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Here’s A List Of The 7 Most Iconic Super Cops Of Bollywood

Bollywood is obsessed with ‘Super cops’ and ‘justice’ and we have had the same theme being followed for the longest time that we can remember.

Playing a cop on screen isn’t an easy job and the actor needs to make sure that there is continuity and rationality in his character. It is very important to make the character and the scene look realistic, making the whole act worth remembering.

Bollywood has given us some real badass cops and we bring to you a list of our favorite 7 super cops while we look forward to more in the coming year.

  • Ajay Devgn – Bajirao Singham, the no nonsense, honest cop has won hearts across the globe with his charismatic performance and nail bitting action sequences. Rohit Shetty and Ajay Devgn are one of those combinations that can never go wrong and time and they have proved this time and again. The fierce cop attitude was acclaimed commercially and critically making Singham be at the top of our list.
  • Aamir Khan- Inspector Shekhawat in Talaash was certainly one of the finest cops Bollywood gave us. Mr. Perfectionist wanted to make sure that he carries the essence of a ‘Mumbai Cop’ in his character and hence spent a lot of time on set speaking to officers of Mumbai Police on duty to understand their way to thinking and lifestyle.
  • Salman Khan- Salman as ‘Chulbul Pandey redefined the cops status in Bollywood. ‘Chulbul’ managed to garner a major fan following and went on to become one of Salman’s identity that is relevant even today. Directed by Abhinav Kashyap, the movie was eventually made into a franchise by producer Arbaaz Khan and we honestly can’t wait for the third part to hit the theatres.
  • Amitabh Bachchan- We’ve seen Amitabh as a cop several times and he does know how to carry the uniform. The last we saw him as a cop was in Khakee by Rajkumar Santoshi and we were more than just convinced by this acting. He played the role of an older cop who had to carry out a mission along with Akshay Kumar and Tushaar Kapoor and he left us hooked to the screen till the very end.
  • Kay Kay Menon- What happens when such fine cast gets directed by one of the finest directors of this generation? Black Friday happened when Anurag Kashyap assembled this epic cast and documented the 1993 serial bomb blasts in Mumbai. Menon’s character was inspired by Rakesh Maria, the cop who cracked this case in real life and we haven’t witnessed a cop more authentic in a very long time.
  • Akshay Kumar- Akshay Kumar as Inspector Vikram Rathore in ‘Rowdy Rathore’ attracted a large number of audience to the theatre and the film was definitely an all-rounder entertaining masala flick. Akshay is seen playing a double role in the movie where he plays a small time con and a super cop. When the cop dies, con man Akshay steps in his shoes and steals the show like the khiladi that he is!!
  • Ranveer Singh- The latest addition to this list is Ranveer Singh who left the audience hooting and whistling with his powerful performance in ‘Simmba’. Inspector Sangram Bhalerao took the nation by storm and proved that there is nothing that he can’t do. The badass cop won every one’s heart with his character transformation from a corrupt cop to a supercop.

Who is your favorite super cop in Bollywood? Let us know your opinions in the comment section below.

Is The ‘Khan’ Magic In Bollywood Fading Away?

The ‘Badshah’ of Bollywood, the ‘Bhai’ of film industry, the ‘Nawab’ of the industry and our very own ‘Mr. Perfectionist’ have lately been going through a rough patch in their career.

We are talking about the ‘Khan’ clan of Bollywood that is now on a very evident downfall and we don’t know how we feel about this. As someone who is from the 90’s, I have spent all my life investing in movies and emotions that the superstars of Bollywood created for me.

Shah Rukh Khan taught me love, Aamir taught me versatility, Salman taught me swag and well, Saif.. I am sure he must have taught me something, I just can’t think of it right now.

What’s happening currently at the box office is more like a revolution and as much as we are a part of it, we can’t help but imagine how Bollywood would be without the Khans.
Maybe, it’s too early to speak about it and maybe they will come back with a bang but for now, we fear this is what the end of an era looks like.

Salman’s ‘Race3’, Aamir’s ‘Thugs Of Hindostan’, Shah Rukh’s ‘Zero’ and also, unfortunately Saif’s ‘Kaalakandi’ have proved that this isn’t the time for Khans and we don’t know if it’s coming back anytime soon.

The fact that they are trying their best to change with time and are also experimenting with scripts is even more disheartening because it is clearly not helping them get back to the place where they once used to be.

The current trend at Box office is ‘the guy next door’ personality and hence that is exactly why we appreciate and swoon over faces like Vicky Kaushal, Rajkumar Rao and Ayushmann Khurana.

Nevertheless, for someone who grew up watching ‘Dil toh Pagal hai’, and ‘Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam’, this era is the beginning of something new and the end of ‘quintessential bollywood’ that we once loved and looked up to.

As audiences, we are ready for a change and looks like we have embraced it just fine but the questions is ‘are the khans ready to embrace this change’?

If you think the same and have an opinion about the Khans and their presence in Bollywood right now, don’t forget to share it with us in the comment section below.

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