Shah Rukh Khan is a born star, and there¡¯s no denying it. The actor has been in the industry for over 35 years, and every single role that he has played so far has been etched in his fans' hearts forever. While the actor is largely known for his positive heroic outings, there have been times when he played antagonist roles and aced them like a pro.
It was first in 1993 when Shah Rukh Khan stepped in a negative character for the film Baazigar which also featured Shilpa Shetty and Kajol. This Abbas-Mustan directorial starred SRK as an avenger who is on a mission to take revenge for his father¡¯s death. A morally ambiguous man, his character of Ajay Sharma shocked the entire Indian audience when he murdered his girlfriend on-screen.?Khan won his first Filmfare Best Actor Award for his performance and emerged as an overnight sensation post-Baazigar.
In the same year, Shah Rukh Khan played another negative role when he stepped in the shoes of?Rahul Mehra, an obsessed and mentally unstable stalker who terrorises the lives of Kiran (played by Juhi Chawla) and Sunil (played by Sunny Deol). His performance strangely became a Kabir Singh phenomenon even before it was a thing. Darr¡¯s dialogue ¡®I love you K..K..K..Kiran¡¯ still remains iconic.
This was the first time when Madhuri Dixit and Shah Rukh Khan collaborated on a movie. Till the time Anjaam happened, Khan had already become the epitome of playing troubled male leads with questionable morality. For this Rahul Rawail directorial, SRK took up the character of entrepreneur Vijay Agnihotri who turns into an obsessed stalker after meeting a pretty woman on a plane.
What unfolded next was a horrific, peak of obsessiveness and everything that shaped SRK into a promising and established actor in Bollywood.
Shah Rukh Khan took over the Don franchise from its second part initially headlined by megastar Amitabh Bachchan in 1978. While it was hard to beat the megastar, SRK took the Don franchise to a whole new dimension that had charm, swagger, and suaveness in perfect proportion. He made a criminal mastermind look so endearing that for the longest time, audiences wished that SRK continued playing the antagonist role.
In this film, SRK played a villain so black-hearted that even his legendary charm couldn¡¯t make him look attractive in any frame.?Shah Rukh Khan steps in the shoes of a slum kid who grows up to be a ruthless criminal. After being?caught and convicted, the condemned man cries and pleads for mercy but to no good. Throughout the film, the only language SRK¡¯s character knows is the language of violence and crime. Despite the unpleasing image of Khan, the ending would surely make you cry, trust us!
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