There was a time in Indian cinema when people used to hate the film's villain. Even many veteran B-town actors have accepted that people usually say bad things to them whenever they encounter them in normal life. Now, with the passage of time, people's perceptions have been changed and audiences are praising the antagonists in the film. Whether it is Ranveer Singh in the role of Alauddin Khilji or Saif Ali Khan as Udaybhan, their roles were admired by the public. So with this, let's have a look at the list of 10 greatest hero-villain duos of Bollywood.
Mukul Anand's 1990 'Agneepath' was inspired by the life of Mumbai gangster Manya Surve. The title was taken from a poem of the same name called 'Agneepath' and in the film, Amitabh Bachchan played the role of protagonist Vijay Dinanath Chavan against Danny Denzongpa who portrayed the best performance of his career as underworld kingpin Kancha Cheena. This film is considered Bachchan's best performance and has grown into a strong cult film over the years.
A film by Shekhar Kapoor has gifted Bollywood with one of the most memorable films of the all-time. Where Anil Kapoor became the first superhero with an invisible mode against cruel Mogambo (Amrish Puri). Amrish's Mogambo Khush Hua is still known as the villainous dialogue of Hindi cinema.
Shah Rukh Khan won several awards for his villainous performance in Darr. Being a protagonist, Sunny Deol has also performed exceptionally against Shah Rukh Khan in the film. But SRK has given a more strong performance with his psycho avatar who falls in love with Juhi Chawla and the extent of his mad love for her has no limits.
The film is fondly remembered for the late Sadashiv Amrapurkar's award-winning performance as the film's villain, Maharani. On the other side, Ravi Kishore Verma (Sanjay Dutt), a taxi driver, was also remembered for his extraordinary and inspiring face-off with Maharani.
Despite the huge controversy, Sanjay Leela Bhansali's period drama was released in 2018, in which we saw Ranveer Singh as Sultan Alauddin Khilji and Shahid Kapoor as Maharawal Ratan Singh. Apart from Deepika Padukone's beauty, this film is known for its hero-villain duo. The film is considered Ranveer's best performance as the antagonist.
Tracing the life of Maratha warrior Tanaji Malusare, Om Raut's period drama film stars Ajay Devgn in the titular role along with Saif Ali Khan as Udaybhan Singh Rathore known as Aurangzeb's royal guard. Ajay played the role of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's military leader and friend who pitted against Udaybhan in the film. Watching the actors on screen was smoothing pleasure to eyes.
Hrithik Roshan played the role of a heart-throb thief in Dhoom 2 where he was featured opposite Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. In the film, Hrithik played the antagonist role against Abhishek Bachchan who is portraying the role of ACP Jai Dixit in the Dhoom franchise.
Whenever we talk about Sangharsh, the first thing that strikes our mind is Ashutosh Rana's top-notch acting as Lajja Shankar Pandey. Akshay who portrayed the role of Professor Aman Verma in the film is widely known for his cat and mouse race with Ashutosh.
Well watching Salman Khan shirtless on the screen is everyone guilty pleasure and in Dabangg, the actor pitted against Sonu Sood whose chiseled body gives a tough competition to Salman.
Singham becomes one of the successful films of Ajay's career which has placed the actor on the top list. In the film, Ajay Devgn portrayed the role of Inspector Bajirao Singham and Prakash Raj played the main antagonist role. Prakash Raj's Jaikant Shikre role was more witty and strong, even his dialogue delivery touches the audience's heart. So watching them together on the screen was like a memorable experience for the audience.
Dilip Kumar and Anupam Kher have made the Subhash Ghai's film more successful and memorable with their acting chops. Watching, Rana Vishwa Pratap Singh (Dilip Kumar) is an ex-high ranking police officer who is in charge of a jail that successfully reforms criminals and head of a major terrorist organization Dr. Dang (Anupam Kher) was a great experience for the moviegoers. The film is still in the hearts of people and usually telecast on TV on the national holiday.