Bollywood's Most Iconic Characters

The magic of bollywood has hit a century this years. Bollywood has strived to help us get a newer social perspective, celebrate, enjoy, fight against injustice, love and grow. These are characters that have grown much bigger than the worlds they inhabited. They evoke a frenzied fascination that cuts across generations of cinema-goers. They have been invoked, emulated, loved, spoofed and endlessly revived, all with great abandon. They have come to define the agonies and ecstasies, the obsessions and aspirations of contemporary India. They are every single one of them, iconic.

Let’s look at the most Iconic characters of bollywood that continue to charm us and are getting fresher with the passage of time. They are undoubtedly Bollywood's best characters. Iconic Villians, Model Mothers, Great Heroes, amazing comedians and best bollywood entertainers.

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1. Amjad Khan as Gabbar Singh. Sholay, 1975
2. Amrish Puri as Mogambo. Mr. India-1987
3. Kulbhushan Kharbanda as Shakaal. Shaan-1988
4. Nargis as Radha. Mother India.-1957
5. Dilip Kumar as Devdas.Devdas-1955
6. Dev Anand as Raju guide and Waheeda Rehman as Rosie. Guide-1965
7. Raj Kapoor as Raju the clown. Mera Naam Joker-1970
8. Rajesh Khanna as Anand Sehgal. Anand-1971
9. Pran as Sher Khan, Amitabh Bachchan as Vijay Khanna and Ajit as Dharam Dayal Teja, famously known as Teja. Zanjeer-1973
10. Rekha as Amiran. Umrao Jaan-1981
11. Naseeruddin Shah as Aniruddh. Sparsh-1980
12. Sanjay Dutt as Munnabhai & Arshad Warsi as Circuit. Munnabhai Series- (Munnabhai M.B.B.S-2003 and Lage Raho Munnabhai-2006)
13. Paresh Raval as Baburao Ganpatrao Apte. Hera Pheri Series- (Hera Pheri-2000 and Phir Hera Pheri-2007)
14. Ajit as Loin (He meant Lion). Kalicharan-1976
15. Premnath as Sir Juda. Karz-1980
16. Danny Denzongpa as Kaancha Cheena and Amitabh Bachchan as Vijay Deenanath Chauhan. Agneepath-1990
17. Anupam Kher as Dr. Dang. Karma- 1986
18. Danny Denzongpa as Bakhtawar. Hum-1990
19. Saif Ali Khan as Langda Tyagi. Omkara-2006
20. Aamir Khan as Bhuvan. Lagaan-2000
21. Sunny Deol as Sardar Tara singh. Gadar-2000
22. Abhishek Bachchan as Gurukant Desai. Guru-2007
23. Anil Kapoor as Mahesh Deshmukh aka Munna. Tezaab- 1988
24. Amitabh Bachchan as Anthony Gonsalves. Amar Akbar Anthony-1977
25. Amitabh Bachchan as Shehenshah. Shahenshah-1988
26. Hema Malini as Basanti. Sholay-1975
27. Aamir Khan as Ranchoddas Shamadas Chanchad aka Rancho. 3 Idiots-2009
28. Amol Palekar as Ramprasad Dashrathprasad Sharma/ Lakshmanprasad Dashrathprasad Sharma aka Lucky. Golmaal
29. Utpal Dutt as Bhawani Shankar. Golmaal
30. Shahrukh Khan as Raj. Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge-1995
31. Madhuri Dixit as Saraswati. Beta- 1992
32. Kareena Kapoor as Geet Dhillon. Jab We Met- 2007
33. Raj Kapoor as Raj. Awara- 1951
34. Aamir Khan as Amar and Salman Khan as Prem. Andaz Apna Apna-1994.
35. Salman Khan as Karan and Shahrukh Khan as Arjun. Karan Arjun-1995
36. Sridevi as Chandni.
37. Asrani as Jailor. Sholay-1975
38. Kangana Ranaut as Rani. Queen-2013
39. Manoj Bajpai as Bhiku Mhatre. Satya
40. Meenakumari as Sahibjaan. Pakeezah
41. Rani Mukherjee as Michelle McNally. Black-2005
42. Mithun Chakraborty as Jimmy the dancer. Disco Dancer-1982
43. Shahrukh Khan as Aman Verma. Kal Ho Na Ho-2003
44. Manoj Kumar as Bharat & Dilip Kumar as Sardar Sanga. Kranti
45. Dimple Kapadia as Bobby. Bobby-1973
46. Nirupa Roy as Maa & Amitabh Bachchan as Vijay Verma. Deewar-1975
47. Dharmendra as Veeru & Amitabh Bachchan as Jai. Sholay-1975
48. Meenakshi Shesadhri as Damini and Sunny Deol as lawyer. Damini
49. Guru Dutt as Vijay, the poet. Pyaasa- 1957
50. Dileep Kumar as Salim, Prithviraj Kapoor as Shashensha Akbar and Madhubala as Anarkali. Mughal-E-Azam- 1961
51. Rajesh Khanna as Arun Varma, Indian Air force Pilot and Sharmila Tagore as Vandana. Aradhana-1969
52. Balraj Sahni as Shambhu Mahato and Nirupa Roy as Parvati. Do Bigha Zamin- 1953
53. Raj Kapoor as Raj and Nargis as Vidya. Shree 420-1955
54. Balraj Sahni as Major Ranjit Singh, Dharmendra as Captain Bahadur Singh. Haqeeqat- 1964
55. Raaj Kumar as Raju and Sunil Dutt as Ravi. Waqt-1965
56. Rajesh Khanna as Kamal Sinha and Asha Parekh as Madhu/ Poonam. Kati Patang- 1970
57. Manoj Kumar as Bharat, Saira Banu as Preeti and Pran as Harnam. Purab Aur Pashchim- 1970
58. Dharmendra as Shankar, Zeenat Aman as Sunita, Ajit as Shakaal, Vijay Arora as Vijay. Yaadon ki Baraat- 1973
59. Kamal Hassan as Somprakash aka Somu and Sridevi as Nehalata aka Reshmi. Sadma-1983
60. Dileep Kumar as Veersingh aka Veeru and Raaj Kumar as Rajeshwar Singh aka Raju. Saudagar- 1990
61. Manoj Kumar as Bharat. Upkar- 1967
62. Sanjay Dutt as Vicky, Kumar Gaurav as Ravi and Nutan as Janki Kapoor. Naam- 1986
63. Shammi Kapoor as Anil Kumar aka Sona/Rocky and Asha Parekh as Sunita. Teesri Manzil- 1966
64. Dilip Kumar as Shankar, Vyjayantimala as Rajni and Jeevan as Kundan. Naya Daur- 1957
65. Anupam Kher as B.V.Pradhan, Rohini Hattangadi as Parvati Pradhan and Soni Razdan as Sujata Suman. Saaransh-1984
66. Kamal Hasan as Vasu and Rati Agnihotri as Sapna. Ek duje ke liye- 1981
67. Sharmila Tagore as Pushpa and Rajesh Khanna as Anand Babu. Amar Prem- 1972
68. V. Shantaram as Adinath, the Jail Warden. Do Ankhen Barah Haath- 1957
69. Amitabh Bachchan as Vijay, Sanjeev Kumar as R.K. Gupta, Rakhee as Geeta, and Shashi Kapoor as Shekhar Gupta. Trishul- 1978
70. Amitabh Bachchan as Amit Malhotra, Jaya Bachchan as Shobha Malhotra, Rekha as Chandni and Sanjeev Kumar as Dr. V.K. Anand. Silsila- 1981
71. Gulshan Grover as Kesariya Vilayati. Ram Lakhan-1992
72. Sanjay Dutt as Kancha. Agneepath-2012
73. Mukesh Tiwari as Jageera. China Gate-1998
74. Salman Khan as Chulbul Pandey. Dabangg 2010 and Dabanng 2-2012
75. Hema Malini as Seeta and Geeta. Seeta aur Geeta- 1972