Pics: Bollywood movies that portrayed cops in a good light

Pics: Bollywood movies that portrayed cops in a good light

The film 'Mardaani' depicts story of a policewoman played by Rani Mukerji whose interest in the case of a kidnapped teenage girl leads her to uncover secrets of human trafficking by the Indian mafia. Rani's character Shivani Shivaji Roy, is a brave police officer who in hell-bent on rescuing girls trapped in human trafficking.

Pics: Bollywood movies that portrayed cops in a good light

The movies 'Singham' and 'Singham Returns' were directed by Rohit Shetty and starred Ajay Devgn in the role of a no-nonsense cop. He did complete justice to the role. In the first instalment, his main goal is to end the rule of corrupt politician Jaikant Shikre whereas in the second part, he takes on a strong Babaji with strong political links.

Pics: Bollywood movies that portrayed cops in a good light

'Madras Cafe' has been John Abraham's best roles so far. Yes, he played the role of a RAW agent who has been assigned the case of stopping the assassination of a prominent Indian Political Leader during the 90s. The film was based on true events, but was somewhat fictionalized. John's character was a righteous cop and his grit and determination to foil the assassination plan is what makes this one an interesting watch.

Pics: Bollywood movies that portrayed cops in a good light

The movie 'A Wednesday' was an eye-opener as it showed how a common man can take on the entire Government just to express his anger over terrorist attacks plaguing the country. Naseeruddin Shah played the role of the common man whereas Anupam Kher is shown as a soon to retire police commissioner who narrates the entire incident that occurred on a Wednesday. The movie depicted how the cops and the government take pains to crack big terrorist attack cases and how the commissioner is not the one to fall prey to corrupt officials.

Pics: Bollywood movies that portrayed cops in a good light

Big B was an upright police officer in the movie 'Khakee' wherein some corrupt politicians trouble him, but he refuses to bow down and does what is right.

Pics: Bollywood movies that portrayed cops in a good light

In the film 'Gangaajal', Ajay Devgn's role of a police officer SP Amit Kumar who fights against criminals and corrupt politicians was well received by the audiences.

Pics: Bollywood movies that portrayed cops in a good light

'Sarfarosh' broke the chocolate boy lover image of actor Aamir Khan, as he essayed the role of ACP Ajay Rathod. He deals with the theme of cross-border terrorism and the movie clearly depicts the plight of our policemen and the pains they take to see our country men lead a safe and healthy life.

Pics: Bollywood movies that portrayed cops in a good light

The movie 'Zanjeer' saw Amitabh Bachchan in the role of an honest police officer and earned him the tag of "Angry Young Man". His character Vijay fights against injustice and he was undoubtedly the hero of the movie. In fact after a string of flop movies, this was a welcome change as it was a hit and his role is still remembered.