Top 10 Negative Roles In South Cinema

Prakash Raj has played many antagonist roles in Indian movies. He’s a fantastic actor and performs his role very decently. Prakash Raj had played the role of Madhavan in ‘ Aasai’ which was his best performance in a negative role. Prakash Raj played as Obul Reddy in ‘ Okkadu’, a tremendous performance in the negative character.

2. ‘ Raghuvaran’

Late Raghuvaran is remembered for giving numerous negative roles in Indian movies. He was mainly active in South Indian Cinema. Choosing the best negative role that was played by him from his various performances is difficult. His performance as villain role in “Puriyaadha Pudhir” and Mark Antony in ‘Baasha’ was outstanding.

3. Sonu Sood

Sonu Sood is an Indian actor who works in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu films. His role of Pasupathy in the movie ‘ Arundhati’ as a negative character was incredible. For his amazing performance in Arundhati he received Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award (Telugu).

4. ‘ Sathyaraj’

Sathyaraj is the stage name of Rangaraj Subbaiah. He played negative roles in the beginning of his career in Tamil films. He showed his appraisable acting skills for the negative role of Amavasai in the movie “Amaidhi Padai”. The role of Amavasai is the most memorable performance by him.

5. Ajith Kumar

Ajith Kumar works as an Indian actor and mainly active in Tamil cinema. He has amazing acting skills and established himself as a romantic and an action hero with his performance in Tamil and Telugu films. Ajith’s role of Deva in the movie ‘ Vaali’ as a villain shows the strength of his acting skills. His performance in this role presents Ajith’s personality with a new level of concentration. Also, Ajith as Vinayak in the movie ‘ Mankatha’ was a memorable one.

6. Abhimanyu Singh

Abhimanyu Singh is an Indian actor who works in Hindi and Telugu movies. Abhimanyu as Bukka Reddy in “Rakta Charitra 2”, gave a mind boggling performance in a negative role. No doubt that role of Bukka Reddy is best villainous role which was performed with determination.

7. Ramya Krishnan

Ramya Krishnan is an Indian actress. Predominantly, she worked in Telugu and Tamil movies and has worked in more than 200 films in different languages.. Ramya had played the role of Neelambari in ‘ Padayappa’ as a negative character and won many hearts for her performance. And she has received Filmfare Award for the Best Actress for this film.

8. Rana Daggubati

Rana Daggubati works as an Indian actor active in Bollywood and Tamil and Telugu cinema. Rana played as Bhallala Deva in the movie ‘ Baahubali’ as the main antagonist, and appreciated for his performance.

9. Mukesh Rishi

Mukesh Rishi is an Indian actor who is known for performing mainly negative roles. He is known for his work in Bollywood, Telugu and Tamil cinema. He began his career with playing the negative role in Telugu movies. Mukesh as Damodar Reddy in ‘ Jalsa’ was an outstanding performance as the villain.

10. Jagapati Babu

Jagapati Babu is an Indian actor who works in Telugu and Tamil cinema. Jagapati Babu had played the role of Jitendar in the movie ‘ Legend’ as an antagonist. He received Filmfare Award for his performance as best supporting actor in this film. He is always in demand for villain roles in the movies both Telugu and Tamil, with big heroes like ‘ Rajinikanth’ and Mahesh Babu. There was a time when he played as a romantic hero and he stood in the queue of leading heroes. But now when he has crossed 50 he wisely and successfully took to villain roles.