Your top 10 memorable BW movie characters of all times

Ok it need not be 10 , even 1 or 2 would suffice but it be memorable . Whether mainly due to amazingly realistic acting or personally close to heart , nostalgia or any other reason . Also , need not be the lead actor / main protagonist , can also be supporting role by side actors , a villain or anybody .

(couldn't find any unlocked same/similar topic , if there be at all , where I could relieve the itch hence this had to come)

Mine (in increasing order of merit) mainly due to acting :

10. Ajit (Harsh Mayar in Jalpari)

9. Shardul (Zakir Hussain in Jhonny Gaddar)

8. Titli (Shashank Arora in Titli)

7. Loki Local (Harry Tangri in LSD)

6. Puri (Manish Chawdhary in Rocket Singh)

5. Sanju foreigner (Jatin Sarna in Meeruthiya Gangster)

4. Bunty Khosla (Ranvir Shorey in Khosla Ka Ghosla)

3. Maqbool (Irrfan Khan in Maqbool)

2. Amma (Farrukh Jafar in Peepli Live)

1. Rannvijay Singh (Irffan Khan in Haasil)

(edit) Besides , there are plenty of honorable mentions but thats it for now . I am relieved .

Saif Ali Khan in Omkara

Arshad warsi (Munnabhai series)

Paresh Rawal (Hera Pheri)

Pankaj Kapur Maqbool

Irrfan Khan in Maqbool

Tabu (haidar)

Akshaye Khanna (DIl CHahta hai)

Paresh rawal (Chuo Chuo Ke)

Paresh Rawal (Garam Masala)

Tabu (Maqbool)

1. Shoma Anand- My personal favorite (Hungama, Kya Kool Hain Hum). I love her acting and personality in TV Series Maayka.

2. Reema Lagoo- HAHK

3 Farida Jalal- DDLJ

4 Kader Khan-

5 Anupam Kher

6 Paresh Rawal

7 Utpal Dutt (Golmaal old Movie)

8 Bindu

9. Helen

10. Amrish Puri

1. Deepika padukone in Piku

2. Amitabh bachchan in Piku

3. SRK in Om shanti om

4. Irrfan khan in Piku

5.Ranveer in Lootera

6. Kartik in Freddy

7. Deepika in Padmaavat

8. Sonakshi in lootera

9. Rani in Hichki

10. Kajol in K3G

Langda Tyagi (Omkara)

Mother India

Anand (Anand)

Prem Nisha ( Hum aapke hain kaun)

Crime master go go ( Andaaz apna apna)

No name of the character ( Kaun)

Dumroo. ( Mandi)

Munna ( Rangeela)

Munna. (Jo jeeta wohi sikandar)

Mohan ( Swades)

Shivani (Anjaam)

Damini. (Damini)

Originally posted by: DivineAngel

1. Deepika padukone in Piku

2. Amitabh bachchan in Piku

3. SRK in Om shanti om

4. Irrfan khan in Piku

5.Ranveer in Lootera

6. Kartik in Freddy

7. Deepika in Padmaavat

8. Sonakshi in lootera

9. Rani in Hichki

10. Kajol in K3G

This is an exceptional list. You have very good taste

Oops. Only two characters very deep to my heart, one of them doesn’t belong to BW movie, but based on Desi backdrop.

Asima from The Namesake.
Mohan Bhargav from Swadesh.

Rest there are many memorable but on superficial level.

Uday and Majnu Bhai from Welcome.
Teja, Roberto, Crime Master Gogo from Andaz Apna Apna.
Raj from DDLJ (always brings a smile to my face I think I am in love with him forever).
Geet from JWM.
Shivagami and Devasena from BB2.
Aditi Pandit from Astitva.
Raj from Tera Mera Sath Rahe.
Shashi from English Vinglish.
Dhankor from RaamLeela.
Mustafa from Ghulam-E-Mustafa.


There are many from Bengali movies. Not going into those.

Baburao from Hera Pheri

Sadhu Agashe from Ab Tak Chhappan

Karan Rathod from Ek Hasina Thi

Lallan Singh and Meera from Yuva

Vikram and Geeta from Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi

Bunty Khosla from Khosla ka Ghosla

Dolly from Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!

Bhuval Ram Kuber from 99

Nitin from Rocket Singh SOTY

Piku from Piku

Honorable mentions:

Anant Kumar Shrivastav from Khakee

Munna from Rangeela

Charlie from Kaminey

Zaffar Khan from Luck by Chance

Nimmi from Maqbool

Banwa from Chachi 420

Arjun from Udaan

Jijaji and Parimal Tripathi from Chupke Chupke

Rahul Vidyarthi from 99

Ratanlal Sharma from JJWS

Tara Singh Gadar

Bhuvan Lagaan

Langda Tyagi Omkara

Karan Ek Hasina Thi

Baburao Hera Pheri

Ram Prasad urf Lakshman Prasad Golmaal

Prem Maine Pyar Kiya

Prem HAHK

Kaplana Gajini ( most heart tugging character ever)

Bittoo Sharma Band Baja Baraat.