Top 10 Bollywood Villains Who Became More Famous Than The Heroes

Villain is the second most important character of the movie after the hero, not even the leading lady of the film is as important as the villain, as the villain is the one who test the powers of the hero and he is the main reason for raising the status of the hero. As we all know hero is always the more loved character of the movie because of all the positivity he is associated with, but there have been instances in Bollywood when the villain of the movie became more famous than the hero, because he was so good or you can say the character was so evil that people fell in love with the character. So let’s take a look at some of these villainous characters that stole the limelight from the hero or heroes of the movie.

1. Gabbar, Sholay

Whenever there is a talk about villains in the Bollywood, the first name that comes to mind is “Gabbar”. The role was played by Amjad Khan Amjad Zakaria Khan was born on 12th November, 1940 >> Read More... and is by far is the best role in his Bollywood career. The fear that Gabbar had over his own man and how the nearby villages were threatened by it shows how evil the character was. The character was so well written that whoever was approached for a different role other that Gabbar wanted the role of Gabbar. For me, it is one of the best negative roles ever to have been played on the Indian cinema.

2. Mogambo, Mr. India

“Mogambo Khush Hua”, this dialogue is enough to introduce one of the best negative character in the history of Bollywood. The role was performed by Amrish Puri Amrish Lal Puri was born on 22nd June, 1932 in Pun >> Read More... and is still etched in the memory of people. Amrish Puri has done a lot of negative roles but the role of “Mogambo” stands out from all of them.

3. Shaakal, Shaan

The role was done by Kulbhushan Kharbanda Proudly known for his role as the ingenious bald v >> Read More... , and he captured the eyeballs of everyone in the nation with his evil avatar. The way he smiled and how he treated his enemies, by feeding them to shark just took the way the negative characters were being potrayed to another level.

4. Langda Tyagi, Omkara

This role can be said as the turning point of ‘ Saif Ali Khan Saif Ali Khan is a film celebrity born to actress  >> Read More... ’s career, this negative role showed that he possessed much more skills and is more than just a Choclate boy. In spite of power packed performance by Ajay Devgan Ajay Devgn is an Indian film actor. He is perhaps >> Read More... , Vivek Oberoi Vivek Anand Oberoi's birth was on 3rd Septembe >> Read More... and Bipasha Basu Bipasha Basu, born in January 7,1979 in Delhi, is >> Read More... , the one character that remains with you even after the movie is that of Langda Tyagi. His planning and plotting just to destroy his enemies won hearts of the audiences.

5. Biku Matre, Satya

It was the film with which Ram Gopal Varma Ram Gopal Varma is a famed Indian film director an >> Read More... announced himself into the industry and the character that made him so popular was that of “Biku Matre” which was portrayed brilliantly by Manoj Bajpayee Born on 23 April 1969, Manoj Bajpai is first a Bol >> Read More... . The movie has some spectacular performances by Urmila Matondkar Urmila Matondkar is an Indian actress born on 4th >> Read More... , Saurabh Shukla Saurabh Shukla was born at Gorakhpur in Uttar Prad >> Read More... and ‘ J. D. Chakravarthy An actor who’s been reigning the Telugu film indus >> Read More... ’ but still the performance that stands out among all of them is that of “Biku Matre” and i still remember the famous dialogue of his “Mumbai Ka King Kaun? Biku Matre”.

6. Kancha Cheena, Agneepath Click to look into! >> Read More... (2012)

There were two to choose from and i feel the latter one in which Sanjay Dutt July 29, 1959, was the day when the two legends of >> Read More... performed the role of “Kancha Cheena” was the better of the two. The way he threatened the people of Mandwa, his way of dialogue delivery were all very good and it was one of the best performance by Sanjay Dutt. And in comparison to Danny Dengozpa from the old Agneepath he looked more fearsome than him.

7. Rauf Lala Intro: Rauf Lala is one of the few Pakistani actor >> Read More... , Agneepath (2012)

He was the new character that was different from the previous version of the movie. This character was portrayed by Rishi Kapoor Rishi Kapoor is an actor born in the prominent Kap >> Read More... and we have never seen him in a negative role. And the way with which he carried the character was extremely commendable. Though his screen presence was short but still was able to give an impact performance.

8. Lajja Shankar Pandey, Sangharsh

One character that was feared by every kid who saw the movie was that of "Lajja Shankar Pandey” portrayed by Ashutosh Rana A versatile actor, Ashutosh has worked in Indian f >> Read More... . The way with which he displayed the character on screen makes us not believe that anyone would have done it better than him. The point to be noted here is that the movie also had stars like Preity Zinta Preity, also known as Preity Zinta is a famous Act >> Read More... and Akshay Kumar Akshay Kumar was born on 9th September 1967 and hi >> Read More... , but we only remember “Lajja Shankar Pandey”.

9. Dr. Dang, Karma Click to look into! >> Read More...

This role was performed by Anupam Kher Anupam Kher is a very popular actor, director, and >> Read More... in the movie ‘Karma’ directed by Subhash Ghai Subhash Ghai is an Indian filmmaker, screenwriter >> Read More... . The role was very impactful and very well-written and the skills of Anupam Kher provided the final touches to this incredible character

10. Crime Master Gogo, Andaz Apna Apna

Though this character was not frightening at all but still it was the negative character of the movie and if a movie having Aamir Khan Aamir Khan or Mohammed Aamir Hussain Khan is Bolly >> Read More... , Salman Khan Salman Khan is a very famous Indian actor and a pr >> Read More... and Paresh Rawal The Padma Shri award winner who shot to fame with >> Read More... in pivotal roles and still the character that remains etched in your memory is that of “Gogo”. Full marks goes to Shakti Kapoor Personal life: Shakti Kapoor was born in Delhi, In >> Read More... for pulling off this role and performing it to perfection.