The one where he's mean
Film: It's a tie between Baazigar and Darr.
Role: Ajay Sharma/Vicky Malhotra (Baazigar), a super-ambitious, cunning fellow who'll stop at nothing to bring the downfall of a top businessman, including bumping off his one daughter and courting another. Rahul Mehra (Darr), a introvert, suicidal, depressed stammering youngster obsessed with a certain Kiran from his college days.
Thumbs up: 1993 saw Shah Rukh at his nastiest best. While in Baazigar his contact-lensed alter ego goes on a murder spree, not to forget throwing Shilpa Shetty off the terrace. And for Yash Chopra's Darr he stalks poor Juhi Chawla with his now iconic K-k-k-k-Kiran, till she borderlines on insanity. SRK's copyright on success is evident in the fact that his vicious screen image only added to his popularity. Regardless of the blood-soaked climax sequences where he's shot by the hero, audiences walked out of the theatres gushing over the bad guy.
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