9 Crazy Bollywood Villains Whom We Love To Hate

The next-gen cinephiles are not only fans of protagonists but also antagonists. In fact, in the recent times, villains are hogging more limelight than the hero itself. It started right from The Dark Knight Rises when Heath Ledger’s jaw-dropping performance overshadowed Christian Bale. It kickstarted a wave of maverick actors playing villains and making history like Joaquin Phoenix in Joker, Josh Brolin in Avengers, Tom Hiddleston in Thor, etc.

Success of a film certainly rides on the shoulders of a star but sometimes the movie also makes headline for its villain who floor the audience with their performance. In this list, Postoast has brought these supervillains under one listicle, who are loved even more than the stars.

1. Murder 2 – Prashant Narayanan

Prashant Narayan who played Dheeraj Pandey (a transgender) in the second installment of Murder, was loved for his acting as much as he was hated for his character. The actor played the role of a satan worshiper who mercilessly killed any woman he came across. Despite the goriness of his character, the actor was commended for his convincing performance.

2. Mardaani 2 – Vishal Jethwa

Vishal Jethwa is hands down one of the most hated villains of the recent times for the obvious reasons. Vishal played the hard-to-catch rap!st Sunny in Rani Mukerji’s action-thriller Mardaani 2. The brown eyed boy was praised for his acting skills as much as his character was loathed nationwide.

3. Makdee – Shabana Azmi

Although any role is not difficult for Shabana Azmi, but given the prosthetics and makeup, her character in Makdee was particularly hard to play. Her guise in the horror film haunted many children back in those time.

4. Kaun – Urmila Matondkar

Urmila Matondkar aced the art to convince the audience that she’s a victim while she was actually the real culprit of the film. Her character in Kaun seemed demure, perpetually-scared but the reality was entirely stark.

5. Sangharsh – Ashutosh Rana

Whenever we take the name of this movie Sangharsh, we don’t recall Akshay Kumar but Ashutosh Rana. Though, the transgender community was wrongfully presented in the film, Rana played the character with conviction. Thinking about his character still gives us chills.

6. Ek Villain – Riteish Deshmukh

Riteish Deshmukh is often known for playing comic roles in Bollywood. However, in Ek Villain he aced the character of Rakesh, who brutally murdered women for venting out the anger he had for his wife. The coy looking telecom clerk turned a merciless killer in a flash of a moment. The film wasn’t a big hit but his character is still remembered.

7. Table no 21 – Paresh Rawal

Paresh Rawal never left anything to be desired in any of his role. But his part in Table No. 21 amassed quite a lot of fan following post the film’s release. He played the role of an avenging father who lost his only son to ragging. Despite the madness of games he played with the film’s lead couple, the film has a very important social message behind it.

8. Badlapur – Nawazuddin Siddiqui

Nawazuddin Siddiqui already started being popular by the time Badlapaur released. But the Varun Dhawan starrer was a cherry on the top for Siddiqui. Playing a petty thief whose robbery goes wrong, the actor managed to play the role with quite a conviction.

9. Darna Mana Hai – Rajpal Yadav and Sushant Singh

Though it was an anthology, few of its villains made a mark among their audience. The movie was based upon all kinds of lunatics that we can never imagine. Rajpal Yadav played a creepy fruit vendor who sold man-eating apples to everyone while Boman Irani was a murderous hotelier. Sushant Singh was a mentally-disturbed shadow murderer throughout the film.