11 Of Bollywood's Most Awful Main Characters

We were supposed to cheer for them, but should we really?

1. ACP Jai Dixit from the Dhoom franchise

YRF

Why he's the worst:

• Talks down to his partner constantly, even though Ali's saved his ass multiple times.

• Leaves his wife to go to exotic foreign locales for months to "catch criminals".

• Has actually caught a grand total of ZERO criminals from these cases.

• Literally every other character in his three films is more interesting than him.

Verdict: Possibly the most incompetent cop to get his own franchise after the Pink Panther guy.

2. Bhuvan from Lagaan

Aamir Khan Productions

Why he's the worst:

• Puts entire village on the line for a bet... WITHOUT THEIR CONSENT.

• Ditches his childhood sweetheart to go hang with a white woman.

• Decides – on his own – that he's going to open the batting, like a typical gully cricket bully.

Verdict: A total egomaniac who could've ruined the lives of his fellow villagers and their kids, if not for a lucky no ball at the end.

3. Taani from Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi

YRF

Why she's the worst:

• Entire film hinges on the premise that she's so dumb, she can't recognise her husband without his moustache. Like, bro...

• She's so dumb, she almost cheats on her husband... with himself!

• She's so dumb, she actually prefers the douche version of her husband to the loving, sweet one.

Verdict: She dumb.

4. Meghna from Fashion

UTV Motion Pictures

Why she's the worst:

• Grade-A narcissist who's horrible to those looking out for her.

• Has affairs with married men and is a total home-wrecker.

• Is fine after becoming an alcoholic, getting addicted to drugs, and driving everyone in her life away... but decides that she's hit rock bottom after sleeping with an African man.

Verdict: An unsympathetic racist who deserves no redemption.

5. Badrinath from Badrinath Ki Dulhania

Dharma Productions

Why he's the worst:

• Embodiment of whiny manchild.

• Relentlessly stalks a woman who tells him she's not interested multiple times.

• Tracks her down in a different country to "teach her a lesson" for ditching him.

• Kidnaps and stuffs her in the trunk of his car.

Verdict: Should've been arrested, deported, and locked away halfway into the film.

6. Gautam from Cocktail

Illuminati Films

Why he's the worst:

• Relentless flirt who treats women as conquests.

• Cheats on girlfriend with her roommate.

• Almost breaks up two BFFs because he couldn't keep it in his pants.

• Basically dumps girlfriend because she's not sanskaari enough, after initially dating her because she was "fun" and not sanskaari.

Verdict: How this man got two perfectly amazing women to fall for him is anybody's guess.

7. Tina from Kuch Kuch Hota Hai

Dharma Productions

Why she's the worst:

• Struts into college mid-semester just because she's the principal's daughter.

• Knows Rahul and Anjali are soulmates, but still goes ahead and snogs him.

• Doesn't do anything to get them back together till she's on her deathbed.

• Puts smol eight-year-old in charge of hooking her father up with some woman she has no way of getting in touch with. Like, WTF?

Verdict: Selfish woman who got hers, and then piled everything on her tiny daughter from the afterlife.

8. Kiara and Akash from Anjaana Anjaani

Eros Entertainment

Why they're the worst:

• Entitled babies who trivialise suicide.

• Like, literally the entire film is them joking and bonding about committing suicide.

• After all that suicide talk, it takes them two minutes during the climax to get over the "problems" that drive them to attempting suicide in the first place.

Verdict: Two awful people who deserve each other, but definitely not an audience.

9. Rancho from 3 Idiots

Reliance BIG Pictures

Why he's the worst:

• Involved in identity fraud.

• Laughs at rape jokes.

• Friend attempts suicide as a direct result of his antics.

• Leaves girlfriend and BFFs forever without telling them where he's going or why.

• Calls himself "Rancho".

Verdict: This is not an inspiring character, people.

10. Munna from Munna Bhai M.B.B.S.

Vinod Chopra Productions

Why he's the worst:

• Lies to dad about being a doctor.

• Tries to make amends about lying... by lying more to get into medical college.

• Robs a much more deserving student of a seat.

• Potentially puts hundreds of patients' lives in danger.

• Constantly gets his friends into trouble .

Verdict: No jaadu ki jhappi for this guy.

11. Raj from Mohabbatein

Yash Raj Films

Why he's the worst:

• Is supposed to be a music teacher, but doesn't teach his students even one instrument.

• Constantly pushes them into doing things that he knows will get them expelled.

• His entire motivation in life is to break his late girlfriend's dad, and make him feel that her suicide was his fault. His daughter died, bro. Have some compassion.

Verdict: Would probably not be on this list, but that sweater-over-the-shoulders thing is such a douche look that it pushed him over the edge.