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This guy was the devil's embodiment in part one but adding his down-syndrome daughter and abusive father was not needed at all !

Despite O'Romeo turning out to be a strict one time watch. Two scenes remained in my mind. First was Rahul Deshpande's character explaining the bride he desires via his singing skills.

Another scene that remained in my mind was Nana Patekar's character confronting Shahid Kapoor's character. That was mainly due to the physique maintained by the actor even at the age of 75.

I regularly point in this sub over how Sunny Deol is convincing enough to portray action roles at the age of 67. Same is the case with when many in this sub point how Anil Kapoor has maintained himself well.

In that context, for the physique that Nana has maintained at the age of 75, deserves appreciation.

It became a cult classic despite not earning huge at the box office and restoring faith in Salman's career like Wanted and Dabangg in the future.

So did the audience only go for Salman or was the content strong just not bearable by family audience who didnt expect such darkness?

Feels like this film just disappeared from people’s memory, but I still think Family (2006) was a pretty solid action-thriller. The whole revenge angle, Amitabh Bachchan’s ruthless character, and that emotional conflict with Akshay Kumar, it had a strong core. This is first movie of aryeman . It wasn’t perfect, sure… pacing issues and a bit uneven at places, but definitely not as forgettable . What's your thoughts?

I’m going for Bhooth Bangla with office colleagues today and got put in charge of booking tickets. Should I use BookMyShow, District or Paytm? Which one do you all prefer?

Heard this song after a long time. Which are your favourite cult classic songs ?? 😄

Shreyas Talpade was the soul of the movie, and I like how it gained cult status over the years, despite being considered the weakest film in the Golmaal series, according to Rohit Shetty 🫡.

I’m not talking about personal fights, fee disputes, or post-release fallouts- only genuine disagreements over screenplay, character logic, scene construction, performance choices, or the overall vision of the film.

For ex., one of the most fascinating stories I heard was from Khamoshi, where Nana Patekar reportedly had a major disagreement with Sanjay Leela Bhansali over a scene in which his wife falls.

SLB wanted Nana’s character to turn and react, but Nana questioned the logic of it, asking how a deaf and mute character would even know she had fallen. SLB’s argument was that their emotional connection went beyond normal human realms, while Nana insisted that the character truth and physical reality of the scene had to be respected.

The classic case of naturalism vs heightened storytelling.

Some other examples:

• Rangeela - Aamir Khan vs Ram Gopal Varma, where Aamir reportedly had issues with the lack of conflict in the second half.
• Aamir Khan vs Mahesh Bhatt, with famous stories of Aamir interrupting the scene because he found the color of table wrong or took 9 hrs to decide the cap he will wear in the film.
• Devdas- Shahrukh Khan vs Sanjay Leela Bhansali, where the creative tension was reportedly around performance pitch, emotional modulation, and how heightened or internalized Devdas should feel within SLB’s operatic style. Years later, SRK joked the director could've played much better Devdas than me.
• Dabangg- Salman Khan vs Abhinav Kashyap over the creative direction and authorship of the film/franchise.
• Nana Patekar vs Vidhu Vinod Chopra, another actor-director equation often discussed in terms of strong creative disagreements.
• Manikarnika- Kangana Ranaut vs Krish over the film’s vision and who was really shaping the final product.
• Babumoshai Bandookbaaz- Chitrangada Singh vs Kushan Nandy, where the disagreement reportedly escalated during the staging and direction of intimate scenes, leading to a major creative fallout and her eventual exit from the film.

I counted the box office gross of an actor's entire 2020s decade filmography. The data is from January 2020 to 19 April 2026. These rankings will change by the end of the decade.

My Takeaway:

- SRK is the #1 in terms of average gross per film. 889 Cr avg per movie with just 3 releases. Those being Pathaan, Jawan, Dunki.

- Ranveer Singh has the highest total gross at 3844 Cr. that's massively driven by Dhurandhar duology.

- Akshay Kumar has done films, total of 17. He is the poster boy of quantity over quality.

- Rajkumar Rao is carried by Stree 2, and various smaller indie films.

- Salman Khan is shockingly low considering he was arguably the biggest star of 2010s. He has the lowest total gross out of all.

- Sunny Deol is another surprise, he is right outside the top 3 and the biggest mid-tier star. Nostalgia put him there, people really missed seeing Sunny roar on-screen.

- Vicky Kaushal and Kartik Aaryan are solid rising stars. They only became famous as leads just in this decade. Vicky broke through in 2019, but close.

- Ranbir Kapoor is #3 which seems most fair.