In the 70s and 80s Bollywood villains were portrayed as outsized, larger-than-life characters with personalities that were sometimes similarly flamboyant. The menace evoked by Amjad Khan's Gabbar ...

If you’ve watched enough films, you’ve probably noticed it: the villain throws their head back and lets out a sinister laugh, usually at the worst possible moment. Whether it’s the Joker cackling in ...

When Akshay Kumar plays a crusader against corruption, don’t we know what to expect? So why, pray why, do we keep our hopes high? As a producer of Gabbar is Back, veteran director Sanjay Leela ...

A ‘terrifyingly real’ villain without a tragic backstory or an apology – just a daaku who enjoyed being bad. This unadulterated evil, coming from a man with an un-villain-like personality and voice, ...

Vigilantism takes on a new meaning in Gabbar Is Back, the fascinating story of an ordinary professor running a network of youngsters taking the law into their hands to hold the corrupt accountable.