Jake Gyllenhal's in 'Jarhead' was poor man's Hanks in '...Private Ryan'. I am not sure I liked him. But I did like him in 'Donnie Darko' and 'Brokeback Mountain'. Still, i do not want to give him complete credit for those movies. They were just good movies where demanded good acting.

Rahul Bose's 'Shourya' was one amazing movie. He would have been a good actor if he got rid of his 'Hinglish' drawl. But I still prefer him more than Akshay kumar and similar likes. 

Ronit Roy in 'Udaan' was phenomenal. Wonder why he he didn't act well in those romantic flicks when given a chance. Maybe that was a director's call.

Also, many thanks for bringing up 'Rajpal Yadav'. Dude is a good actor, I mean, a really good actor. Except for that one movie 'Rama rama....' which I accidentally watched (thanks to a friend's wife who made us watch that movie, I was nauseate after 15 minutes), he has displayed almost flawless acting in many of his movie. His bihari twang in 'Mein Madhuri Dixit banna Chahti hoon' was immaculate.

Speaking of classy acting and movies that stirs up brain neurons, I have witnessed most of us urban Nepalese completely disregarding Indian movies, as if it is embarrassing to watch them. Which should not be the case, we should not mix patriotism with art and music. A vivid example is none other than my cousin who always called Hindi movies 'shitty' and 'ridiculous' adored Brad Pitt and Matt Damon whether or not he understood the American they spoke and always lived off listening to Nirvana and Radiohead.

He scored less than 430 in TOEFL. Twice. I know this analogy is not full-proof, maybe it is completely flawed, but gives me multiple reasons to question his comprehension of Hollywood movies and Western music.