New Delhi, Dec 03: Superstar Shah Rukh Khan in the upcoming film `Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi` plays a gawky middle class man, a far cry from the suave romantic characters - Raj and Rahul that he has portrayed in a majority of his films.
Akshay Kumar plays a villager in `Singh is Kinng`, Abhay Deol plays a middle class young man in `Ahista Ahista` and Saif Ali Khan had in `Omkara` traded his urban charm to turn rustic. In `A Wednesday` Nasseruddin Shah surprised many with his character of a common man who fights terrorism in his own way.
With actors opting for real life characters in their film, the larger than life hero of Indian cinema with superhuman qualities is slowly losing out to the characters which are deeply rooted in reality.
Bureau Report
First Published: Wednesday, December 3, 2008, 15:26
