I am a genuine fan of Deepika Padukone as a commercial cinema actress.
In the world of Bollywood, dominated by star kids and foreign imports, I feel Asin and Deepika are two actresses who are pretty reasonable in their craft - look beautiful, dance well and can actually deliver their lines in fluent Hindi. I've heard several complaints from friends, family and colleagues about Deepika ... to name a few in no specific order
1. Her Hindi has a South-Indian accent.
I confess I can't spot it. By accent you have to prove that it is as evident as Sridevi's or Hema Malini's. If not, then I just don't buy this argument. Besides, a statistical analysis of the chasteness of spoken Hindi of Indian residents born/brought up south of the Vindhyas should more than prove that this point is moot.
2. She mugs up her lines and vomits them on screen.
Surprise! How many model-turned-actresses can even do that decently? I admit this is a weak defense, but I defer to my opening statement. I'm a fan of hers as far as commercial cinema is concerned. If you look at her performances objectively and chronologically, you'll notice that the rough edges are smoothing out as far as dialogue delivery goes.
3. She is very irritating.
4. She is too thin.
5. She laughs in a weird way.
I'm not even sure how to start defending these, because these reasons are highly subjective and to an extent childish. Isn't every actor bound to have quirks?
So after defending her so vigorously, she goes ahead and does something like this #ChennaiExpress trailer ... and it just brutally betrays a loyal fan like myself. All my friends who complained about her Hindi accent will now poke fun at how bad her fake Tam accent is! All of them who say she vomits her lines on screen will get all the proof they need, because she is genuinely blurting out her lines due to that weird accent.
Sigh!
What is faith without a test after all. I'm going to stay my ground. Bracing myself for the brickbats and rotten tomatoes from the non-believers ...
In the world of Bollywood, dominated by star kids and foreign imports, I feel Asin and Deepika are two actresses who are pretty reasonable in their craft - look beautiful, dance well and can actually deliver their lines in fluent Hindi. I've heard several complaints from friends, family and colleagues about Deepika ... to name a few in no specific order
1. Her Hindi has a South-Indian accent.
I confess I can't spot it. By accent you have to prove that it is as evident as Sridevi's or Hema Malini's. If not, then I just don't buy this argument. Besides, a statistical analysis of the chasteness of spoken Hindi of Indian residents born/brought up south of the Vindhyas should more than prove that this point is moot.
2. She mugs up her lines and vomits them on screen.
Surprise! How many model-turned-actresses can even do that decently? I admit this is a weak defense, but I defer to my opening statement. I'm a fan of hers as far as commercial cinema is concerned. If you look at her performances objectively and chronologically, you'll notice that the rough edges are smoothing out as far as dialogue delivery goes.
3. She is very irritating.
4. She is too thin.
5. She laughs in a weird way.
I'm not even sure how to start defending these, because these reasons are highly subjective and to an extent childish. Isn't every actor bound to have quirks?
So after defending her so vigorously, she goes ahead and does something like this #ChennaiExpress trailer ... and it just brutally betrays a loyal fan like myself. All my friends who complained about her Hindi accent will now poke fun at how bad her fake Tam accent is! All of them who say she vomits her lines on screen will get all the proof they need, because she is genuinely blurting out her lines due to that weird accent.
Sigh!
What is faith without a test after all. I'm going to stay my ground. Bracing myself for the brickbats and rotten tomatoes from the non-believers ...
