Top Actors of Bollywood in 2016

The year 2016 is about to end so it is a time to look back and see how the actors of Bollywood performed throughout the year. It can be easily said the senior actors were more dominating than the younger brigade. 

Here are the Top 5 Actors of Bollywood in 2016
[This ranking has been done based on combining the factors like acting, box office success and the actor’s contribution towards the success of his movies.]

1. Aamir Khan - He had only one release this year #Dangal but it was big enough to give

him the top position. Since the first trailer was released it created storm. Everyone was looking forward to see the movie, after all a Aamir Khan movie was releasing after long two years. Aamir Khan once again proved he is Mr Perfectionist. The way he portrayed his character of Haryanvi wrestler, it was definitely one of the best performances we have seen by any actor in recent times. His body language, his Haryanvi accent, and his wrestling moves everything showed his dedication as an actor. As expected the movie got huge opening and earned 100cr in just 3 days and near about 200cr in first week itself. The movie is already the second big hit of 2016 and soon it will enter 300cr and hopefully it will break all the records to be the highest grosser of all time.

2. Salman Khan - Salman Khan once again proved he is the Sultan of box office with his

only release of the year #Sultan. It was released on Eid, the most favourite season for Bhaijaan. This movie did a humongous business and entered 300cr club to become the second big hit of Salman Khan. Ruling the box office is an old habit of Salman Khan but with his last few releases he is getting acknowledged for choosing good subjects and acting well too. In #Sultan too he was highly appreciated for his performance in the role of a wrestler who struggles to find his lost love and lost glory.

3. Akshay Kumar - Akshay Kumar kept us entertaining throughout the year with three

back to back hits #Airlift, #Houseful3 and #Rustom. All of these three movies were 100cr hits. Among these three the best film was #Airlift. Akshay Kumar gave superb performance in this movie as a NRI who helped to airlift a group of Indian people from Kuwait to India. It was one of his career best performances so far. In #Houseful3 he entertained us with his comic timing, though it was very poor comedy but no doubt Akshay Kumar's comic performance was the best thing about the film. In #Rustom once again he appeared in serious role and he won our hearts once again. Also we can not forget his cameo in #Dishoom, it was hilarious and his five minute appearance was the best thing about the movie. Overall it was a very good year for his career.

4. Shahrukh Khan - Superstar Shahrukh Khan was missing this year. He appeared in two

movies and both failed to even enter in 100cr club. No doubt business wise he is lagging much behind of the other two Khans. But if we forget about those things then it can be easily said it was very good year for Shahrukh Khan as an actor. This year we saw Shahrukh coming out of his comfort zone of playing romantic roles and doing quite different characters. First he appeared in #Fan where he played a double role a superstar and his lookalike fan. As the fan he gave an award winning . In his second outing #DearZindagi we saw him giving able support to Alia Bhatt as her cool and composed therapist. We must say he was very impressive in that rool. Also his beard look made him look more appealing.

5. Sushant Singh Rajput - Among the crowd of veteran actors this young talented guy

has made a quick entry solely because of his hard work and talent. He appeared as captain cool M S Dhoni in the biopic #MSDhoniTheUntoldStory and he played this role superbly. He had totally nailed it, the way Dhoni plays cricket. Watching him on screen playing those big shots was so real that even people from cricket world were speechless. He proved his calibre not only on learning cricket styles but also in the emotional scenes where he showed the struggle that Dhoni has to go through in his life. This movie earned 133cr at box office and became the third highest grosser of this year which was a big achievement for a comparatively younger actor like Sushant.

Apart from these actors there were some more actors who were very much impressive with their following performances.

Ranbir Kapoor (Ae Dil Hai Mushkil) - For last few years he was going through a bad phase in his professional career. But this year he got back his lost luck and gave a big hit with #AeDilHaiMushkil. He did an awesome acting as the heart broken lover. He was rocking with every emotion and he got a big thumbs up from each and everyone. Even those who had not liked the film had praised Ranbir Kapoor for his effortless acting.

Fawad Khan (Kapoor & Sons)- He was more in news for all the wrong reasons for his guest appearance in #AeDilHaiMushkil but the film where he was really impressive that was #KapoorAndSons. He was too good in that film and it was one brave step for him to take such a role which many of his contemporaries might have denied to do. 

Randeep Hooda (Sarbjit) - He was just out of the world with his extraordinary performance in and as #Sarbjit. His physical transition was something to look out for and his expression showing the agony and pain of Sarabjit was so real. 

Rishi Kapoor (Kapoor & Sons) - He played the mischievous grandfather excellently. Though his make-up was very helpful to make him look like an old man but to play a character who is much older than your real age is not an easy task and Rishi Kapoor had mastered this tough job with his perfect mannerism.

Amitabh Bachchan (Pink)  - He is of course a big star and brilliant actor and he really do not need any recommendations now still we must say he was dynamic as the lawyer in #Pink. Every single dialogue mouthed by him became a rage nationwide. Even at this age he can give tough competition to his juniors.

Shahid Kapoor (Udta Punjab) - His portrayal of a drug addict pop singer Tommy Singh was very much impressive and authentic. The way he had transformed himself physically was highly commendable. 

Diljit Dosanjh (Udta Punjab) - This Punjabi super star made a confident debut with #UdtaPunjab and we love him for everything he does on screen.

Manoj Bajpayee (Aligarh) – He portrayed an aged Gay professor fighting for his basic rights of having privacy in his personal life. He was brilliant with the mannerism of an aged lonely guy. Also playing a gay character was one bold decision for his part as an actor.

R. Madhavan (Saala Khadoos) – This was unfortunately one over looked performance of the year. Hats off to Madhavan for playing the role of a strict boxing coach with such perfection.

Pankaj Tripathi (Neel Batte Sannata ) – Even without saying any funny dialogue he made us laugh with his expressions and that is the talent of this wonderful actor.

Nawazuddin Siddiqui (Raman Raghav 2.0) – Nawazuddin is powerhouse of talent and he once again proved that playing a psycho serial killer with such perfection.

Piyush Mishra (Happy Bhaag Jayegi , Pink) – He is not a regular face as an actor but whenever he comes on screen he proves himself as a talented actor. Whether it is doing comedy in #HappyBhaagJayegi or doing a negative character in #Pink ,he did both with same excellence.

Farhan Akhtar (Wazir) – He played an emotional character who is struggling with his relationship and he was good enough to leave his mark in spite of sharing screen space with Big B.

Rajkumar Rao (Aligarh) - He played a small time reported who an old man to fight his legal battle. Rajkumar Rao was very natural in his performance and we appreciate the way he had picked up the malayali accent for his character.

There were some Actors who were not so impressive in 2016.

Flop Actors of 2016

Aditya Roy Kapoor -  He was very much hopeful with his solo release of this year #Fitoor and had given a lot of effort for that but it flopped badly at the box office.

Hrithik Roshan - He appeared in much hyped periodic drama #MohenjoDaro which was an ambitious project and his Fans were very much hopeful with it, but finally it was disaster.

Emraan Hashmi - He kept searching for good luck but failed once again. Both his movies #Azhar and #RaazReboot were big flops, though he still have teh good luck with his songs.

The Actor who was missing in 2016
Saif Ali Khan - Though he was very much in news for his personal life for becoming a proud father but professionally he was missing from big screen.