Isha Koppikar in positive roles.

Isha Kopikaar in positive roles.

Isha Kopikaar, one of the highly talented actress and dancer of bollywood films was previously known for negative characters. Sometimes her powerful performances got overshadowed due to the prominent roles of the central characters.

For example, she got a negative character in the film Don. Her character was very prominent in the film, and she loved Shahrukh Khan equally like Priyanka Chopra, but just because the focus and attention was directed at Priyanka Chopra, the viewers did not do justice to the effort of Isha Kopikaar. In fact she even danced with elegance in the song “shaam hai” along with Shahrukh Khan and Priyanka Chopra. The film became extremely successful just like its songs.

In the film Maine Pyar Kyun Kiya, she got a short role of the girlfriend of Arshad Warsi, where Katrina Kaif and Sushmita Sen got prominent roles opposite Salman Khan. As the film was serio-comic in nature her performance was restricted to presentation of comedy skills only. This film was also successful along with the songs like “laga laga laga re”, “just chill chill”, etc.

She got a better role in the film Hello, at least she had more dialogues and prominent part opposite Sohail Khan, as opposed t her other characters. Salman Khan made a guest appearance for the dance sequence of the song “hello, hello, hello, hello, hello”.

From her past experiences, Isha Kopikaar had realized that even if she is successful in character roles, dance numbers, as long as she does not get a make over in positive romantic roles, her skills will remain unnoticed.

She appeared in the film Ek Vivaah Aisi Bhi, with Sonu Sood, with that intention. It was a film of Surat Barjatya, and just like other films they had been successful to address the concerns of all the family members. Every family can come to the Cinema Hall together and watch the film. The songs had been successful, and Isha Kopikaar looked beautiful in the conventional costumes. Her performance was equally appreciated.

She also acted in positive roles opposite Tushar Kapoor and Ritesh Deshmukh last year in one of the comedy films where she played the role of a Police Officer who was guided by Anupam Kher to monitor the activities of Tushar Kapoor. Her acting was appreciated by the viewers.

Isha Kopikaar is not only actress in bollywood who had acted in negative roles. Even Sushmita Sen’s character in Biwi No.1 was somewhat negative. Kajol got the filmfare award for the best villain for her performance in the film Gupt. But the difference lies in the fact that they had got many romantic roles to balance the negative character. That had not happened with Isha Kopikaar.

With the success in the film Ek Vivaah Aisa Bhi, the viewers expect Isha Kopikaar to get more positive roles in bollywood films in future and will be able to erase her image of khalas girl. She had acted in a number of South Indian films and the viewers of such films also expect better performances from Isha Kopikaar in future.

Prem Chopra - the Gentleman Villain of Bollywood

Prem Chopra – The gentleman villain of bollywood.

Prem Chopra had remained an indispensable figure in bollywood films for more than 40 years. He started his career with positive roles, like the one he played in the film Shahid where Manoj Kumar played the lead role. Prem Chopra did well in the film. But within short period of time his skills as villain was discovered by the directors and he got a landmark role in Raj Khosla’s Woh Kaun Thi and Mera Saya. In both the films, Sadhna had a double role and one of the sisters were used by Prem Chopra for creating ghostly atmosphere against Manoj Kumar and Sunil Dutt respectively in both the films.

In the 60s, as Pran, Ajit, Jeevan, and other villains were playing dominating roles, Prem Chopra had played supporting roles in most of the films. In the 70s, he got the lead roles as villains and developed a style of acting whereby he was categorized as gentleman villain. His successful films included Jugnu opposite Dharmender, Jheel Ke Us Par opposite Dharmender, Gora Aur Kala opposite Rajender Kumar, Kala Sona opposite Firoz Khan, Do Anjane opposite Big B, to name a few.

Raj Kapoor used the famous dialogue for Prem Chopra in the film Bobby, where he said “prem naam hai mera, Prem Chopra”. His performance was well appreciated opposite Pran and Prem Nath. In the 80s, a tradition was evolved in bollywood films, that is casting many villains in the same film. In the film Duniya, Prem Chopra, Pran and Amrish Puri conspired against Dilip Kumar and killed his wife. Dilip Kumar took revenge against all the villains one after the other.

Prem Chopra again significant role in Rajanikant’s film Andha Kanoon. There also he acted with Pran and Danny and were killed by Rajanikant at the end of the film. He appeared in every alternative film during that time. His successful films included Khuddar opposite Big B, Andha Kanoon opposite Big B, to name a few.

Prem Chopra lost his hair. But that did not matter as he took different make ups all along his career. He acted as villain against actors of 4 decades. That requires special mention because a lot of fitness is required to match the heroes of bollywood films.

He even acted opposite Big B’s son Abhishek Bacchan, as a Punjabi truck driver in the film Bunty Aur Bably. It was a positive role and he impressed the viewers with his performance in the film.

Whenever viewers reflect back they find the same Prem Chopra in landmark films in the 60s and 70s like Teesri Manzil, Upkaar, Apradh, and many other films. The viewers expect him to continue his good work in the future too, as his performance in more than 300 films shows his indispensability in the film industry for many generations.