not sure of other languages so dont want to comment. I urge the authors should take serious consideration of the comments and work towards that in future on Apr 28, 2013. Arjun I havnt seen too many masterclass/classic films in various languages to comment on what should or should not make it, but i feel Swathi Mutyum by Kamal Hassan surely deserves to be here.
The logic is simple, Anger, laughter, love, happiness etc. these are emotions we understand and feel regularly, thus we can emote them on screen; but innocence or the lack of knowing the ways of the world, is something we cant understand and thus cant emote naturally on screen. The performance by Kamal Hassan as an autistic person who transforms to marry a widower is simply spell bounding and the best acting i have seen.
Another performance would be again Kamal Hassan in Sagar Sangamam (same actor -director duo of Kamal on Apr 28, 2013. Srinivasan Any selection of great performances is a very subjective list and I don 't want to find fault with it. But I would certainly like to add my own choices to this great list of yours (forgive the southern bias): 1) Sheela and Madhu in Chemmeen (Malayalam) 2) Thilakan in Sandesam (Malayalam) 3) Mohanlal in Varavelpu 4) Kamal Hassan in Nayakan (Tamil) 5) Bhamidipati Sabitha in Sapthapathi (Telugu) 6) Charu Hassan in Tabarane Kathe (Kannada) Sarita in Achamillai, Achamillai. An honorary mention could be made of Shamli in Anjali. And I would add Sivaji Ganesan in Mudhal Mariyadhai too because he deviated from his established 'Madrasi acting ' and portrayed a powerfully subtle performance, showing that he could choose to act in any which way he wanted. All said, you should be lauded for coming up with a fairly comprehensive list.
On Apr 27, 2013. Shashimysooru Please do not generalize things by using the word 'Indian '.
'Indian Cinema ' has to include all languages in which movies are produced and one should take all the best performances in those language movies before generalizing and saying '25 Greatest Acting Performances of Indian Cinema '. Just because you have said, 'A pick of the most memorable acting performances ', you can 't put rubbish performances as 'the best '. Frankly speaking, most of the 25 Greatest Acting Performances of Indian Cinema ' are average performances. Among the 25 you have chosen, the first 10 are from the so-called 'Bollywood ', and interestingly. The greatest actors Hindi cinema has even seen. Like Naseeruddin Shah, Om Puri and many others are not are not listed here.
This article shows that it is not free from the popular conception of 'Best Performance ' and 'Indian '. A reader like me really don 't expect such article from a renowned media house like Forbes! On Apr 27, 2013. Shashimysooru Yes, Ramanath. I have read them.
But, why top 10 performances are only from Hindi? Why not from other languages?
This kind of 'generalization ' is affecting the growth of our India. Why INDIA=HINDI?
Is it because, it is the most widely spoken language in India? Or is it because, the govt. Of India is imposing Hindi on all language-speakers? I am sorry that by an oversight I have mentioned Naseeruddin 's name thinking that you have dropped out his name. Thankfully, you have mentioned about his performance. As a whole, it is a 'debatable ' list, indeed! On Apr 27, 2013.
In a sharp jump, average CEO salary at top-listed companies in the private sector is approaching Rs. 20 crore — double the level seen just two years ago at about Rs. However, this remains less than one-sixth of the average CEO salaries at the top listed companies in the United States, which stood at close to $20 million (about Rs. 130 crore) in 2015 despite a decline from the previous year.
In India, the average CEO salaries at top private companies, on the other hand, is way above the same at their public sector counterparts at just about Rs. 25 lakh-30 lakh. An analysis of the CEO salaries for the latest financial year 2015-16 disclosed by the country’s top listed companies, forming part of the stock market benchmark index Sensex, shows that they paid an average overall remuneration of close to Rs. 19 crore to their top executives. This includes salary, commissions, allowances, value of all perquisites and ESOPs exercised during the year, among other benefits disclosed by the companies as part of the total remuneration to their top-paid executives which included Executive Chairpersons, CEOs or Managing Directors.
Disclosures by 20 out of 24 firms The analysis is based on the disclosures made by 20 out of the total 24 private sector companies on the Sensex, as the remaining four are yet to disclose their figures. Among the six PSUs on the Sensex, the figure for 2015-16 is available as yet only in case of State Bank of India (SBI), whose Chairperson Arundhati Bhattacharya got just about Rs.
Among private sector giants Among the private sector giants on the Sensex, the highest-paid in 2015-16 included L&T’s A.M. 66.14 crore, more than half of which was ‘value of perquisites’ at nearly Rs. 39 crore), Infosys’ Vishal Sikka (Rs.
48.73 crore) and Lupin’s Desh Bandhu Gupta (Rs. Those at the lower end in terms of overall remuneration were mostly bankers and included Axis Bank’s Shikha Sharma (Rs. 5.5 crore), ICICI Bank’s Chanda Kochhar (Rs. 6.6 crore), HDFC Bank’s Aditya Puri (Rs. At housing finance giant HDFC Ltd, Chairman Deepak Parekh was paid just Rs. 1.89 crore, while Vice- Chairman and CEO Keki Mistry got Rs.
9.3 crore and MD Renu Sud Karnad got Rs. The latest figures were not available for four companies — Sun Pharma, Maruti, Hero MotoCorp and Cipla. The average CEO salary at the Sensex companies stood at about Rs. 9.9 crore in 2013-14, before rising to nearly Rs.
14 crore in 2014-15. It was lower at Rs.
8.5 crore in 2012-2013. This for Mukesh Ambani For the latest fiscal, RIL’s Mukesh Ambani got Rs. 15 crore as its Chairman and Managing Director, while Gautam Adani was paid Rs. 2.8 crore in the same role at Adani Ports and SEZ. At Adani Ports, Whole Time Director Malay Mahadevia was paid Rs.
10.7 crore, while the company said that Karan Adani, who was appointed CEO with effect from January 1, 2016, did not draw any remuneration for the year. At Bajaj Auto At Bajaj Auto, Chairman Rahul Bajaj was paid Rs. 11.3 crore, while son Rajiv Bajaj got Rs. 22.32 crore as its MD. Vice-Chairman Madhur Bajaj was paid Rs.
In case of Tata Motors, the newly appointed CEO and MD Guenter Butschek was paid Rs. 5.04 crore for the one-and-a-half month period that he served during the fiscal ended March 31, 2016. His remuneration for period starting February 15, 2016 till March 31 next has been pegged by the company at Rs. Mahindra and Mahindra At M&M, Chief Anand Mahindra was paid Rs. 6.58 crore, while Executive Director Pawan Goenka got Rs. 11.6 crore (a significant part of which came from exercise of stock options).
HUL CEO Sanjiv Mehta’s total remuneration was Rs 13.87 crore. Engineering and construction conglomerate L&T paid S.N.
Subrahmanyan, who has been named as Naik’s successor, Rs. 22.12 crore, while K. Venkatramanan, who retired during the last fiscal, got Rs. Other Sensex firms Among other Sensex companies, Asian Paints CEO K.B.S. Anand got Rs. 7.7 crore (up 27 per cent), while Dr. Reddy’s Chairman K.
Satish Reddy was paid Rs. 8.8 crore and CEO G.V. Prasad got Rs 11.9 crore. Tata Steel’s MD T.V.
Narendran got Rs. 7.3 crore, while Whole Time Director and CFO Kaushik Chatterjee got Rs. The total remuneration of Lupin’s Vice Chairman Kamal Sharma was Rs 25.7 crore, as against Chairman D.B.
Chandrasekaran got total remuneration of Rs. 25.6 crore, while the same for ITC’s Y.C.
Deveshwar was Rs 15.15 crore. At Wipro At Wipro, Chairman Azim Premji got Rs.
2.17 crore, while the same for his son and Chief Strategy Officer Rishad was little lower at Rs. Vice Chairman and former CEO T.K. Kurien got Rs 13.66 crore, while the new CEO Abidali Neemuchwala got Rs.
In case of Bharti Airtel, Chairman Sunil Mittal’s total remuneration was Rs. 27.8 crore, while that of MD and CEO (India and South Asia) Gopal Vittal was Rs.