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Bollywood Superstars Accuse Shah Rukh Khan of Playing Villainous Roles

27 Oct, 2025

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Summary

Parmeet Sethi and Manoj Bajpayee say SRK's characters were villains in their films
Kuljit (Parmeet) claims Raj (SRK) in DDLJ stole his fiancée Simran
Raza (Manoj) sees Veer (SRK) in Veer Zaara as the villain who took his fiancée Zaara

Bollywood Superstars Accuse Shah Rukh Khan of Playing Villainous Roles

In a surprising twist, two of Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan's co-stars have recently shared their views that his iconic romantic roles were actually villainous from their characters' perspectives.

Parmeet Sethi, who played Kuljit in the classic film Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (DDLJ), says that SRK's character Raj was the real villain of the story. Parmeet explains that Kuljit was engaged to Simran (Kajol), but Raj came and took her away, despite Kuljit not doing anything wrong.

Similarly, actor Manoj Bajpayee, who portrayed Raza in Veer Zaara, believes that SRK's character Veer was the villain from his point of view. Manoj states that Raza was already engaged to Zaara (Preity Zinta), but Veer ended up stealing his fiancée's heart.