A hero will be praised and adored for his charm, fights and songs, as well a heroine for her beauty and customes. But there are these sect of actors who gets easily into any skin of character. They carry away the laurels, while contributing to the success of the film. The kind of actors, whose performances irrespective of the fate of the film will be astouding and will set a new benchmark every time in Bollywood. Here are my top five:

5) Kay Kay Menon: Though he is highly regarded in his dark villanous role in ‘Sarkar’, just watch him in ‘Black Friday’, ‘Honeymoon Travels’ or ‘Corporate’, you will find a entirely different K K every where. Besides, he got looks that made him among the hot men of bollywood

4) Irfan Khan: With his recent filcks ‘ The Namesake’, ‘The Mighty Heart’ and ‘Darjeeling Travels’ he made it big at the international scene. He is one of the astounding actors of  this generation.

3) Om Puri: He is regarded as the power packed actors of bollywood. He was one of those reigning actors of New Age Cinema of 70’s and 80’s. With his films like ‘Ardh Satya’, ‘Droh Kaal’, he became the favorite actors for every budding actor in India. He is one those very few actors who does comedy easily.

2) Naseeruddin Shah: He is one of my favorite actors in Indian Cinema ( I am going to write another story exclusively on him very soon). He has donned many roles that made him one of the greatest contemporary actors. A versatile person- Naseer has very recently directed a critically acclaimed movie ‘ yun hota tho kya hota’ . Be it a villian, or a comic role, or a serious role’, you will find Naseer at his best.

1) Anumpam Kher: Here comes my actor that tops the list of intense, versatile actors who has been the most preffered character actor of India- whose performance of any genre is loved by every Indian-Anumpam Kher.