10 Bollywood actors who are simply irreplaceable

Amrish Puri

Amrish Puri is no more in our lives but his iconic roles for Bollywood and Hollywood will always be remembered. He has appeared in more than 400 movies He played 'Mogambo' in Mr. India and Indian audience will always remember him for this. He recieved Best Villain award for Karan Arjun, Koyla, Baadshah and Gadar making him the Best Villain of Bollywood

Kader Khan

Kader Khan is well known comedian and a dialogue writer. He has worked along with actors like Jeetendra, Amitabh Bachchan, Govinda etc. He has mostly played supporting roles of father, uncle, brother, villian or comedian. His comedy has been loved by everybody in industry. He has also recieved 9 Filmfare awards for Best Comedian.

Nirupa Roy

She is known to be the 'Jagat Maa' of Bollywood Industry. She started with playing leading roles and later started playing mother roles during 1970's - 80's. Her iconic role in Deewar and its dialogues with reference to a mother and son are used as cliches till date.

Jagdish Raj

He is the only actor to hold a Guinness World Record for being the most type-cast actor. He played a police inspector in 144 films. Deewar, Silsila, Dream Girl and Johny Mera Naam are some of his well known movies.

Pran

Pran started of as an Actor for Bollywood but later on switched to villain characters. He has appeared in more than 350 movies and probably has the longest career than any other actor (1948-2007). He is best known for his supporting role with Amitabh Bachchan in Zanjeer. His famous movies include Johny Mera Naam, Victoria No. 203, Be-Imaan, Don and Amar Akbar Anthony.

Amjad Khan

The original Gabbar of Bollywood, Amjad Khan, will always be remembered for his villainous roles. Apart from playing Gabbar Singh in 1975 classic 'Sholay', his other famous negative role is DIlawar in Muqaddar Ka Sikandar.

Mehmood

He was an Indian actor, singer, director, comedian and Producer. His famous movies include Andaz Apna Apna, Do Phool, Bombay To Goa, Kunwaara Baap and many others

A K Hangal

Freedom Fighter turned Actor, A K Hangal's most notable role as Rahim Chacha in Sholay. He has acted in around 225 Hindi films in a career from 1966 - 2005

Johnny Lever

Johnny Lever is Bollywood's most famous comedian. He started up as a stand up comedian and later as an actor and comedian. He has 13 Filmfare Awards for Best Performance in Comic Role

Alok Nath

Starting from TV series Buniyaad to playing babuji in many of Bollywood movies. Just like Nirupa Roy he is also given the tag of 'Sanskari Babuji' of Bollywood.