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)?
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