Bollywood films usually have standard names like Raj, Karan and Vijay for the heroes and Meena, Seema and Radha for the heroines.
But just once in a while comes along a film where the characters have the strangest names. Like Badrinath.
As we get ready for Badrinath Ki Dulhaniya, here's looking at the wierdest character names in the movies.
Varun Dhawan
Badrinath Bansal in Badrinath Ki Dulhania.
Varun Dhawan
Humpty Sharma in Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhaniya.
Aamir Khan
PK in PK.
Aamir Khan
Phunsuk Wangdu in 3 Idiots.
Anushka Sharma
Jagat Janani in PK.
Jaaved Jaaferi
Ranchhoddas Shyamaldas Chanchad in 3 Idiots.
Boman Irani
Viru Sahastrabudhhe aka Virus in 3 Idiots.
Omi Vaidya
Chatur Ramalingam aka Silencer in 3 Idiots.
Arshad Warsi
Sarkeshwar aka Circuit in the Munnabhai series.
Salman Khan
Chulbul Pandey aka Robinhood Pandey in the Dabbang movies.
Deepika Padukone
Meenamma Lochini Azhagusundaram in Chennai Express.
Deepika Padukone
Soundarya Bhagayalaxmi Venkateshwari Basapa Rao aka Sandy in Housefull 2.
Varun Sharma
Choocha in Fukrey.
Mukesh Tiwari
Vasooli in the Golmaal series.
Johnny Lever
Puppy Boss in Golmaal 3.
Johnny Lever
Chota Chatri in Awara Pagal Deewana.
Gulshan Grover
Kesariya Vilayati in Ram Lakhan.
Rajat Rawail
Tsunami Singh in Bodyguard.
Jagdeep
Soorma Bhopali in Sholay.
Paresh Rawal
Dr Ghungroo in Welcome.
Paresh Rawal
Jhandu Lal Tyagi in Radio.
Shakti Kapoor
Crime Master Go Go in Andaz Apna Apna.
Kiran Kumar
Lotiya Pathan in Tezaab.
Satish Kaushik
Pappu Pager in Deewana Mastana.
Ashok Kumar
Colonel Julius Nagendranath Wilfred Singh in Chotti Si Baat.
Mohan Agashe
Khoka Singh in Trimurti.
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