It's been the year of younger cinema, a year more indie than Bollywood. As a result, 2007 has seen some great acting jobs on the big screen.
It is list-season, and the following 10 actors aren't the obvious winners, ie -- unlike Kareena Kapoor (Jab We Met), Vinay Pathak (Bheja Fry), Darsheel Safary (Taare Zameen Par). They've enjoyed well-deserved glory, but these are largely performances either from the fringes, super bits from the supporting cast or lead roles from cinema tragically lesser seen.
In alphabetical order, these are ten performances it would be criminal to overlook:
Abhay Deol in Manorama Six Feet Under
Director Navdeep Singh drew a moustache on Deol and soaked him in desert dirt. The result was the amazingly well-rounded character of SV, a complacently corrupt junior engineer who inadvertently turns into a full-blooded gumshoe. The Chinatown remake differs wildly from the original in that Abhay doesn't try to do a Jack Nicholson (though he watches the DVD at home) but breathes life and believability into a vulnerable, flawed hero as weak as he is strong. Commonplace, relatable and perfectly suited to the film's moody, languorous pace, Deol's hero is a super antithesis to the Bollywood stud.
Text: Raja Sen
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