Tall, dark, handsome

Gone are the days, when villains looked repulsive and ominous, sending shivers down the spines of audiences.
Wickedness attains a smart avatar in Tollywood with directors casting handsome hunks in negative roles. In the recent past, Rahul Dev (Mass), Mukul Dev (Krishna and Siddham) and Srihari (Dhee and King) used their killer looks to good advantage.
The effect is surely lethal, what with drop-dead handsome looks masking an evil mind, as the unsuspecting Anushka discovered in Arundhati that her good-looking brother-in-law (Sonu Sood) was in reality a blood-thirsty tantrik.
So, do good looking villains add to the salability of the film? ���������������������������Of course, audiences want to see good-looking faces for the kind of money they shell out on tickets,��������������������������� says Sonu, who will play the ruthless aghora in Arundhati���������������������������s Hindi remake too. ���������������������������I am also excited about the negative role I am playing opposite Prabhas in an upcoming Telugu film,��������������������������� he adds.
Even heroes these days are being tempted to cross the line and venture into villainy! For popular Tamil star Arya, who starred in the sensational Tamil film Naan Kadavu, the challenge of portraying ���������������������������alien��������������������������� emotions lured him. ���������������������������When I got the offer, I felt it was challenging and took it up. Also I am a fan of director Gunasekar and I immensely liked his film Okkadu. The role is subtle with shades of grey,��������������������������� says the actor.
Not many heroes though like to be labelled villains. ���������������������������I am not doing a negative role,��������������������������� denies Navdeep, though he is conjectured to be playing a role with a ���������������������������few shades of grey��������������������������� in Arya 2. ���������������������������It���������������������������s a tale of two best buddies,��������������������������� he argues.
However, Milind Soman who looked menacing in Satyameva Jayathe chooses to differ. ���������������������������I dislike bifurcating roles as positive and negative . Every challenging role is an opportunity to showcase one���������������������������s acting skills,��������������������������� says the hunk, who is game for ���������������������������demanding��������������������������� roles in any regional film.
Actor-director J D Chakravarthy who began his career as a baddie in Shiva will unleash his ���������������������������dark��������������������������� side in Naga Chaitanya���������������������������s debut film, to enrich this season of charming villains.
Being bad has never been so ���������������������������good��������������������������� before! And the audience seems to be loving them all.