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Bollywood's Sexy Female Baddies
In the earlier Bollywood times, actresses hesitate to portray negative character as they feared that they might be typecast as 'vamps'.
Although there were some path breakers even in the good old times, actresses today are just looking for a chance to do something 'different'.
Lets take a look at who all made the difference -
Preity Zinta
Can you imagine the ever bubbly Preity Zinta doing a 'bad' character? Well, she played Sonia in Armaan, a rich and arrogant schizophrenic woman used to have things her own way. She received nominations for Best Villain at different award ceremonies, including Filmfare.
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Urmila Matondkar
Though the film Pyar Tune Kiya Kya did not open well at the box office, Urmila Matondkar's performance of an obsessive compulsive lover was appreciated. She was nominated for Filmfare best villain award and was also nominated for the best actress in 2002.
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Bipasha Basu
Sultry Bipasha Basu set the screen sizzling for her negative role in Jism. Bips played the sexy murderess and established her as one of the sexiest actresses in India. She was nominated for Filmfare best villain award.
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Priyanka Chopra
She was the spurned femme fatale in the gripping movie, Aitraaz. She has proved that she can equally portray good and bad character with confidence. For the negative shades she displayed in the film, she won an award in 2005.
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Kajol
Kajol loves to accept challenging roles and when Rajiv Rai offered her to play a criminal female lover in Gupt, she accepted happily. She not only played the character flawless and superbly but also became a trendsetter.
She became the first female actor to be nominated in the category of negative role and won the Filmfare award in 1998. -
Vidya Balan
The woman with the most beautiful face in Ishqiya, turns out to be a manipulator of the highest order, playing hardenened criminals like Arshad Warsi and Naseeruddin Shah against each other.
