Pran

Pran Krishan Sikand, better known by his mononym, Pran, was an Indian actor, known as the greatest villain ever in the history of Indian cinema and character actor in Hindi cinema from the 1940s to the 1990s. He played hero roles from 1940–47, a villain from 1942–1991, and played supporting and character roles from 1948–2007. He is the original badman of Indian cinema. Such was the intensity of his negative performances on the screen that people stopped naming their children "Pran", when Pran was at the peak of his villainy. He has been one among the most highly successful actors in the history of Indian cinema.