Top 10 Bollywood action heroes

Alright, so Aamir Khan's going all buff and telling us that the upcoming Ghajini is his first action film. Clearly the actor's already in method acting mode when dealing with this film about memory loss, since he doesn't remember Ghulam, Earth, Sarfarosh, Mangal Pandey, Baazi or Raakh -- which all seemed pretty action-intensive roles to us, anyway.

The Krrishman had to be on the list, didn't he? And even if he's more dancer than fighter, it must be remembered that this superhero's also played a terrorist and a master criminal.

One of the single coolest moments in Hindi cinema is when Jackie Shroff is first seen in Parinda. He's played more cops than baddies, but Jaggu dada sure knows what he's doing.

6 Anil Kapoor

Dude, he killed Mogambo. Not to mention the assorted bunch of thugs he'd routinely tackle with, plus the umpteen times he played some kind of deranged bhai. All machismo, all the way.

5 Sanjay Dutt

Bollywood's poster-child for bhai-roles, Dutt looks wicked good with a gun in hand -- and the gun looks totally at home. All's cool when Sanju's in charge, with or without circuit.

4 Akshay Kumar

The industry's only martial arts stud. Kumar balances the kicks out with the guffaws nowadays, and it's all well and good. Just don't forget he can slap men with his feet. Oo-er.

3 Dharmendra

What, you thought we wouldn't touch on *the* man who threatens to feast on the blood of his enemies? The only man who could be macho even in a skirt, Dharam paaji was always a shoo-in.

2 Sunny Deol


It might be contentious to place this man ahead of his distinguished daddy, but Sunny's been so darned prolific with juggling dacoits and battling Rajnikanthesque odds that he trumps Papaji.

1 Amitabh Bachchan

The Angry Young Man himself, kiddos. Move over and take another line, because the deal with this superhero/renegade/porter is that the line starts from wherever this man places his size-9 chappal.