Top 10 Method Actors In Bollywood

‘Method Acting’ is a new concept in Bollywood which the audience is not very familiar with. But a lot of actors and actresses these days are taking up method acting as a means to get their character just right. Method acting basically means when a portrayer desires to completely understand the emotional state of their character in a particular situation that they may have to portray in an upcoming scene. This goes on to say that the actor would undergo the same conditions as the character does. The importance of clarity of emotion in their acting has driven many actors to adopt method acting; here is a list of the top 10 method actors in Bollywood who did a great job adopting their characters emotional state as their own.

1. Irrfan Khan Irrfan Khan is a noted Bollywood actor who started >> Read More...

He is probably the most talented and versatile actor Bollywood has ever had. Each role that he assumes on-screen is completely different. From “ Paan Singh Tomar Click to look into! >> Read More... ” to the character of Pi, Irrfan takes it upon himself to not just understand the character but become him. That could be the reason why every single one of his roles is so memorable; the audience just wants to shower him with love and admiration.

2. Naseeruddin Shah Naseeruddin Shah is an experimental actor and asso >> Read More...

The Bollywood prodigy who has portrayed characters ranging from the evilest of villains to the most innocent of people; he is one of the finest method actors. Whether it is adopting a common man’s life or reading up on the background of his character, he leaves no stone unturned when it comes to perfecting his emotional status to meet the demands of the script.

3. Nana Patekar Nana Patekar is a popular Indian actor who was bor >> Read More...

Acclaimed by critics all over the country, Nana Patekar takes his roles extremely seriously. He has been known to meet and study the traits of the professions he is supposed to assume in his movies, like the principal of a school or a taxi driver. And method acting always makes him deliver an outstanding performance.

4. Anil Kapoor Anil Kapoor was born on 24th December 1956 in Mumb >> Read More...

Anil Kapoor recently turned to the method acting technique when he went off the radar for about two to three months in preparation for his next project. Living the life disconnected of Tom Hanks I quote his famous line “Mama always said life was >> Read More... in “Cast Away”, he concentrated on assuming his new character. That is dedication, right there.

5. Ranveer Singh Ranveer Singh Bhavnani is an Indian movie actor wh >> Read More...

Ranveer Singh takes method acting very seriously, to the point where if the script demands him to be panting for a scene, he will run for a mile or two until he is panting. Following his Hollywood counterparts, who have been familiar with the method acting techniques for quite a while, Ranveer has been delivering some of the best performances of his career.

6. Randeep Hooda The strong macho image of Randeep Hooda graces the >> Read More...

Randeep will go to great lengths to fit the description of his character in the script. That is what he did when he skinned down and lost several kilos to assume the character of ‘ Sarbjit Click to look into! >> Read More... ’. Owing to this determination, he gave us one of the best portrayals in the history of Bollywood.

7. Aamir Khan Aamir Khan or Mohammed Aamir Hussain Khan is Bolly >> Read More...

Aamir Khan, being the perfectionist that he is, makes sure he gets every single detail right when playing a character. This is what the spirit of method acting is all about. Playing a character so precisely that one feels exactly what the character is supposed to feel. Aamir Khan nails it every time.

8. Farhan Akhtar One of the most recognized young director of India >> Read More...

While shooting for Bhaag Milkha Bhaag Click to look into! >> Read More... , Farhan took it upon himself to get every minute thing about the great legend right, to do justice to his character. Running for miles and prepping to be exactly like Milkha Singh Milkha Singh, fondly called The Flying Sikh, was b >> Read More... himself, he even grew out his hair to look the part. And all of this only added to him giving us a memorable movie about the life story of a great legend.

9. Nawazuddin Siddiqui Nawazuddin Siddiqui was born in Budhana in Muzaffa >> Read More...

Nawazuddin is a man with many faces. With every character his personality change and one can never understand how he could have played such opposite characters. Critics love him and rightly so. To get to the emotional depths of his characters to understand them better is an art and Siddiqui is the supreme artist here.

10. Boman Irani Boman Irani is a well known name today in the Boll >> Read More...

Boman Irani is the one actor we can imagine playing any role, be it a Don, or a well-reputed lawyer or just a businessman. Boman understands not only the feelings and reactions of his character but also that of those around him. Thus, he brings some of the most honest and purest fictional people to life.

Method acting resurrects the most honest to life and relatable characters because the actor playing them understands them entirely. Be it for looking the part or feeling it, this new technique of acting is planting its roots firmly into the grounds of Bollywood, with more and more celebrities turning to it by the day. Method acting is here to stay.