Editing Method acting (section)

=== India ===
In [[Cinema of India|Indian cinema]], a form of Method acting was developed independently from American cinema. [[Dilip Kumar]], a [[Bollywood|Hindi cinema]] actor who debuted in the 1940s and eventually became one of the biggest Indian [[movie star]]s of the 1950s and 1960s, was a pioneer of this technique, predating Hollywood Method actors such as [[Marlon Brando]]. Kumar inspired many future Indian actors, including [[Amitabh Bachchan]], [[Naseeruddin Shah]], [[Nawazuddin Siddiqui]], [[Irrfan Khan]] and many more.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thequint.com/entertainment/2015/12/11/before-brando-there-was-dilip-kumar |title=Before Brando, There Was Dilip Kumar |website=The Quint |date=December 11, 2015 |first=Ranjib |last=Mazumder |access-date=May 8, 2022}}</ref><ref name="Hegde">{{cite web |last1=Hegde |first1=Rajul |title=Even actors of today have influences of Dilip Kumar |url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/report/javed-akhtar-even-actors-of-today-have-influences--of-dilip-kumar/20121111.htm |website=Rediff |access-date=13 January 2019 |date=November 11, 2012}}</ref> Kumar, who pioneered his own form of method acting without any acting school experience,<ref>{{cite book|last1=Kumar|first1=Dilip|title=Dilip Kumar: The Substance and the Shadow |date=2014 |publisher=[[Hay House]] |isbn=9789381398968 |page=12 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J2UZBAAAQBAJ&pg=PT12|language=en}}</ref> was described as "the ultimate method actor" by filmmaker [[Satyajit Ray]].<ref>{{cite news|author=RANJAN DAS GUPTA |date=28 August 2010 |title=Unmatched innings |url=http://www.thehindu.com/arts/magazine/article597902.ece |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=9 January 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120208164035/http://www.thehindu.com/arts/magazine/article597902.ece |archive-date=8 February 2012}}</ref>

In the south, method acting was extensively practiced at first by Malayalam actor [[Sathyan (Malayalam actor)|Sathyan]] and later by Tamil actor [[Sivaji Ganeshan]] and later by prominent actors like [[Mammootty]], [[Mohanlal]] and [[Kamal Haasan]].

Method acting is being discussed more in India with the rise of [[List of streaming media services|OTT streaming platforms]] that feature several popular web series exploring genres seldom featured in Indian cinema. The increasing viewership of these platforms has given space to the next generation of method actors in India,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://amitsadhfanclub.com/bollywood-method-actors/|title=Best Method Actors in India – Bollywood Method Actors|date=June 26, 2021|access-date=March 6, 2022|archive-date=October 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211009172303/https://amitsadhfanclub.com/bollywood-method-actors/|url-status=dead}}</ref> including [[Rajkummar Rao|Rajkumar Rao]], [[Amit Sadh]], [[Pawan Kalyan]], [[Ali Fazal]] and [[Vicky Kaushal]].