Top 50 Memorable Bollywood Characters

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Top 50 Memorable Bollywood Characters: Natasha Arora from Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara

Posted on July 13, 2019May 9, 2020
by Rahul Desai

In Zoya Akhtar’s 2011 buddy flick, Kalki Koechlin played the “girlfriend from hell” – pushy, insecure, passive-aggressive, sharp and with complete control over Abhay Deol’s Kabir

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Vijay Varma, Gully Boy’s Moeen, Is ‘Waiting In the Wings’

Posted on February 18, 2019May 13, 2020
by Sankhayan Ghosh

The 34-year-old actor talks about how a ‘moment with Ranveer Singh’ transformed one of the film’s best scenes, the complexes of Moeen, the references for the character, and being selective even when he had no work.

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Top 50 Memorable Bollywood Characters: Appa from Tu Hai Mera Sunday

Posted on November 12, 2018May 9, 2020
by Rahul Desai

In Milind Dhaimade’s film, Shiv Subramaniam plays the hapless dementia-afflicted man whose condition immediately appeals to the humanity in the film’s (semi) protagonist, Arjun (Barun Sobti)

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Top 50 Memorable Bollywood Characters: Bajodia Seth from Baazigar

Posted on November 5, 2018May 9, 2020
by Rahul Desai

Playing the loud Gujarati businessman, veteran character actor Dinesh Hingoo single-handedly turned Abbas-Mustan’s 1993 film into a rip-roaring stage comedy when he was on screen

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Top 50 Memorable Bollywood Characters: Kanchan from Badlapur

Posted on October 22, 2018May 9, 2020
by Rahul Desai

In Sriram Raghavan’s 2015 film, Radhika Apte plays ex-criminal Harman’s (Vinay Pathak) wife. She manages to lend the role the kind of ambiguous morality that Raghavan’s movies (and side characters) are notorious for

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Top 50 Memorable Bollywood Characters: Malini from Raaz

Posted on October 15, 2018May 9, 2020
by Rahul Desai

In Vikram Bhatt’s 2002 film, Malini Sharma played the disturbed, sultry stranger who threatens to expose her torrid affair with the married man if he didn’t leave his wife

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Top 50 Memorable Bollywood Characters: Don Pedro Cleto Colaco from Finding Fanny

Posted on October 8, 2018May 9, 2020
by Rahul Desai

What’s most interesting about Pankaj Kapur’s character in the 2014 film is director Homi Adajania’s understanding of his toxic masculinity – and, by extension, the inherently flawed and inhumane equation between an artist and a muse

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Top 50 Memorable Bollywood Characters: Somayajulu from Delhi Belly

Posted on October 1, 2018May 9, 2020
by Rahul Desai

The Delhi-ness in Abhinay Deo’s 2011 film was immortalized by the inimitable Vijay Raaz as the droll, dastardly don desperate for his diamonds

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Top 50 Memorable Bollywood Characters: Kaveri Amma from Swades

Posted on September 24, 2018May 9, 2020
by Rahul Desai

In Ashutosh Gowariker’s 2004 film, veteran Kannada actress Kishori Ballal makes for a fascinating study of maternal traditionalism. She walks the thin line between caretaker and caregiver – both to Gita (Gayatri Joshi) and to Mohan (Shah Rukh Khan)

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Top 50 Memorable Bollywood Characters: Bindiya from Raanjhanaa

Posted on September 17, 2018May 9, 2020
by Rahul Desai

In Aanand L. Rai’s 2013 film, Swara Bhasker plays Kundan’s (Dhanush) best friend’s sister. She too is part of a one-sided love triangle that doesn’t end well for anyone

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Top 50 Memorable Bollywood Characters: Ammaji from NH10

Posted on September 10, 2018May 9, 2020
by Rahul Desai

In Navdeep Singh’s 2015 thriller, Deepti Naval is essentially a leader who has had to sacrifice her womanhood in order to survive in, and define, a man’s world

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50 Memorable ‘Third Wheel’ Characters In Bollywood Since 1990

Posted on September 8, 2018May 9, 2020
by Rahul Desai

Here are all 50 entries from our ongoing series on 50 memorable characters of Hindi cinema!

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