Funny men get away with the nuttiest of names.
Evil comes in a variety of shapes and signature. The bad men of Bollywood get the most adventurous handles.
There is something intrinsically terrifying about Sholay's legendary cackling dacoit and his fierce name, Gabbar Singh. And so it remains.
It took an awed audience and amused Amrish 'Mogambo khush hua' Puri (left) to make Mr India's bad guy one of the most powerful villains on celluloid.
Shaan may not have made history at the box office. But Ramesh Sippy's Dr No-inspired lavish revenge drama, witnessed polished menace in Kulbushan Kharbanda's unusually named Shaakal.
In contrast, Gulshan Grover's dreadful looking and weird sounding Kesariya Vilayti 'Bad Man' of Ram Lakhan was a delicious caricature.
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