Sajid Khan talked about the disappearance of Bollywood Hero vs South Indian cinema: “There are no heroes in today’s time ..”
Sajid Khan recently shared his ideas how the idea of a “hero” in Bollywood is disappearing. Recently in podcast, he said that today’s industry has more prominent actors than real heroes. He considered how the definition of a hero has changed in years.Classic Bollywood hero disappearsIn a conversation on Bharti Singh and Harsh Limbachia, Sajid Khan said that the classic image of a Bollywood hero represents legends such as Amitabh Bachchan, Dharmendra, Vinod Khanna, and Mithun Chakraborty, who is the hero sister Hans. Ho Hero is now just the lead. Nowadays, anyone can do a film because the value of a hero has come down. ,True heroes still thrive South indian cinemaSajid insisted that the essence of a true hero in South Indian films is still alive. He said that the heroes in the south are painted with grandeur and placed on a moral standard, where their functions should be aligned with social values. He also stated that while there is no word like “super-red”, the “superhero word” still indicates the type of heroes of height once held in cinema.Hero’s dynamics and changing physical fitnessHe reflected on how the actors in earlier generations did not rely on the muscle body to make an impact. He said that stars like Vinod Khanna and Amitabh Bachchan expressed intensity through their expressions, despite not having a well -defined body. Sajid credited Salman Khan to popularize the gym-tond look in Bollywood, especially after ‘Main Piyar Kiya’, which gave rise to a six-pack tendency. However, he emphasized that physical fitness alone does not define a hero; True intensity comes from an actor’s eyes.Emotional depth on physical changePointing to the physical change for Ranbir Kapoor’s animal, Sajid said that his performance would be equally powerful without muscle benefits, thanks to the emotional depth in his eyes. He also referred to the role of Sunny Deol in ‘Gadar 2’, praising Deol’s natural, strong appearance. Despite not having a gym-tond body, Deol’s “Desi Body” made his action scenes feel confident and impressive.
