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1. Amrish Puri – Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge Amrish Puri’s character in this movie is synonymous with “Ja Simran ja, jee le apni zindagi”. The evergreen-ness of this dialogue cuts across generations.
2. Alok Nath – Rajshri Films An entire generation grew up watching the quintessential Babuji, played by none other than Alok Nath.
3. Anupam Kher – Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge He perhaps stood for all the qualities that the kids of strict dads always wished to see in their father.
4. Shah Rukh Khan – Kuch Kuch Hota Hai Not that he was a single dad by choice, he was rather a windower. But he played the role of a single parent to the T.
5. Amitabh Bachchan – Baghban The list remains incomplete without the mention of Raj Malhotra from Baghban, by far the all-time favourite movie of our parents.
6. Amitabh Bachchan – Piku This movie portrayed how fathers can get on their children’s nerves at times, but still remain loving and endearing.
7. Aamir Khan – Dangal Mahavir Singh Phogat stood out of the crowd for being ahead of his times.
8. Abhishek Bachchan – Paa In a classic case of role reversal between real and reel, the real-life dad Amitabh Bachchan portrays the role of the son to real-life son Abhishek Bachchan.
9. Irrfan Khan – Hindi Medium While the 90s Bollywood dads were usually kathod from the outside as much as being a real softie from the inside, the new-age dads are soft hearted inside and out.