Dinesh Kamath compares Michael Corleone with Tony Montana

The first picture is of the writer of this piece Dinesh Kamath (The Acting Editor of Newsband).
The second picture is that of Al Pacino as Michael Corleone in the movie 'The Godfather'.

The third picture is that of Al Pacino as Tony Montana in the movie 'Scarface'

Al Pacino is the great Hollywood actor who played the role of Michael Corleone in the movie 'The Godfather' and Tony Montana in the film 'Scarface'.

Michael Corleone in 'The Godfather' was a quiet fellow as compared to Tony Montana in 'Scarface'. Tony was a loud character and a man of action. Michael was the son of Godfather of one of the most powerful mafia family. After the death of his brother Sonny Corleone, it was Michael who took over from his father Vito Corleone and occupied the seat of Godfather. Michael turned out to be the most powerful Godfather. He turned out to be a powerful decision maker. Actually, Michael, after his schooling, had joined the Navy and he was least interested in the family business. But after his elder brother Sonny got brutally murdered by the enemies and his father became too old to look after his mighty empire, Michael made a decision to take over from his father and become the mafia chief of one of the most important family among the five mafia families that existed in New York. And what a chief he turned out to be! Michael's ability to lead his family was underestimated by his elder brother Sonny when he was alive. He thought Michael was a kid and too weak to look after the mighty empire belonging to their father Vito. But Michael turned out to be just the opposite. He proved to be extremely tough - in fact, tougher than his brother Sonny. He turned out to be more dangerous and brainier than Sonny. He managed to do for his family what Sonny could never have done. He made the Corleone family the toughest among all the Mafia families and his family continued to enjoy the number one position for a long, long time until his natural death at a very old age.

Tony Montana of 'Scarface' was a refugee from Cuba who enters America and after doing all kinds of odd jobs rises to the position of one the most dreaded and powerful gangster. But it was Tony's addiction to cocaine that proved to be his downfall. But you'll admire the way he fought the enemies till his last breath. He didn't give up till he was shot from behind and he lay dead. It was Al Pacino who portrayed Tony Montana. Tony was just the opposite of Michael. While Michael was cool and intelligent, Tony was hot-tempered, rash and a man of action. Michael was not much interested in womanizing while Tony was a terrific womanizer. If you will see both the characters on the screen, you won't believe that both the characters were portrayed by the same actor Al Pacino because both the characters are just opposite to each other. That's the reason why Al Pacino is called the most brilliant actor Hollywood has ever witnessed.

It is difficult to judge as to who between Michael and Tony is a better character. People who believe that Brain is superior to Brawn will enjoy watching Michael perform on the screen while those people who get excited only when they witness a man of action will prefer to see Tony on the screen (they will find Michael too boring to watch). But I personally loved both Michael and Tony since both had their own strong and weak points. While Michael was cool and brainy, Tony was hot-tempered, rash and a man who obeyed his heart. But hat's off to Al Pacino for playing these two characters, who are totally opposite to each other, so brilliantly and convincingly. Bye!