My list:
Omi Vaidya - 3 Idiots
SRK - Darr and Deewana
Kajol - Gupt
Akshaye Khanna and Saif Ali Khan - DCH (Akash's style is remembered, but acting and character wise Sid and Sameer are way ahead)
Amrish Puri - Mr. India (he has overshadowed leads in many films and saved many films on his strength alone. He's the star of the show for me in faltu films like Tehelka and Haatim Tai also)
Ajit - Kaalicharan (this film is NOTHING without Lion!!)
Anil Kapoor - Taal
Nana Patekar - Parinda (Anil & Jackie were fab in it but sorry, this film gets all the thrill due to Anna!), Agnisakshi, Tirangaa
Paresh Rawal - Hera Pheri
Siddharth, Kunal, Atul - RDB
Manoj Bajpai - Satya
Aamir Khan - Earth
Raaj Kumar - Waqt, Saudagar
Vivek Oberoi - Company
Saif - Omkara
Ajay Devgan - HDDCS, Suhaag
Amrita Singh - Aaina
Karishma Kapoor - DTPH, Dhanwaan
Amjad Khan - Sholay, Inkaar
Shakti Kapoor & Paresh Rawal - Andaz Apna Apna (everyone in that film is a gem but especially without these two, it will be lifeless)
Sunil Dutt - Mother India (Birju is what this film is all about for me!)
Pran - Zanjeer (I am partial to Sher Khan)
Asha Parekh - Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki (IMHO she was better than Nutan ji in it even in small role)
Akshaye Khanna - Humraaz
Akshay Kumar - Ajnabee, Mujhse Shaadi Karogi
Mohnish Behl - Hum Saath Saath Hain (I think his perf was best)
Arshad Warsi - Munnabhai movies
Vinod Khanna - Mera Gaon Mera Desh
Monkey - Aankhen (he has entire song dedicated only to him. That speaks volumes! I think he added most to the hilarious touch in the film!)
Mithun - Agneepath (I am a huge fan of the original and Big B and his performance in it. But Vijay with all his trauma can be overwhelming to bear. Krishnan Iyer YumYe is perfect touch of entertainment and normal human emotion in it)
Kids - HHRPK, Ek Ladka Ek Ladki, One 2 Ka 4, Parichay
Priyanka Chopra - Aitraaz
Utpal Dutt - Golmaal
Sanjeev Kumar - Trishul (simply on basis of acting, otherwise Vijay rules whichever film he is in)
Ayesha Kapoor (child actress) - Black (she gave oldies run for their money in acting department)
Prithviraj Kapoor - Mughal-E-Azam (he made DK look and sound like a mouse!)
Raj Babbar - Insaaf Ka Tarazu, Agar Tum Na Hote, Yaarana (his sanki characters are better than other characters in the film from acting POV)
Kulbhushan Kharbanda & his crocodiles - Shaan
Shammi Kapoor - Bundalbaaz (he's adorable as the clumsy genie)
Ashutosh Rana - Dushman, Sangharsh
Ashok Kumar - Khoobosurat (in terms of male actors. He's top in many other films, but this one is most fresh in my mind)
The guy who used to play Saamri in Ramsay Brothers' horror flicks and Zee Horror Show (he's a naturally horrible looking and frightening guy! Who cared who else in the frame was when he was around? He appeared as a vampire even in comedy series Tu Tu Main Main!)
Danny Denzogpa - Chor Machaye Shor, Lahu Ke Do Rang, Laila Majnu, Hum
Rani Mukherji - KKHH (yeah I know about SRK-Kajol nostalgia, but Rani was like a whiff of fresh air in that film which would othewrwise have looked like any other predictable SRKajol romance with both mature ones trying to pass off as college kids. The young Rani M in that film was beautiful, stylish, confident and self assured in her performance be it in romantic scenes or as a mother to little Anjali)
Amitabh Bachchan - Mohabbatein, Bunty Aur Babli, God Tussi Great Ho, Waqt, Khakee, Major Saab
Shatrughan Sinha - Khudgarz
Sunil Shetty - Dhadkan
Salman Khan - Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam
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