I thought I should give some competition to Mr. Vijay Mallya. This is not about beer, but the villains I have watched in Bollywood movies. Who is the best of them all? My vote for the king of bad times is for Ajit, with Pran a close second. Ajit, because he looked so cool, always under control, with a fun element even in the most brutal villainy. Like boiling people in acid baths or electrocuting them or whatever. He also generated jokes that will live with us for a lifetime, some real dialogues and some made up by his fans. Mona and Michael are also immortal, thanks to him.
Pran also was a gentleman villain, usually suave, well-dressed and mostly, well- behaved too. Prem Chopra was a baddie who looked like a leach, Amrish Puri was too loud for my taste, and Manmohan, Sujit Kumar etc. made no impact. Of course, Gabbar's career as a villain was short-lived, though he made a powerful debut in Sholay. Vinod Khanna also played villain in his early days, and so did Shotgun Sinha. I remember in a movie where Shatrughan had some powerful dialogue as villain, the audience even clapped for him against the hero, who was probably Randhir Kapoor.
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Hi Gunds, Just saw your blog and loved it. May be if you add some pics, it would appear even more interesting. Great job.
Himanshu
Thanks, I will learn how to.
How did you miss Shakti Kapoor? Or does he fall into some in between category? The most disappointing villain of the past thirty years was to me Kulbushan Karbanda in Shaan, all shiny bald pate, and no menace. What a waste? Luckily he gave up on the black roles and stuck to victimised father/uncle roles which he fit to perfection.
Hari, I think Shakti Kapoor was in an in-between category, the comic villain.
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