tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post5996920486766623259..comments2024-03-27T14:57:37.031+05:30Comments on Jabberwock: Two faces of Haribhai, a.k.a. Sanjeev KumarJabberwockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10210195396120573794noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-11181977826840498202018-08-15T07:40:53.671+05:302018-08-15T07:40:53.671+05:30He is my fav. He was awesome. Desi Marlon Brando...He is my fav. He was awesome. Desi Marlon Brando.<br />The actor is only as great as the times he worked in. Directors he got. roles he selected.<br />If Prithvi Raj Kapoor lived today, he would be a completely different actor.<br />SK had lot of potential and maybe it wasn't fully exploited.<br />Having said that, SK was theatre trained actor. Hamming, serious, understated, overacting, humor...he could do it all, so versatile and was very handsome in those black and white movies. He was like a clay in the hands of a director. if the director is bad, even AmitabhBachchan cannot save the day. So we cannot point to that drunken scene. There are so many other with Jayab or Suchitra, where he is outstanding. Sholay was commercial film. Look at hema-dharam in that movie. Jaya and bigb had almost no lines and they are above par actors. IF SK didn't do the proper hindi cinema commercial acting in sholay and over the top gabbar, then sholay wouldn't be sholay!!<br />And the reason your mum liked him (good taste apart), he was quite hot and sexy. Watch this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6FkVPOMtvMnaroophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04144856342866758307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-84752882681360432862018-08-11T07:13:50.811+05:302018-08-11T07:13:50.811+05:30Hi everyone,
thanks for the comments. Just putting...Hi everyone,<br />thanks for the comments. Just putting up this boiler-plate comment here (and on other posts) to say: I have been missing lots of "to be moderated" comments because for some reason they are no longer coming to my email. <br />Will have to figure out what the problem is -- I think it may be that Blogger's spam-detection is no longer too good, with the result that literally hundreds of spam comments every week are going into the "to be moderated" folder, and then they don't get sent to Gmail because there are too many of them. I just had to sift through hundreds of recent comments on the Blogger dashboard to find the genuine ones, which I have now published.Jabberwockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10210195396120573794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-22637309091134870072018-08-10T23:21:13.676+05:302018-08-10T23:21:13.676+05:30Sermonizing adults, indeed! I've also heard mu...Sermonizing adults, indeed! I've also heard multiple adults say that he was the only original actor of his generation, the rest apparently modeled themselves on Dilip Kumar, Raj Kapoor or Shammi Kapoor.<br />"Sanjeev Kumar could, at different stages in his career, be both varieties of ham actor"<br />Off the top of my head I couldn't think of any 'understated' performances by him. Which ones were you referring to? When I think of his hamming, I'm always reminded of close-ups of his popping eyes (trishool and sholay). I always thought that he couldn't resist doing actorly things in his more serious roles, and was unable to find any moments of relief (pun intended).Apuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01173853780637649858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-34314211645159886292018-08-10T12:21:35.918+05:302018-08-10T12:21:35.918+05:30Superb write up, Jai. It's hilarious how you d...Superb write up, Jai. It's hilarious how you demystify all the popular notions about Sanjeev Kumar. And I agree with you that he was over celebrated. For example a lot of people remember him in Mausam but Sharmila Tagores performance is forgotten, who I thought was superb in the role. Pessimist Foolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06057153008708242962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-15759455741458215052018-08-10T02:27:51.164+05:302018-08-10T02:27:51.164+05:30Oh God never thought someone will be able to break...Oh God never thought someone will be able to break the idol so well in a single post!! How do we knowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10997565750098001380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-59045062570665180302018-08-10T02:27:08.636+05:302018-08-10T02:27:08.636+05:30Oh God never thought someone will be able to break...Oh God never thought someone will be able to break the idol so well in a single post!! How do we knowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10997565750098001380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-83454505356033499792018-08-08T01:56:31.757+05:302018-08-08T01:56:31.757+05:30So Sanjeev Kumar was an overrated actor! Interesti...So Sanjeev Kumar was an overrated actor! Interesting that you compare his performance with that of Hema and Dharamendra.<br />You are generous in your critique. Even though you are not a fan, you have liked him in a few films. This is indeed kind of you.Khushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10290861470726946599noreply@blogger.com