Salman Khan to Amitabh Bachchan: Bollywood's most iconic onscreen cops

Cop movies have lately become the obsession of Bollywood. The audiences too seem to have a knack of watching actors playing cops on the silver screen as most of the cop movies in contemporary times have landed up being chartbusters at the box office. Bollywood loves cops irrespective of whether are they spoofed in comic movies or the protagonists of a hard-hitting drama, cops have been regular figures in Hindi cinema of present and past.

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Here is the list of the most iconic on-screen cops of Bollywood:

1) Vijay Khanna- Zanjeer

The charismatic character of Vijay Khanna portrayed by the original angry young man of Bollywood, Amitabh Bachchan, is one of the most iconic characters that we have seen on the silver screens. The way Big B depicted the role of Vijay and transferred his personality and aura into the character of the inspector will always be one of the remarkable performances of his. This is, by far one of the finest performances of Amitabh. 

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2) Bajirao Singham- Singham

Ajay Devgn as Singham played the character of a gritty, truthful and a no-nonsense cop came out as a winner amongst the audience. The attitude Devgn carries throughout the film as a fierce cop is undoubtedly commendable. The collaboration of Rohit Shetty- Devgn has always proved to be effective at the box-office and Singham was no exception as there were two installments of the film too were made titled Singham 2 and Singham 3, both starring Ajay Devgn.

3) Shivani Shivaji Roy - Mardaani

Rani Mukerji as Shivani Shivaji Roy in Mardaani will always be one of the most iconic female cops played by any actress in the history of Bollywood. Rani proved that women apart from item numbers of playing the sidekicks of the male protagonist can do way beyond and excel. Rani played a strong character who stands against a child trafficking racket run by a mother-son duo in the movie.

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Chulbul Pandey- Dabangg

Salman Khan's Dabangg broke all the stereotypes of how a police officer is or should be. Salman, as Chulbul Pandey came out to be a stylish and slick cop which was lauded by the audiences and the movie, did exceptionally well too at the box office. The self-proclaimed Robinhood had layers to his character, from being a Romeo in love to a hard-hitting cop in the movie.

5) Meera Deshpande - Drishyam

Tabu, in Drishyam, plays the role of a cop and a mother who has lost her son. She constantly switches between the two roles with utmost poise and her experience in the trade is pretty prominent. It becomes difficult to imagine that who could have played the role of Meera Deshpane better than Tabu?

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