Enthiren To Goutham Nanda, South Films Where The Male Lead Played Both Hero And Villain

There was a time in Indian cinema when actors were slotted into categories of main leads, villains, comedians and so on. With the evolution of cinema, soon these boundaries began to collapse and actors became versatile enough to do all kinds of roles. Leading men preferred to do their own comedy and also occasionally played anti-hero or negative roles. There have also been some films where an actor has played double to multiple roles with at least one having negative shades. Let us list out some movies from Telugu and Tamil cinema where the leads have played both hero and villain.

Enthiren

Rajinikanth played a double role in this very popular science fiction film by Shankar. While one was a scientist, the second character was that of a humanoid android robot created by him. Towards the end of the movie, the robot character turns evil and clashes with its mentor.

Nagavalli

This was a horror comedy directed by P Vasu that told the story in two timelines. Venkatesh Daggubatti appears in both timelines, playing a professor in modern times and an evil and ruthless king from centuries ago that the professor’s character researches.

24

Directed by Vikram Kumar, 24 is a science fiction film based on the concept of time travel. Suriya has three roles in the film, that of a twin brothers and the son of one of them. Suriya plays a scientist who invents a time travel device while his villainous twin brother wants the device for his own. Years later, the device ends up in the possession of the scientist’s son, also played by Suriya

Goutham Nanda

In this Sampath Nandi-directed film, Gopichand plays two lookalikes, one a spoilt rich brat while the other is a poverty-stricken man who can do anything for money. After deciding to switch identities for a month, they gradually get into problems with one another as they begin to truly enjoy the lives they had always wanted. One of them even frames the other for murder.

Jai Lav Kush

Junior NTR played triplets in this action film directed by KS Ravindra. Out of the three brothers, Jai, Lav and Kush, Jai is depicted as having negative shades.