Big B to Katrina: Actors who played a politician on screen

No one else could have portrayed Subhash Nagre in Ram Gopal Varma’s Sarkar (2005) better than Amitabh Bachchan. With his towering personality and rich baritone, Big B left all impressed with his portrayal of a politician.

Updated on: Feb 21, 2015 2:38 PM IST

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No one else could have portrayed Subhash Nagre in Ram Gopal Varma’s Sarkar (2005) better than Amitabh Bachchan. With his towering personality and rich baritone, Big B left all impressed with his portrayal of a politician.

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Anil Kapoor is certainly the ­winner of this act. In fact his journey — from a ‘common man’ to the chief minister — in Nayak is often compared by many to Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal’s political journey.

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Once a reigning Bollywood queen of the ‘70s, known for her elegance and poise, Raakhee gave a stellar act playing the uncompromising chief minister, Gayatri Bachchan in Baadshah.

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Katrina Kaif played a gritty politician in Prakash Jha's Raajneeti.