From Priyanka Chopra to Vidya Balan, Actresses Who Risked Playing Negative Characters

 

Not all actresses who begun their careers with the lead positive role pull off a negative role. There are a very few actresses in Bollywood who killed it in the negative role and actually made the audience go 'Wow'! Switching from positive leads to negative roles is a huge risk as it might ruin the career totally or may open a new door. Today, we will be talking about some of the actresses who killed it in the negative roles and made a benchmark

Priyanka Chopra - Aitraaz

Have you watched the film? PC played the role of a sizzling yet dominating boss who harrases and blackmails her assistant at work as they have some past relationship history. Her character is unforgetable. She was brave enough to take up such a change in role at the very beginning of her career and thid decision boosted her professional life in a way.  She got the Filmfare Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role, in 2004, for the role. She also played an amazing negative character in 'Saat Khoon Maaf'. 

Bipasha Basu (Jism)

Bipasha proved to be a super hot villian. She played the villian in Jism and shock the audience with her performance. Her acting was so confident and convincing that no one can thing of her actress for the role. This role gave her recognition and she became the sexiest actress of India. She again played the negative role in Raaz 3 and it was her who gave the story the hold it needs. 

Vidya Balan (Ishqiya)

Vidya Balan is a superb actress and it took her time to make her place in the industry. She has played diverse roles with a very easy approach and outperformed in of the film. Be it the charming Parineeta to the role of Silk Smitha in the movie The Dirty Picture we can't get enough of her. She played a negative role in Ishqiya and made the audience believe that small towns can also house deadly women.

So these were some of our favourite actresses in negative roles. Do share your favourites with us.