For anyone who knows me, they know that I have always supported Bollywood. There was a time when I had 200+ pictures from Stardust magazine stapled and taped to my walk in closet, when I had 3000+ pictures of Salman saved in a binder, and was paying hundreds to go see Stars on stage. And that’s because the old Bollywood ROCKED. Starting from Late 80’s to about Early 2000 years, Bollywood was amazing. Great movies, great songs, great acting…and then something happened…and lately it all has started to annoy me. I’ll just create a list of what I’m sick of…

I am sick of…

- Everywhere the Bacchan’s go, (with Amitabh, Ash and Abhishek) there has to be some big commotion about the Bacchan’s being there. I’m sorry but Ash might be the most famous face from Bollywood, but as an actress she really has had very few hits, and the same with Abhishek. And it annoys me… she is not such a great actress… and he is not some bigshot actor… want to watch real acting? Go back to the 90’s and watch Kajol at her peak, watch Karisma in Fiza, Tabu in most of her movies… That’s acting! As for Abhishek, he’s very average to me, he lacks his fathers charisma, and is not even close talentwise to his father and mother, so honestly the attention they get, is getting annoying.

- Shahrukh Khan trying to act “Cool” in his movies even after being mid-40’s. The cool young roles does NOT suit him. I honestly feel he looks like the FOBs we make fun of in Canada. Its also not attractive seeing him acting  with 21 year olds, theres no chemistry, he looks like their uncle and it kills the movie for me. What is so wrong of me to want to see him in some mature roles? But nooo…even in movies where he is supposed to be different like RNBDJ, halfway through he has to act like a teenager. Do you see George Clooney go and play a college students role nowadays? NO. Is Tom Cruise playing the same character he did in Top gun…NO. Is Will Smith still doing the same level stuff as he did in Fresh Prince…NO! But Srk is hell bent on trying to look young and its ridiculous. I actually stopped looking forward to his movies now.

- The (lack of) Clothes factor. Bollywood actresses nowadays can’t seem to tell the difference between sexy and slutty. Some of the actresses wear the sluttiest clothes nowadays that a hooker on church street would be ashamed to wear. Its like, kissing is a big deal in the cinema, but looking like a prostitute the whole way through is acceptable. If you don’t believe me, watch the movie Kidnap.

- The same faces ALL the time… theres only so much of Ash, Kareena, Srk and Saif I can stand…. It’s the same people ALL the time. Bollywood is monopolized by a few stars on top and new talents are hardly ever brought in unless they’re related to another star. I know connections are huge and all, but sometimes they should have open casting calls, maybe they’ll discover a hidden gem. I am sick of undeserving stars getting roles because of their famous family. Most of the people I know can’t stand Katrina (she can’t ACT! And know wearing short skirts and bra-tops is not considered acting) but she gets 50 times more roles than someone like Vidya Balan, who is well liked and very talented, but alas, has no Salman Khan to bully producers to give her roles.

- I am sick of the same people getting awards. 90% of the winners in the recent shows… its never the one who deserves it..it is always, srk, rani, preity,kareena, ash, abhishek, amitabh, srk, rani, preity,kareena, ash, abhishek, amitabh, srk, hrithik, kareena, ash, abhishek, amitabh…once in a while we will see a kajol, and Hrithik pops in time to time too…but you will never see Konkona sen beating out Ash for a trophy even though she deserves it more…

Everything is just so predictable and dissappointing nowadays. I wish I would get more movies like Life in a metro, Gangster, Rang de Basanti, Dil chahta hai…something that makes me say..wow that was different… Bollywood used to do that, even though the endings were often happy and cheesy, there was an effort to have some newness…like Dilwale Dulhania, HAHK, Andaaz apna apna etc. but nowadays its all garbage except for one or 2 jewels a year….