Heroines have always had a different status in Hindi cinema. Nowadays, there is a craze for women-centric films also. Recently, many such films have been made in which the lead role was not an actor but an actress. The names of Yami Gautam’s ‘Article 370’, Kareena Kapoor, Tabu and Kriti Sanon’s ‘Crew’, Alia Bhatt’s ‘Gangubai Kathiawadi’ are included in this list. These films have also performed well at the box office.
There has also been a trend of using glamorous actresses and item songs to make any film a hit. But, today let us look at some such films, in which there was neither any lead actress, nor any romance nor any melo-drama, yet these films remained popular among the audience.
1. Aamir
The film ‘Aamir’ was released in 2008. Rajeev Khandelwal was in the lead role of the picture. It was with this film that Rajiv entered the film world. There was no lead actress in this film with Rajeev. In this film, Rajeev played the role of a doctor who due to some reason becomes a part of a terrorist conspiracy.
Aamir
2.Dhamal
Sanjay Dutt’s ‘Dhamaal’ was at second place in this list. The story of the film revolves around four crazy friends, in which there was no actress. Along with Sanjay Dutt, Ritesh Deshmukh, Arshad Warsi, Ashish Chaudhary and Javed Jaffrey were also in the picture. The film ‘Ghamaal’ was a huge hit at the box office.
3. A Wednesday
Naseeruddin Shah and Anupam Kher were the lead actors in ‘A Wednesday’. The picture came in the year 2006. There was no heroine in this film of Neeraj Pandey. In the movie, Naseeruddin Shah played the role of a common man, while Anupam Kher was seen in the role of a police officer.
a wednesday
4.OMG
Paresh Rawal and Akshay Kumar starrer ‘OMG’ also got a lot of love from the audience. However, this film was also embroiled in controversies at the time of its release. Although there are female roles in this film, there is no glamor shown in them. Paresh Rawal and Akshay Kumar, this film also stars Mithun Chakraborty, Om Puri, Govind Namdev, Poonam Jhaver, Pooja Gupta and Mahesh Manjrekar.
5.Memories
The last name in this list is of the 1964 film ‘Yaadein’. Sunil Dutt of this film did not cast any actress in the picture. The story of the film is based on a father who feels that his family has abandoned him.
