Is Dilip Kumar or Amitabh Bachchan the greater thespian of Hindi films

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In a few days Amitabh is going to release Dilip Kumar's auto biography. Who is a greater actor Dilip Kumar or Amitabh. I feel it is Dilip Kumar because he was a pioneer who had only himself to look to act his roles.

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Dilip Kumar is known as tragedy king. He is no more active whereas Amitabh Bachan is still acting in movis and on small screen. We evaluate the current celebrity more. Just visualize the period fifty years from now. Then naturally Amitabh Bachan would also not be active. Then people will judge better.


I think it's better to evaluate after a few more years when AB also retires from active acting.


From the current lot who is capable of taking over from Amitabh


Aamir khan is the only worthy successor to big B.


Doubtful, his range is very limited, AB's span is very vast.


AB is just an actor. Where as Aamir from script writing to screenplay writing and in between all the intricacies of film making is an expert. It is his versatility that makes him stand head and shoulders above all including AB
Dilip Kumar is known as tragedy king. He is no more active whereas Amitabh Bachan is still acting in movis and on small screen. We evaluate the current celebrity more. Just visualize the period fifty years from now. Then naturally Amitabh Bachan would also not be active. Then people will judge better.


I think it's better to evaluate after a few more years when AB also retires from active acting.


From the current lot who is capable of taking over from Amitabh


Aamir khan is the only worthy successor to big B.


Doubtful, his range is very limited, AB's span is very vast.


AB is just an actor. Where as Aamir from script writing to screenplay writing and in between all the intricacies of film making is an expert. It is his versatility that makes him stand head and shoulders above all including AB


I would like to disagree with you with the proviso that you are perfectly entitled to your views which I respect.
Dilip Kumar is known as tragedy king. He is no more active whereas Amitabh Bachan is still acting in movis and on small screen. We evaluate the current celebrity more. Just visualize the period fifty years from now. Then naturally Amitabh Bachan would also not be active. Then people will judge better.


I think it's better to evaluate after a few more years when AB also retires from active acting.


From the current lot who is capable of taking over from Amitabh


Aamir khan is the only worthy successor to big B.


Doubtful, his range is very limited, AB's span is very vast.


AB is just an actor. Where as Aamir from script writing to screenplay writing and in between all the intricacies of film making is an expert. It is his versatility that makes him stand head and shoulders above all including AB


I would like to disagree with you with the proviso that you are perfectly entitled to your views which I respect.


By all means dear friend. You are entitled to have your own opinion. After all this forum is to exchange views.
Dilip Kumar is known as tragedy king. He is no more active whereas Amitabh Bachan is still acting in movis and on small screen. We evaluate the current celebrity more. Just visualize the period fifty years from now. Then naturally Amitabh Bachan would also not be active. Then people will judge better.


I think it's better to evaluate after a few more years when AB also retires from active acting.


From the current lot who is capable of taking over from Amitabh


Aamir khan is the only worthy successor to big B.


Doubtful, his range is very limited, AB's span is very vast.


AB is just an actor. Where as Aamir from script writing to screenplay writing and in between all the intricacies of film making is an expert. It is his versatility that makes him stand head and shoulders above all including AB


I would like to disagree with you with the proviso that you are perfectly entitled to your views which I respect.


By all means dear friend. You are entitled to have your own opinion. After all this forum is to exchange views.


Dilip Kumar's biography has been released , should make good reading.
Dilip Kumar is known as tragedy king. He is no more active whereas Amitabh Bachan is still acting in movis and on small screen. We evaluate the current celebrity more. Just visualize the period fifty years from now. Then naturally Amitabh Bachan would also not be active. Then people will judge better.


I think it's better to evaluate after a few more years when AB also retires from active acting.


From the current lot who is capable of taking over from Amitabh


Aamir khan is the only worthy successor to big B.


Doubtful, his range is very limited, AB's span is very vast.


AB is just an actor. Where as Aamir from script writing to screenplay writing and in between all the intricacies of film making is an expert. It is his versatility that makes him stand head and shoulders above all including AB


I would like to disagree with you with the proviso that you are perfectly entitled to your views which I respect.


By all means dear friend. You are entitled to have your own opinion. After all this forum is to exchange views.


Dilip Kumar's biography has been released , should make good reading.[/quote

Many versions of Yusuf Bhai also known as Dilip Kumar were released earlier and i read them.
Dilip Kumar is known as tragedy king. He is no more active whereas Amitabh Bachan is still acting in movis and on small screen. We evaluate the current celebrity more. Just visualize the period fifty years from now. Then naturally Amitabh Bachan would also not be active. Then people will judge better.


I think it's better to evaluate after a few more years when AB also retires from active acting.


From the current lot who is capable of taking over from Amitabh


Aamir khan is the only worthy successor to big B.


Doubtful, his range is very limited, AB's span is very vast.


AB is just an actor. Where as Aamir from script writing to screenplay writing and in between all the intricacies of film making is an expert. It is his versatility that makes him stand head and shoulders above all including AB


I would like to disagree with you with the proviso that you are perfectly entitled to your views which I respect.


By all means dear friend. You are entitled to have your own opinion. After all this forum is to exchange views.


Dilip Kumar's biography has been released , should make good reading.[/quote

Many versions of Yusuf Bhai also known as Dilip Kumar were released earlier and i read them.


Share some tidbits if you remember them
Dilip Kumar is known as tragedy king. He is no more active whereas Amitabh Bachan is still acting in movis and on small screen. We evaluate the current celebrity more. Just visualize the period fifty years from now. Then naturally Amitabh Bachan would also not be active. Then people will judge better.


I think it's better to evaluate after a few more years when AB also retires from active acting.


From the current lot who is capable of taking over from Amitabh


Aamir khan is the only worthy successor to big B.


Doubtful, his range is very limited, AB's span is very vast.


AB is just an actor. Where as Aamir from script writing to screenplay writing and in between all the intricacies of film making is an expert. It is his versatility that makes him stand head and shoulders above all including AB


I would like to disagree with you with the proviso that you are perfectly entitled to your views which I respect.


By all means dear friend. You are entitled to have your own opinion. After all this forum is to exchange views.


Dilip Kumar's biography has been released , should make good reading.[/quote

Many versions of Yusuf Bhai also known as Dilip Kumar were released earlier and i read them.


Share some tidbits if you remember them


Dilip was known for his under acting, which everybody in his days thought He will not last longer in movies
Dilip Kumar is known as tragedy king. He is no more active whereas Amitabh Bachan is still acting in movis and on small screen. We evaluate the current celebrity more. Just visualize the period fifty years from now. Then naturally Amitabh Bachan would also not be active. Then people will judge better.


I think it's better to evaluate after a few more years when AB also retires from active acting.


From the current lot who is capable of taking over from Amitabh


Aamir khan is the only worthy successor to big B.


Doubtful, his range is very limited, AB's span is very vast.


AB is just an actor. Where as Aamir from script writing to screenplay writing and in between all the intricacies of film making is an expert. It is his versatility that makes him stand head and shoulders above all including AB


I would like to disagree with you with the proviso that you are perfectly entitled to your views which I respect.


By all means dear friend. You are entitled to have your own opinion. After all this forum is to exchange views.


Dilip Kumar's biography has been released , should make good reading.[/quote

Many versions of Yusuf Bhai also known as Dilip Kumar were released earlier and i read them.


Share some tidbits if you remember them


Dilip was known for his under acting, which everybody in his days thought He will not last longer in movies


But now they say he was 'method acting'.
Dilip Kumar is known as tragedy king. He is no more active whereas Amitabh Bachan is still acting in movis and on small screen. We evaluate the current celebrity more. Just visualize the period fifty years from now. Then naturally Amitabh Bachan would also not be active. Then people will judge better.


I think it's better to evaluate after a few more years when AB also retires from active acting.


From the current lot who is capable of taking over from Amitabh


Aamir khan is the only worthy successor to big B.


Doubtful, his range is very limited, AB's span is very vast.


AB is just an actor. Where as Aamir from script writing to screenplay writing and in between all the intricacies of film making is an expert. It is his versatility that makes him stand head and shoulders above all including AB


I would like to disagree with you with the proviso that you are perfectly entitled to your views which I respect.


By all means dear friend. You are entitled to have your own opinion. After all this forum is to exchange views.


Dilip Kumar's biography has been released , should make good reading.[/quote

Many versions of Yusuf Bhai also known as Dilip Kumar were released earlier and i read them.


Share some tidbits if you remember them


Dilip was known for his under acting, which everybody in his days thought He will not last longer in movies


But now they say he was 'method acting'.


Stanislavsky , the Guru of acting and whose syllabus has been accepted in all the acting schools including Puna Film institute has described Method acting is the real and ideal acting.
Ashok Kumar and Balraj Sahni were both as good actors as Dilip or Amitabh...But in films popularity and the success of films also plays a major role and become the yardstick for measuring greatness !
Ashok Kumar and Balraj Sahni were both as good actors as Dilip or Amitabh...But in films popularity and the success of films also plays a major role and become the yardstick for measuring greatness !


When histrionic excellence is taken in to consideration, Nasiruddin Shaw should not be kept aside. In fact all those who entered through IPTA are highly talented.
Ashok Kumar and Balraj Sahni were both as good actors as Dilip or Amitabh...But in films popularity and the success of films also plays a major role and become the yardstick for measuring greatness !


When histrionic excellence is taken in to consideration, Nasiruddin Shaw should not be kept aside. In fact all those who entered through IPTA are highly talented.


Very true,it is a pity that such sensitive and path breaking films are not made now and what we get is the same noise and fast paced action movies , easily forgotten !

Gulzar too was a great filmmaker who made classics like Aandhi, Khushboo, Kinara and Machis ..
Ashok Kumar and Balraj Sahni were both as good actors as Dilip or Amitabh...But in films popularity and the success of films also plays a major role and become the yardstick for measuring greatness !


When histrionic excellence is taken in to consideration, Nasiruddin Shaw should not be kept aside. In fact all those who entered through IPTA are highly talented.


Very true,it is a pity that such sensitive and path breaking films are not made now and what we get is the same noise and fast paced action movies , easily forgotten !

Gulzar too was a great filmmaker who made classics like Aandhi, Khushboo, Kinara and Machis ..


Well said. After seeing this cacophony, which are going by the name Movies, my respect and reverence on these personalities you mentioned doubled.
Dilip Kumar is greatest in terms of percentages of hits, AB is luckiest to get good films. Aamir Khan has good percentages of hits.
Hits are not the true measure of greatness. Excellence in Histrionic acumen will hold an actor in high esteem for generations on. There are many actors who had more number of hits than Dilip, AB,and Aamir put together. Example is Jitendra..
Dilip Kumar is way ahead, his percentages of super hit films is far ahead than AB, I think he has only two flops, Dil diya dard liya and then he left hero in movies and Quilla then he left character actings, and compare it with series of flops of AB.
I think both are incomparable . In their times they were the best. DK excelled as a tragedian and AB as the angry young man.


Both have excelled in different kinds of acting ... but if I have to choose between the two, AB any day!
I think both are incomparable . In their times they were the best. DK excelled as a tragedian and AB as the angry young man.


Both have excelled in different kinds of acting ... but if I have to choose between the two, AB any day!


Dilip is a pioneer in under acting, that was not there in movie industry. AB has followed this trend.
I think both are incomparable . In their times they were the best. DK excelled as a tragedian and AB as the angry young man.


Both have excelled in different kinds of acting ... but if I have to choose between the two, AB any day!


Dilip is a pioneer in under acting, that was not there in movie industry. AB has followed this trend.


Yes..agreed..but I like the follower better than the leader...

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