excellent antagonists...a challenge for heroes

The thread about SRK's role in Darr ("KKKKKKiran!!!!") made me think how much a strong antagonist (character design/acting) can be a challenge to the traditional hero in a movie...so much that the hero gets 'overshadowed' by the antagonist and shapes the memory of the movie.

When I wrote in BI's thread, I also thought of John Abraham in Pathaan, who - rightly - got praise for his role as Jim.

The writers (Siddharth for the story & Shridhar Raghavan for the screenplay & Abbas Tyrewala for the dialogues) did a good job in showing the trauma responsible for Jim's cynical and nihilistic attitude still showing a kind of affection for Pathaan and regret that a friendship was out of question. (Both, John and SRK played the respective scenes 'to a T'). They made even sure that the motivation for Jim to get hostile was rendered more intensely than the motivation of the antagonist in Main Hoon Naa (of which Tyrewala was a writer, too).

Tyrewala, btw, was also writer in War, Bang Bang, Munnabhai, Maqbol and Asoka (among others).

Shridhar, btw, was also writer of War, the Night manager & C.I.D., Bluffmaster and Khakee (among others).

Other strong antagonists you came across (so that the 'place' of the hero was challenged in the film)?

How do you know all this??❤️😲...So much detail.....👍🏼

Amrish Puri in Mr India - He overshadowed everyone in the film. I wanted to see more of his character.

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Mogambo was an excellent villain, indeed!!! He rightfully became iconic in Hindi Cinema 😊

Gabbar in sholey. PC in aitraaz. Akshaye khanna and kumar in race and ajnabee. Rs in padmavaat. HR in dhoom2. Aish in ps 1&2 the names which came at the top of my.head. dp and kat in race a bit grey shade and obvo saif in.omkara.

Gabbar from Sholey movie is the baap of all 😆

Originally posted by: Blueberry94

Gabbar in sholey. PC in aitraaz. Akshaye khanna and kumar in race and ajnabee. Rs in padmavaat. HR in dhoom2. Aish in ps 1&2 the names which came at the top of my.head. dp and kat in race a bit grey shade and obvo saif in.omkara.

Great minds think alike 😂😉

Originally posted by: SlowlyDrifting

Great minds think alike 😂😉

Originally posted by: Blueberry94

Gabbar in sholey. PC in aitraaz. Akshaye khanna and kumar in race and ajnabee. Rs in padmavaat. HR in dhoom2. Aish in ps 1&2 the names which came at the top of my.head. dp and kat in race a bit grey shade and obvo saif in.omkara.

Great collection!

Yes! Sholay, Padmavaat, Dhoom and Omkara had very strong antagonists/villains...Gabbar (like Mogambo) has become an iconic villain of Hindi Cinema, too.

I didn't watch Ponniyin Selvan yet (only read about), but yes for Priyanka in Aitraaz (one of the best female villains I've watched).