Saif Ali Khan, when he made his debut in 1992 with 'Parampara', was noticed only for his cascading dark brown hair, the mascara-ed eyelashes and that ear-to-ear grin. After scoring his first major hit in 1994 with 'Main Khiladi Tu Anari', he had to go through several years of decline in the 1990s. 'Dil Chahta Hai' (2001) changed it all. He won the National Film Award for Best Actor for his performance in 'Hum Tum' (2004). He then had his B.O. moment with 'Salaam Namaste' (2005)and 'Love Aaj Kal' (2009). Saif also starred in critically acclaimed movies such as 'Parineeta' (2005) and 'Omkara' (2006).
In one of the boldest career moves in the history of Bollywood, Saif shed his pin-up hunk look and got into that of a repellant political operator, Eshwar "Langda" Tyagi, for 'Omkara'.
'Omkara' was Bharadwaj's take on Shakespeare's 'Othello' and he had enthusiastically cast Saif as Langda, the Iago of 'Omkara'. Saif yellowed his teeth and faked a limp to play the character. "Evil had rarely looked so cool on screen," said director Vishal Bharadwaj, on Saif's portrayal.
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