to me he was finished as an ACTOR long ago, when he just got stuck to racking money at any cost!

Ummm....i asked you a question....simple one at that regarding "ab having a 'godfather' in the industry"......all i asked was for clarification in that.
As for favourite stars being criticised.....I have no problem with that....but when people make ridiculous statements like john being superior than AB in Aetbaar....then what can one do but laugh!..

Honestly, I rather liked John Abraham as he debuted in Jism; and in his second, Saaya, too, he impressed me. Come Aetbaar, though, I had to re-think whether or not I'd been credible in giving him any merit as an actor. I liked Aetbaar (and loved Amitabh Bachchan's [very "real"] work in it), and found it seriously hurt only by John Abraham (whom I found to be an immature, hammy performer who had no sense of his character) and Bipasha Basu (terribly, terribly mis-cast). I just thought I'd put in my two cents' worth... .

Exactly, he has only gotten better with age. He is the GREATEST actor today. Way better than Shah Rukh would ever or could ever hope to be. No actor in India has his charisma or style.

i was worried people would forget the original Don after SRKs crap version, after watching the new one, i was laughing all the way home!