Best Performances in Bollywood in the First Half of 2015

Akshay Kumar (Baby) - Akshay Kumar was in sublime form here channeling the life and emotions of an intelligence officer of a secret wing in the Indian army. It also helped that he got to play off the other actors in the film who helped elevate the film into the classic category. We can’t wait to see Akshay get back into the character of Ajay Singh Rajput in Baby 2 which releases on Republic Day 2017.

Cast of Dum Laga Ke Haisha: We could have easily included only Ayushmann Khurrana or newbie showstealer Bhumi Pednekar here but it would have been doing huge injustice to the other members of this brilliantly cast film. Dum Laga Ke Haisha wouldn’t have been the delightful and poignant story of Prem and Sandhya if it wasn’t for Sanjay Mishra’s Babuji, Alka Amin’s mummy, Sheeba Chaddha’s highly curious Bua. Even the actors who had a scene or two in the film shined in their roles.

Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Varun Dhawan (Badlapur) - We all expected Nawazuddin Siddiqui to blow us away with his Liak but we couldn’t have expected Varun Dhawan to perform the way he did as the angsty Raghu in Badlapur. And boy did they both act their pants off (almost literally)! Whereas Nawazuddin brought a comic touch to a despicable character who goes through a change of heart in the climax, Varun Dhawan played the angry man who emoted through his brooding eyes. We loved how the hero became the villain and the villain became the hero in the final scene of Badlapur.

Cast of Piku: Another well cast film where all the actors (the leads as well as the supporting ones) were in sublime form. Deepika Padukone gave a career best performance as the frustrating and yet lovable Piku who tenders to her father’s every needs. Amitabh Bachchan showed us all that he has still got it even though some felt he went a bit overboard with his Bengali accent. Irrfan showed his class with his sheer regalness and made Piku the film even more perfect. Moushumi Chatterji as the Massi was a pleasant surprise.

Kangana Ranaut (Tanu Weds Manu Returns): Kangana Ranaut gave the performance of 2015. Bar none. It would have to be a really good performance by an actor (man or woman) to better Kangna’s Kusum in Tanu Weds Manu Returns. She got the Haryanvi accent absolutely perfect and made us feel for the naive athlete who is rooted to her Indian values. And in the same movie she returned as the crazy, mohalle ki Batman Tanu. Kangana made us believe that those characters were being played by two different actors. And that is where her true genius lies.

Cast of Dil Dhadakne Do: The cool thing about Dil Dhadakne Do and the acting in it is that it doesn’t even feel like the actors are acting. It looked effortless on-screen, but we all know how much effort goes into acting effortlessly! To subdue Ranveer Singh into giving a chilled out performance like that of Kabir’s, is no small task. Priyanka Chopra polishes her acting chops as Ayesha. Anil Kapoor plays the self obsessed patron of the Mehra astutely. Shefali Shah is also perfect as the snobby and dominated South Delhi housewife Neelam Mehra. Anushka Sharma, Rahul Bose and Farhan Akhtar also make the right kind of impression in their respective roles.

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  • Emraan hashmi gave outstanding performance in HAK. As a SRK fan I respect Emraan a lot. he deserves more

  • Varun in Badlapur was not impressive. Poor dialogue delivery. Ranbir, Ranveer & Emraan would have been better choice for Badlapur

  • Its undoubtedly Akshay, Varun, Kangana, Deepika & Emraan …Loved Baby,Badlapur, Piku, TWMR & HAK. Bhumi was outstanding in DLH

  • A flop movie like Dil dhadakne do????…. Rofl.. Lol…

    Good acting????…..
    Hahaha….

    @indicine How much payment u get to write such things….!!….
    Absurd….

    Ur article is about performance….
    So my list–

    Akshay kumar baby….
    Akshay kumar Gabbar…
    Big B in piku…
    Amitabh in shamitabh…
    Emraan hashmi Hak….
    Ayushmann Dlkh…
    Anushka Nh10….
    Irrfan Piku….

    Worst….

    Arjun kapoor tevar,,, ranvver DDd;, ranbir in BV , Roy….!!…

  • Bhagwaan is superb in baby.
    Also he is the only one who is physically perfect for this role.

  • Undoubtedly Kangana ‘s performance is far better than all performances in the films this year.and I’m sure this will remain the best performance till the end of the year in a female lead.and male lead till now manageable is Varun im badlapur followed by akki in baby.worst performances in male lead this year will be salman’s bb/prdp.and THE BEST PERFORMANCE in male lead surely be given by THE KING OF BOLLYWOOD for sure.

  • Emraan hashmi in hamari adhuri kahani..
    No actor can make a film like HAK even a 1 time watch other than emraan..
    The movie had some horrible casting in Vidya Balan , police officers etc..
    Emraan shined in the film and made a movie a watch…

    It is easy to say Varun in badlpur.. But he just complemented Nawaz in the movie.. And the good script made it looked better..

    And Dil dhadakne do?? @indicine only 1 word for u.. U R DRUNK.

  • But I heard that T Series announced sequel Baby 2. Titled “Baby Ki Potti” featuring Akshay Kumar coz his personality suit that role too. ???

  • Tever opening 7cr+ lifetime 39cr
    BV opening 5.4cr lifetime 21cr
    But HAK opening 5cr Lifetime 40cr .
    Means HAK liked by audiences. I m also now huge fan of mohit & Emraan after watching Hamari Adhuri KAHANI

  • The best actors this year were akshay kumar (both films), emraan hashmi (both filmz), varun (only badlapur), nawaz, shamitabh (both actors lol), arjun rampal (he tried to save roy) didnt watch piku and ddd sucked badly (only anil kapoor was looking good) , i would even say zayed khans performance in sherafat gaye tel lene was better than ranveer singh and movie was also better. Didnt watch dlkh and will soon watch nh10.

  • Who is this c****ya @ ajinkya that writes trash about ranveer arjun varun in every article. @indicine plz delete his offensive irritateing comments

  • Best Performance in a Leading role(Male): Akshay Kumar in Baby/Big B in Piku

    Best performance in a Leading role(female): Kangana in TWMR/Deepika in Piku

    Best Supporting role(male): Nawaz in Badlapur/Irfan in Piku

    Best Supporting in female: bua of DLKH/Radhika Apte in Badlapur

  • Akshay Kumar for an awesome performance for both Baby and Gabbar Is Back, both movies was fantastic one is the Baby which was a classical movie and second one is Gabbar Is Back which was mass entertainer masala movie.
    Eagerly waiting for the third successful movie of Akshay Sir in 2015 Brothers.

    2nd Kangana Ranaut Superb performance in TWMR Kangana did well in both the characters Tanu and Kussum i loved that performance.

    3rd Varun Dhawan my favorite in Youngistan he gave fantastic performance in Badlapur along with Nawazuddin the talented man, i did not watch ABCD 2 due to Ramadan Month but i’ll definitely watch after Bajrangi Bhaijan in EID 2015.

  • Without an iota of a doubt.

    Best male actor: Akshay Kumar (Baby)
    Best female actor: (kangana Ranaut)

  • Worst comments on indicine by Floppy.
    You really deserve this.
    Akshay’ wrost performance in “2012” gabbar is back.
    Ha ha ha
    Your mind not work after watching every one praise akshay for his performance.

  • No Kapoor , No Khan

    ONLY EMRAAN BHAIJAAN !!!

    @nipun nice to see haters burning asses ………..

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