Nov 19, 2023, 07:37 AM IST

Superstars who played iconic villains in Yash Raj films

Riddhima Kanetkar

Dilip Kumar has played the role of a villain in producer-director Yash Chopra's film Mashaal

Shah Rukh Khan was a convincing villain in Yash Raj Films movie Darr. It is still considered one of the best films of SRK

John Abraham entered the Yash Raj camp as a villain through the film Dhoom and later in 2023 as Jim in Shah Rukh Khan's Pathaan 

Manoj Bajpayee played the role of Preity Zinta's fiance in Veer Zaara. The film was produced and directed by Yash Chopra 

Hrithik Roshan played the role of a dashing villain in Dhoom 2 and is still considered one of the most charismatic villains of the Dhoom franchise

Jackie Shroff played the role of a notorious gangster Yashvardhan Singh in the film Aurangzeb. The film also featured Arjun Kapoor

Govinda played a villain in Kill Dil and was appreciated by the audience who liked seeing him in a different avatar

Aamir Khan was seen in the role of a terrorist in the film Fanaa directed by Kunal Kohli. Aamir Khan has also played the role of a villain in Yash Raj film's Dhoom 3 

Before Tiger 3, Emraan Hashmi played the role of an anti-hero in films like Murder and Gangster, but he was seen in the role of a villain for the first time in Salman Khan's film Tiger 3