From Shah Rukh Khan to Shatrughan Sinha, here are 5 actors who made their mark with negative roles at the start of their careers

MUMBAI: Hindi cinema is filled with so many actors where some have displayed their full potential and some are yet to be seen in their best avatar. The Hindi cinema lovers have witnessed some of the greatest actors till date like Amitabh Bachchan, Manoj Bajpayee, Shammi Kapoor, Dilip Kumar, Pran, Amrish Puri, Paresh Rawal, Naseeruddin Shah, Meena Kumari, Madhuri Dixit, Sonali Bendre, Raveena Tandon, Sushmita Sen, Tabu, Alia Bhatt, Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan and many more.

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An actor’s journey may start at a point where they might be unseen but it's their talent that grabs all the attention and makes them popular and as the journey goes forward, they eventually become famous. Once on their top, the fans remember some of the iconic roles they have played but not a lot of those fans the beginning phase of their favourite star's journey.

A while ago we noticed a lot of actors taking up negative roles, be it in South Indian movies or Hindi movies. Surely it became a trend for that time and the actors very much suit the role they are taking up. While we see the actors taking up this route now, fans tend to forget that there are actors, who at the beginning of their careers, took up negative roles and slayed it like no other.

We are here with a list of such actors here so let’s check out the list below:

Shah Rukh Khan

SRK played negative roles in movies like Darr and Baazigar which were at the starting days of his career.

Vinod Khanna

Aan Milo Sajna, Mere Apne and Mera Gaon Mera Desh are a few movies that come to our mind when looking back at Vinod Khanna’s start of the journey.

Shatrughan Sinha

Shatrughan Sinha, at the start of his career, was seen playing negative roles in movies like Bhai Ho Toh Aisa, and Mere Apna.

John Abraham

John Abraham is loved for his heroic roles now but at the start of his earlier, the actor gained recognition with his role in Dhoom where he played a negative.
Emraan Hashmi

With negative roles in movies like Murder and Footpath, Emraan Hashmi earned great amount of recognition.

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