What elements of Suniel Shetty's performance in "Dhadkan" earned him the Filmfare best Villain award, and how does it differ from his other roles?

 In the film Dhadkan which was released in 2000, Suniel Shetty portrayed the role of Dev Chopra, a stubborn with rough and tough attitude. He wants to get back his girl friend Anjali (Shilpa Shetty) even after her marriage with Ram Verma (Akshay Kumar).

To gain Anjali back, Dev collects enough wealth as her father, a wealthy person rejected to give her daughter's hand to him though she wanted to marry him because Dev was a poor person, he doesn't know who is his father and Anjali’s father didn't like his attitude or behaviour also.

Suniel Shetty‘s Dev’s character in Dhadkan was a tough one, he forces Anjali to leave her husband and to come back with him, when she rejects him for the second time he couldn't sustain and he tries to ruin Ram's life.

But when he sees unconditional love of Ram towards Anjali, Dev changes his mind and he accepts to marry his business partner Sheetal Verma (Mahima Choudhary) who loves him very much. Finally the film gets happy ending.

Before the film Dhadkan, Suniel Shetty was usually doing hero roles and supporting roles that too as an action hero he gave good performances in several films like Mohra, Border, Gopi Kishen and Rakshak. In Hera Pheri he did a comedy role but for the first time he did villain role in Dhadkan, it was a new experience for the audience to see Suniel Shetty in that get-up. But he did the role of Dev impressively and effortlessly, he was well suited for that role and he won his first Filmfare Award though he was nominated earlier for Filmfare Best Supporting Actor for the films Dilwale and Border.

After Dhadkan Suniel Shetty portrayed negative roles in several films such as Khel in 2003, Baaz in 2003, Main Hoon Na in 2004, Rudraksh in 2004, No Problem in 2010 and A Gentleman in 2017. But his role in Dhadkan got much popularised and brought him Filmfare Award for Best Villain and this is the only Filmfare Award he won so far.

Suniel Shetty doesn't consider his Dev’s role in Dhadkan is fully a negative role because in the film he is a true lover and he struggles to get back his love at any cost and later compromises for the good of his lover.

Anushka Shetty

 Anushka Shetty is very humble and lives a simple life. She’s quite a meek woman in spite of all she’s achieved. The beautiful actress never let success get to her head. She is pretty, bubbly and smart. Due to her humble attitude, she has become one of the most respected actresses in Telugu film industry.

• Hailing from an ethnic Tulu family, Anushka didn’t dream of becoming an actor before she was selected in an audition conducted by the noted director Puri Jagannadh.
• She graduated from Mount Carmel College, Bangalore wherein stars like Deepika Padukone, Anushka Sharma, and Mamtha Mohandas have studied.
• During her college days, she met Bharat Thakur for a meditation workshop called ‘Tapasya’. Though she was not interested in doing the workshop, she attended the session for the sake of her father AN Vittal Shetty.
• After her graduation, she used to teach third standard kids.
• She used to conduct yoga sessions in Mumbai. She feels that this was the most memorable phase in her life when she took the decision to teach yoga.
• Director Meher Ramesh saw her and suggested to Puri Jagannadh for his upcoming flick ‘Super’ (2005) starred Akkineni Nagarjuna. She was one of the two leading ladies in the film and nominated for the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress - Telugu.
• After ‘Vikramarkudu’ was released, she never looked back and starred in several hit films such as ‘Lakshyam’, ‘Don’, 'Swagatam’, ‘Souryam’, and ‘Chintakayala Ravi’.She has enjoyed a bigger solo success with the milestone film ‘Arundhati’.
• At 5 feet 9 inches, Anushka Shetty is the tallest actress in Tollywood. The gorgeous yoga teacher and actress has featured in over 32 films so far.
• Anushka Shetty’s real name is Sweety. She felt embarrassing whenever everyone was calling her Sweety in the sets of her debut film ‘Super’. After referring a lot of books and novels, she named herself Anushka Shetty just by fluke.
• Her mother tongue is Tulu. She speaks with her mother in Tulu and in English with her dad and brothers.
• Anushka has the habit of collecting newspapers related to natural calamities for her scrapbook and likes to write poems in English as her mother tongue Tulu has no script.
• She is the only one actress in Tollywood with the highest number of awards in her kitty.