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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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.