Being a movie star or playing tennis? This question has been entangled in young amirkhan for a long time.
Amirkhan was born in Mumbai on March 1965. His surname is Ashraf, belonging to the highest caste of Muslims, and his pedigree is very noble.
There are many celebrities in the family, and the lintel is prominent. India's film and television industry is very developed, and DreamWorks Bollywood is world famous. Amirkhan's father and uncle were engaged in the film and television industry in their early years. When they were born in amirkhan, they were already famous Bollywood writers and directors.
Amirkhan's reception room can be described as "laughing without Ding Bai". My father and uncle often bring a group of staff to discuss scripts, and those glamorous movie stars on the big screen are often their guests.
Hearing this, amirkhan became curious and eager to shoot. When I was eight years old, my uncle asked amirkhan to play a role in his film Yadong Ki Bharat. Although he didn't have many lines, amirkhan's performance was vivid, especially his talking eyes, which made the audience like this cute little child star at once.
With its talent and resources, amirkhan enjoys unique conditions that others can't envy. He was born to be an actor, but when everyone expected him to perform better, amirkhan was fascinated by tennis.
How cool it is to swing the club neatly and let the sweat drip on the court. Amirkhan fell madly in love with this sport and begged his father to transfer to another school and receive formal tennis training. Since childhood, amirkhan has been committed to learning tennis, participated in large and small competitions, and achieved good results. The most successful one was to win the tennis championship in Maharashtra, India.
1988, amirkhan was already a young college student, and he suddenly felt that he preferred acting. Once again, amirkhan obeyed his inner decision and returned to film and television before finishing his studies. 1989, amirkhan starred in Dust of the Indian Art Cinema, became the best actor of the year, and officially entered the star road.
People's choices are really wonderful. Amirkhan changed from a tennis prince to a hot star.
02, starting from the face value, trapped in talent.
People who watch amirkhan's movies are first attracted by his 360-degree handsome face with no dead ends. He has an angular face, deep and affectionate eyes and a good figure with full muscles. One word description: handsome! Two words describe: male god!
He should take the idol route. In the film, Xiu Xiu's face value and love affair can win fans' votes. Indian movies like to be interspersed with a lot of song and dance clips. Amirkhan has an outstanding singing voice and skillful dancing skills. With these talents alone, he had a good box office, but people soon discovered that his goal was not only that.
Amirkhan is a very plastic actor. He is a middle-aged uncle, a macho man and a warm man, and various roles can be switched freely. He has no idol burden, but works hard, treats every work with heart, and works hard to create a successful role.
In the movie "Wrestle Dad" with Douban score of 9.0, the hero played by amirkhan is divided into three ages, from a muscular young man to a middle-aged man with a big belly. This is a common thing in the film, but amirkhan did not rely on makeup artists and props like ordinary actors, but relied on his amazing perseverance to control his body shape, and gained weight and lost nearly 30 kilograms for the play.
Some people may say that this is nothing, and many actors can do it. But the magic of amirkhan is that he could have finished the youth drama first, then gained weight and played fat dad, and then had a good rest. But he didn't. In order to give himself the motivation to lose weight, he took the initiative to shoot the old bones first, gained 28 pounds at once, then lost weight crazily and played a young man in high spirits.
This amazing willpower and high degree of self-discipline are really remarkable. Not only that, amirkhan also carefully pondered the role's psychology and manner, and played what he looked like.
Amirkhan was 42 years old when he played Bollywood, but he perfectly shaped the image of a young and intelligent college student. In "My God", amirkhan is an alien who intrudes into the earth by mistake. He stared hard at his big eyes and stuck glue to his ears all the time, interpreting the role from two aspects: form and spirit.
My God is a film about religion. The heroine Jia Gu got a beautiful love in a trip. However, different family backgrounds and religious beliefs between the two sides have caused many misunderstandings. Moreover, this plot setting is completely in line with amirkhan's experience.
Amirkhan's first wife was her neighbor. Her name is Lena, and they have hit it off since childhood. However, amirkhan came from a Muslim family, and the Rena family believed in Hinduism. In India, there are long-standing contradictions and differences between Hindus and Muslims, so the love between amirkhan and Rena is resolutely banned by both parents. Brave amirkhan eloped with his beloved girl and married her.
However, contrary to the happy ending in the film, amirkhan and Rena finally succumbed to family pressure and divorced. This regrettable past made him pay more attention to India's national conditions. People call amirkhan a traitor to the caste system. He is of noble descent, but he is keen to pay attention to the bottom people and speak for them with movies.
03, the conscience of India, an endless thinker.
Amirkhan's films are obviously critical. He reflected the reality and exposed it, while praising the truth, goodness and beauty, which made people see all kinds of bad habits in India and fell into deep reflection.
Bollywood is a satire on the disadvantages of Indian education. The rancher is a genius, and he seems to be out of place in the cramming and pedantic educational environment. The defenders even want to destroy this lone ranger.
Wrestling Dad and Mysterious Superstar focus on the oppressed women. Indian families are often dominated by male chauvinism, and girls get married early and are not qualified to talk about their dreams. They are just tools to carry on the family line. What is even more frightening is that after being a wife, you have to endure the abuse of your husband.
Amirkhan stripped off the ugly social reality and showed it delicately with the lens, including poverty and backward despair, the shadow of power and violence, corrupt bureaucratic groups, people who were discriminated against and trampled on ... He wanted to restore all this truly, impartially and without concealment, and let people see the evil flowers growing in the dark swamp, and tried to think and change.
The film is full of bitter satire and sharp criticism, but it also gives bright guidance and warm love: the light of the rancher will not be concealed, and he has friends who never give up and lovers who admire him; The ordinary little girl became strong under the cultivation of her father, and went all out to win the gold medal for her motherland in international competitions; The wife who was abused by domestic violence finally woke up, broke up with her husband at the airport and took her children to a new life.
20 12 Up to now, amirkhan has hosted the TV program "Interview with the Truth" continuously, which is in the same strain as his films. It is more objective and incisive to discuss various social problems in India through real cases and shocking pictures.
The content of the program involves various sensitive topics such as caste inequality, religious conflicts, shortcomings of the medical education system, sexual assault and domestic violence, and illegal abortion. After the broadcast, it caused a great sensation. This program did not serve as a talk and condemnation after a meal, but forced the government to face up to these problems and make positive changes.
Time magazine called amirkhan "the conscience of India". He is an actor, but he is more than just an actor. He loves his country and has a strong sense of ownership. He faced up to India's scars and hidden pains, paid attention to the national economy and people's livelihood, campaigned for the suffering compatriots and tried his best to promote India's development.
A person's strength may be meager, but the light of fireflies can also illuminate the vast road ahead. Amirkhan, who has always insisted on thinking, has been on the way forward.
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