Happy Labor Day weekend! Which I always mix up with Memorial Day weekend. It’s America’s fault, everywhere else in the world celebrates Labor Day on May 1st, easy to remember. But noooooooooo, we can’t be like everyone else, we have to invent a random holiday with an impossible to remember date. Anyway, since it is our random holiday, let us celebrate Labor! That is, “What is the hottest job for each actor?” You can give your own opinions in the comments.
There was a complaint from a friend of mine that on last weeks tuxedos post I made the people wait for what they want. So, I will switch it up, we are STARTING with Shahrukh this week. And, like last week, there is a discussion question for you (no wrong answer). Do you prefer:
Shahrukh as Fireman
(Doesn’t seem like a terribly safe outfit in which to fight fires, but then what do I know, I’m not a fire professional!)
Shahrukh as Army Guy
Shahrukh as Cool International Criminal
Shahrukh as local desi style criminal
Shahrukh as Therapist
Shahrukh as Ancient Ruler
Or, the classic, Shahrukh as Wealthy NRI type businessman with Hot Wife
Okay, I gave you dessert first, but now you HAVE to keep reading and take have a balanced diet or else your tummy will get all out of whack and you will stop sleeping because the Shahrukh-y-ness has overwhelmed you!
Moving on, Hrithik! In which profession does he look best?
Mughal Emperor
Army Guy
Master Thief
Or, of course, Aspiring Musician
You don’t like Hrithik? Let me offer you something else! How about Salman? Better as which of the following:
Salman as Cop
Salman as Businessman Type with Hot Girlfriend
Salman as Tormented Young Manual Laborer
And, of course, Salman as Wrestler
Moving on, I feel like we should take a trip down south for one of the most variably attractive guys. How about Madhavan! Better as which of the following:
Madhavan-crusading-reporter-in-the-80s
Madhavan as Ace Pilot
Madhavan as Cop
(Is it just me, or are those pants slightly obscene in how they fit?)
Madhavan as Slightly Older Cop in Plain Clothes
And, of course, Madhavan as Boxing Coach
Hmm, who else? I don’t feel like the young guys have quite the breadth and depth in roles needed to offer options. Oh! I know! Sanju Baba! Sure, we mostly know him as a Gunda, but is that all he can offer? Or even the best he can offer? Would you prefer perhaps:
Sanjay as Poet
Sanjay as Novelist
Sanjay as Top Cop
Sanjay as Army Guy
Or are you stuck on Sanjay as Gunda? Either the aging friendly kind
Or the hot tormented young kind
Okay, grand finale! Amitabh Time! He is ALL ABOUT the different professions!
Amitabh as Cop
Amitabh as Coal Miner
Amitabh as College Professor
Amitabh as Coolie
Amitabh as Longshoreman
Amitabh as Chef
Amitabh as Amitabh (his most common role)
(I think this is from Trishul, but really it could be from anything)
Okay, you ready for my answers? Which you can feel free to disagree with highly in the comments?
Shahrukh:
Well, this is well-nigh impossible, but after a closely run race, I am going with Shahrukh as NRI Businessman Type with Hot Wife
Hrithik:
Not even close for me. Has to be Hrithik Army Guy
Salman:
You know, I think I have to go with Businessman Type for him too! There’s just something about those 90s ties….
Madhavan:
While I enjoy the delights of all flavors of Maddy, I think I have to go with Madhavan-crusading-reporter-in-the-80s
Sanjay:
I know it’s trite, but I got to go with Sanjay as Tormented Young Gunda. So soulful! So tormented!
Even though I just admitted this morning that Zanjeer is my favorite Amitabh film, I think I still have to go with the classic. There is just something about Amitabh as Longshoreman. There’s a reason it’s a mural.
dontcallitbollywood 
Madhavan looks so different in each shot, I almost don’t think it’s the same guy.
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that’s because he’s such a good actor!
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You realize that the photo you picked for SRK as the “NRI type business guy” was from the one film when he was a stay in India business guy, don’t you? 🙂
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I do. I was looking for a good K3G photo and couldn’t find one, so I gave up. But he is still NRI type at least, very western kind of office and all that. And anyway, Madhuri was just too cute to resist including it.
On Fri, Sep 1, 2017 at 2:24 PM, dontcallitbollywood wrote:
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Ah! i am so sad :(((
No posts on Prabhas. I wanted to hear your playful bashing on his fashion choices, just like on last week’s tuxedo posts.
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He hasn’t had enough jobs onscreen! Business type, gunda, king
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Also priest/renunciate, doctor, architect, computer programmer. BTW, what job does Mahendra Bahubali have? Child of Nature? 🙂
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Failed waterfall climber?
On Sat, Sep 2, 2017 at 2:54 AM, dontcallitbollywood wrote:
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Nah, he ultimately succeeded, so he has to be Persistent Waterfall Climber. (Can we say, “Nevertheless, he persisted”? 🙂 )
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SRK = therapist for sure!
Hrithik = master thief, but I prefer criminal with ulterior motive (Agneepath)
Salman = cop, Dabangg is the only movie where I think he’s actually sexy
Madhavan = boxing coach, he is scorchingly sexy in that movie
Sanjay never does it for me, so none of ’em
Amitabh = I do like that longshoreman shot…probably one of his sexiest scenes
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Thank goodness, someone willing to chime in and contribute to this important discussion! I was worried my opinion would be the only one visible.
Not that I agree with you necessarily! I love salman in Dabangg, but for sexy I have to go with something younger. And obviously not seeing the appeal of Sanjay is just madness.
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I do believe the first Shah Rukh photo is a construction worker, not a firefighter; wrong kind of hat. I’d go for the NASA engineer, myself. Government I.D. lanyards are soooo sexy. I agree on your choices for Hrithik and Salman. Poetic Sanjay is lovely, and you missed my favorite Amitabh — head of school!
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Mohabbatain Amitabh? But he’s so regressive and authoritarian!
However, agree with you on Nasa Shahrukh!
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Also, what is it with all the sexy cops? They sure don’t look like that in my town!
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Oh you HAVE to watch Zanjeer! I don’t know what kind of fabric shortage was going on in the 70s, but there was always just baaaaaaarely enough to cover the police body.
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I just realized SRK as NRI businessman is 100% Chandler Bing!!! The job is never specified, you almost never see him work and you don’t really care what his work life is like or about!
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Hrithik as differently abled child who gets magical powers from an alien. That’s the only job he can convince us he’s capable of doing
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Now I want to watch the “ripen” scene again.
On Sat, Sep 2, 2017 at 12:29 AM, dontcallitbollywood wrote:
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😁
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Salman as cop!! 100% he’s got the constable thing down to a tee!
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How am I the only one with love for classic sweet 90s Prem type Salman?
On Sat, Sep 2, 2017 at 12:30 AM, dontcallitbollywood wrote:
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Because that guy didn’t have a job
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He was the younger son! His only job was to bring happiness to the household!
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So he went from Babe-in-diapers to crooked cop. Lol
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But Prem did have a job. In MPK, HAHK, and HSSH, he was in charge of the family business (and in the second half of MPK, he was a rock buster). All the other Prems have had jobs, too — singer (Judwaa), businessman (Biwi No. 1, No Entry), not to mention “Love Guru!” (Partner), and actor (PRDP).
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Family business is the most non-job of all jobs though
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Madhavan as fighter pilot. Because he’s Tamil and hot Tamil guys can get into the air force with ease. And they look hot in them fighter planes. Serious. And hot. And educated.
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Is this like official Indian air force policy? They flip through photo books and go “ooo ooo, look at those cheekbones! Yeah, we’ll give him a plane!” also, have you seen Kaatru Veliyai yet?
On Sat, Sep 2, 2017 at 12:32 AM, dontcallitbollywood wrote:
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I have yet to come across an ugly IAF fighter pilot so maybe that IS an official policy. And no I haven’t yet!
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Watch it! It’s all deep and thoughtful and stuff like a ratnam movie, but also flight suits!
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Well we watched pelli choopulu yesterday on thecinebay and ustad hotel today on hotstar and we’re hoping to make a regional language film a nightly feature!!! We’re going to need as many recommendations as you can give!!
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YAAAAAAAY! YAY for Ustad Hotel!!!! did you love it? Or at least like it? Did it make you hungry? And did you like the central couple? They were also in OK Kanmani together, which is Tamil and Ratnam and great.
I think I already recommended Bangelore Days and Ohm Shaanti Oshaana and Premam. You should also check out Kali, and I really like Jacobinte Swarigam (but you may not, it’s not universal). Oh, and Action Hero Biju! And Celluloid and Mumbai Police (mindblowing!) for Prithviraj. And City of God is the movie I watched about 12 times in one week after I bought it on googleplay, because it was more important to watch it than sleep. So watch that one, but be aware that if you don’t like it, we can no longer be friends 🙂 Also, in Tamil, anything by the director Gautham Menon, especially Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa with the awesome Rahman soundtrack and Trisha who you know from Telugu films.
Okay, that’s it for now i think.
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I loved it!! Mom and I talked about it for ab hour after!! I was like “I want to go to there!”
I seriously do want to go to there!!!
I’ll definitely check these out!! Maybe you should have a “Margaret recommends” index too.
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Ohm Shanti Oshana would be my next most recommendation, awesome heroine and gorgeous setting. Less food based, but it covers 5 years from 1999 to 2006, so you will really enjoy the film references. “Ek Pal Ke Jeene”, and “Tanhaiyee” and “Piya Bole” and a bunch of others.
And if you go there, you have to tell me all about it. I want to go there too! Kerala looks just gorgeous in all these films.
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I’m guessing I’d do a biryani tour of the south soon. I hope I have the time to go this winter.
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Fingers crossed Prabhas is still single…..
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Dude my boyfriend is hotter than prabhas. AND he’s a scorpio too. And he loves food too. And he doesn’t mind me having crushes.
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That last is the most important.
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Exactly!!
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Sanju Baba as aging gangster.
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Not young and fragile gangster? I like his performance as “aging gangster” better, but purely on aesthetics, I prefer young and fragile.
On Sat, Sep 2, 2017 at 12:32 AM, dontcallitbollywood wrote:
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Young and fragile looks like too much work if you know what I mean
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Well Madhuri did opt for jackie over him in the movie. And dr. Nene over him in real life. So she must agree with you.
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Precisely
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And Amitabh as all of the given options. Also, you missed Amitabh as grandfatherly ghost.
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Which also means I missed Shahrukh as cruise-ship-captain-with-ponytail.
On Sat, Sep 2, 2017 at 12:34 AM, dontcallitbollywood wrote:
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Just as well.
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SRK as therapist! But I’ve already changed my selection half a dozen times! Would prob go for construction worker but am desperately trying to take the high road here!
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Therapist who does volunteer construction on his off days?
On Sat, Sep 2, 2017 at 5:15 AM, dontcallitbollywood wrote:
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Yes, working along with NASA engineer SRK building Gita’s high school in Swades village.
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Shirtless volunteer construction worker! And, btw, I loved pony-tailed cruise ship engineer with epaulets!
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But pony-tailed cruise ship engineer with epaulets was such a distant father!
On Sun, Sep 3, 2017 at 2:21 AM, dontcallitbollywood wrote:
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ShahRukh as a working man: I think the one I love the most is someone you did not post… Aryan Khanna
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Ooo, good point! And he is hardworking. Kind of scary and obsessive, but also hardworking.
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SRK-army guy /therapist
Hrithik – really in nothing but definitely not as young musician
Salman-cop
Madhavan – super sexy in everything but I will older cop/cop/boxer
Sanjay -only as young tormented
Amitabh-longshoreman
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Wise decisions all around. So, the only Madhavan left on the table is pilot and young reporter?
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He was great as pilot but I can’t forget he died because of this work. And young reporter-I must admit, I still haven’t seen Guru.
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Watch Guru! Madhavan is barely in it, but his parts are amazing. And the rest of the movie is really really good too.
On Mon, Sep 4, 2017 at 3:20 AM, dontcallitbollywood wrote:
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