There is no match for Bollywood villain Pran even today. He also acted in character roles in his later movies. Though belatedly, he has been honored with Dada Saheb Phalake award.

http://in.movies.yahoo.com/photos/dadasaheb-phalke-award-for-pran-slideshow/

All the old time villains had distinctive characteristics , be it Pran, K.N.Singh ,Rehman or Madan Puri ! Now the trend of casting and film making has changed - in some ways better but in many ways not for the better

All the old time villains had distinctive characteristics , be it Pran, K.N.Singh ,Rehman or Madan Puri ! Now the trend of casting and film making has changed - in some ways better but in many ways not for the better

But Pran is not a conventional brow rising bad man. He's a full fledged actor, who can put himself in any slot with elan and ease.

All the old time villains had distinctive characteristics , be it Pran, K.N.Singh ,Rehman or Madan Puri ! Now the trend of casting and film making has changed - in some ways better but in many ways not for the better

But Pran is not a conventional brow rising bad man. He's a full fledged actor, who can put himself in any slot with elan and ease.

Thats true, whereas the others did stereotyped roles as villains Pran has acted in a wide range of roles as a character actor and has shown his versatility ..