Bollywood opts for ´real-life´ superheroes

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Akshay Kumar plays a villager in 'Singh is Kinng', Abhay Deol plays a middle class young man in 'Ahista Ahista' and Saif Ali Khan had in 'Omkara' traded his urban charm to turn rustic. In 'A Wednesday' Nasseruddin Shah surprised many with his character of a common man who fights terrorism in his own way.

With actors opting for real life characters in their film, the larger than life hero of Indian cinema with superhuman qualities is slowly losing out to the characters which are deeply rooted in reality.

Talking about his role in the upcoming film, Shah Rukh Khan had said both the character in 'Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi' were inspired by the real people he met during the game shows like 'Kaun Banega Karorpati' and 'Kya Aap Paanchvi Pass Se Tez Hai'.

With films like 'Swades' and 'Chake De!', King Khan had already begun his shift away from designer roles.

However, the new trend in the film industry is not the result of an overnight revolution, small budget films like 'Iqbal', 'Dor', 'Khosla Ka Ghosla', 'Honeymoon Travels Pvt Ltd' 'Black and White', 'Bheja Fry' and 'Mithya' with common man stories have broken the superiority of big budget films by getting a good show at the Box Office.

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