[tgs]

There are many categories of heroes during the period of KH-RK.

1. Had limited stuff, used it carefully, flexible to change roles and hence had extended career :
- Sathyaraj, Prabhu, Sivakumar

2. Had great potential, stunning successes but fizzled out entirely due to indiscipline and personal relationships (going by news reports, kind of confirmed by his political comedies)
- Karthik

3. Had limited stuff but more success than deserved and rightfully showed the door in course of time
- Mohan (probably the only one of his kind who didn't use his voice and still succeeded so much, a good % of credit goes to Surendar / IR / R Sundarrajan)

4. The rest in the list had severe limitations -some absolutely fortunate to grease paint - and accordingly had only so-so run.

I don't know where to place Vijayakanth - kind of complicated because he had limited stuff some successes some failures but still managing to act as a hero

[Ifroham4]

You had me there, HH. What I meant was he was useful in all those genres. How good, well its a bit uneven. He had the knack for comedy, but the comedy films he had done were not that good. Action, he tried and was just as good as his peers. Except for VK, nobody of that era was known for fight sequences (Excepting the top two, of course). But then, the forte was what you mentioned, you nailed it over there.

A decent actor. Too bad for sometimes he depended on Surendhar's voice, and when he started using his own, audience got scared.

[Big A]

Maddy, Arvindswamy innum enna paNNi irukkalAmngaraeenga? Thalaattu oNNu podhume avar versatility show-ku

i really didnt care if he was versatile or not.........i just wanted to watch him in movies for a long time but it didnt happen.......

[LottiFurmann]

Ramarajan

[Big A]

An idea came to me when I saw this post of HR's in his beloved Captain's thread. Plus it has been quiet lately and I am bored.

VIJAYAKANTH is the NO. 3 after RAJINI & KAMAL

If anyone disagrees with the above statement & want to say that there is ______ , which I haven't considered, then they can come with valid examples about their favourite.

Also, they can give the reason, at present, what made them to stop acting as a lead character:

i) whether they have retired
ii) or, they are made to retire by the people
iii) or they decided, its time to give some chance to the youngsters
iv) or whether they decided, let other serve for this industry, let me look after my family

Shall I list some successful lead actors starting from late 1970's who have competed with Vijayakanth.

Sivakumar
Sudhakar
Karthik
Mohan
Prabhu
Sathyaraj
Murali
Suresh
K Baghyaraj
R Pandiyarajan
Ramarajan
Anand babu
Chandrasekar
Nizhalgal Ravi

etc. etc.

As everyone knows, my main aim is to fill some pages & make this thread to touch 100 pages

I'd take Sathyaraj out, coz he is still doing lead roles. So, who's your favourite that you wish had better career because they are truly talented. Prabhu and Karthik have had their shot for two decades. Prabhu is doing character roles now, a good move.

For me.
Mohan should have had better career. Decent actor, and he is pretty good in all genres, he should have had at least ten more years of good career like Prabhu & Karthik.

[Lillie_Steins]

Prabhu

[NeroASERCH]

Bagyaraj.

[doctorzlo]

Prabhu had his shot, two decades of decent career. I'd say the same of Karthik. Sathyaraj overstayed in hero department, but doing okay in character roles. But Mohan who was once equal to them, should have done few more lead roles.

[softy54534]

Ok, I'll add a pet topic of mine and say this aloud:
I feel the great Sivaji Ganesan could definitely have had an even better career than the monumental one he had. Especially, his full talent could have been utilised in later stages much better. He could have explored and displayed all nuances of acting if given the opportunity. As it is, our directors exploited only a limited subset of his capabilities.

Possibly, if Prabhu had been more talented, and emerged as a superstar in early 80s rather than just a star in late 80's, NT would have got the freedom to experiment without the pressure of earning for his family. Yes, I think in all possible weird ways of how this could have happened...

[PhillipHer]

Well, he did have a fantastic career, and I agree that from 80s onwards they should have made better use of him. If Prabhu had been a superstar, I think NT would have just retired and obliged to friends or relatives occasionally, just like how he did back in the 90s. Passing of his brother, his manager, did not help either.

[Beerinkol]

Ramarajan

[MannoFr]

Looks like this thread will have short career too

[brraverishhh]

I'd take Sathyaraj out, coz he is still doing lead roles. So, who's your favourite that you wish had better career because they are truly talented. Prabhu and Karthik have had their shot for two decades. Prabhu is doing character roles now, a good move.

For me.
Mohan should have had better career. Decent actor, and he is pretty good in all genres, he should have had at least ten more years of good career like Prabhu & Karthik.

By genre, do u mean the kinds of movies he did or the roles he played? I don't think he was good in comedy or action movies. His forte was romance - musicals, breezy love stories, family dramas and tragedies.

[tgs]

Looks like this thread will have short career too

Intention of this statement is quite unclear. Whether it is for "no proper response" or for "people making fun here"

[TorryJens]

Originally Posted by groucho070 Looks like this thread will have short career too

Intention of this statement is quite unclear. Whether it is for "no proper response" or for "people making fun here" Don't mind the making fun part.

[9mm_fan]

Originally Posted by viraajan Originally Posted by groucho070 Looks like this thread will have short career too

Intention of this statement is quite unclear. Whether it is for "no proper response" or for "people making fun here" Don't mind the making fun part.

I'm still thinking of suggesting an actor. Not getting one.

Takkunu mindla strike aanadhu Mohan thaan

[Lt_Apple]

Groucho, for me - Raj Kiran

[Ifroham4]

I like Mohan

He actually 'tried' in many genres. Horror (nooravathu naal, Uruvam), Thriller (24 Hours, December Pookal), Family (Kilinjalgal, Gopurangal ..), Love (Idhaya Kovil etc)..

Poor dude forever will be remembered for his association with his best friend.. The Microphone..

[Ifroham4]

TF, what Raj Kiran did as hero was pretty limited. What else do you think he could have done? One thing, he sure has become a heck of a character artist.

[Ifroham4]

Madhavan
ArvindSamy
Prabhu Deva