Raghuvaran was a fantastic character actor who sadly became stereotyped as a Villian for most of his career and later as a Supporting Actor
Think of him as a more talented version of Mohnish Behl in Bollywood
Why he was such a good villain was because of his LOW VOICE that was far more menacing than the usual bunch of bad guys who yelled, screamed or gave caricature like expressions like Nambiar or Senthamarai
Once he was typecast, he was rarely given a lead role unless it was a non commercial film
He rarely acted for the paycheck. He had a prosperous textile business in Kovai area or at least his family did.
So we need someone who is
Good Looking
Menacing
Low voiced and not a caricature buffoon comedian like Radharavi or Ponnambalam or Manivannan
Can actually have the audience impress upon him like Mark Anthony or Neelambari
Fahad Fazil is one name i can think of
Maybe more popular than Raghuvaran
Yet if Raghuvaran wasn't stereotyped and if he had made wiser choices, he would have been where Fahad is today
Irrfan Khan is another
Can blend in as an effortless silent menacing villain
Tabu can be seen as a female version of Raghuvaran
She can be a menacing bad character like in Drishyam (Not Bad but still..) where she acts far more subtly to Asha Sarath with her wide eyes and a bit of over acting (Though very apt for that role)
Prasanna is the GO TO EQUIVALENT of Raghuvaran in today's industry if you need a subtle villain
In all of South India actually
He is in huge demand because unlike Fahad Or VJS who are reluctant to play bad guy, Prasanna is fine with it
Samuthirakani can play a restrained villian but also plays loud mouthed hammy villains from time to time
He too is equivalent to Raghuvaran, a fine character actor who plays villain from time to time
Satish Kaushik is a Brahmin and vegetarian. He is married to Sashi Kaushik. They lost their two year old son Shanu and were shattered by the loss.
However they were blessed with a baby girl after 15 years of their marriage.
He has done theatre and his most memorable play is Salesman Ramlal.
Besides this he was also a part of a British film Brick Lane.
He wrote the dialogues of the classic comedy cult movie Jaane Bhi Do Yaroon and was also a part of the film.
Satish worked as an assistant director to Shekhar Kapoor for the Naseerudin Shah, Shabana Azmi starrer Masoom.
He was a part of the Chandigarh Film City project but the media exposed the foul play of the developers and caught them red handed. However Satish was given a clean chit.
His directorial debut was Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja which was a debacle. He directed several movies like Prem, Hum Aapke Dil Mein Rehte Hain, Mujhe Kuch Kehna Hai, Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai, Badhai Ho Badhai, Karzz, and Tere Naam to name a few.
He was slapped by Salman Khan on the sets of Tere Naam.
His memorable performances were in Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron, Haseena Maan Jayegi, Mr. India as Calendar and Deewana Mastana as Pappu Pager. His has won the Film Fare Award twice in the Best Comedian Category for his performances in Ram Lakhan and Saajan Chale Sasural.
Arjun supposed to have dark complexion and his age was said to be more than 70 years old.
In terms of looks - Navi Bhangu had dark complexion did a decent job he had good screen presence and warrior look.He played Brihannala very well in Suryaputra Karn series. His costumes were also good.
Shaheer Sheikh didn't look like Arjuna. He look like lover boy and chocolate boy. So I didn't like his role as Arjuna. However his comedy timings and interactions with other actors in the character is enjoyable to watch. So he is good Arjuna in terms of comedy timings and romantic timings.
In terms of dialogue delivery and acting skills -Firoz Khan did excellent job as Arjuna or Partha but his costumes were worst. Infact all of BR Chopra's serials had worst costumes. They look like cardboards rather than metal armors.
Danny Denzongpa is a famous actor and owner of Yuksom Breweries
He was born in 25 of February 1948 in a Buddhist family
Danny Denzongpa completed his schooling from Birla Vidya Mandir in Nainital
& Then proceeded to complete his university education from St Joseph's College Darjeeling
He then did a Diploma in acting from FTII
Danny Denzongpa the first movie he saw Naya Daur of BR Chopra
He wanted to be an army man but his mother didn't want to lose him hence he tried his hands in the movies
Struggle Br Chopra met him in Ftii he was there as an examiner and was impressed by Danny Denzongpa and told him to come to Bombay when the course is completed
His real name is Tshering Phintso Denzongpa which was difficult to pronounce hence his classmate Jaya Bachchan changed it to Danny Denzongpa.
Danny Denzongpa started with Mere Apne
in which he played a college kid disillusioned by the politics prevailing in the country
His big break was Dhund
where he played a wheelchair bound sad and sadistic husband in a movie made by BR Chopra
Shatrughan Sinha and Amitabh Bachchan were the original choices but Danny Denzongpa ended up doing it Full story down below
Danny Denzongpa didn't look like any of the other main land actors of the era hence bollywood had a problem of where to place him, Feroz Khan came to his rescue first in Khotte Sikkay
And then in Dharmatma Danny Denzongpa established himself as a villain
Inspite of being a north eastern person Danny Denzongpa regularly played afghans in movies
Danny Denzongpa left Sholay for Dharmatma and it didn't hurt him one bit he was supposed to play Gabbar
Danny Denzongpa kept acting as the stock villain in the 1970s and 80s in Multiple movies such as Chandi Sona
Fakira
Aakhiri Dao
The Burning Train
Love story etc
In between all this Danny Denzongpa with Rajesh Khanna directed
a Horror movie Phir Wohi Raat
He also did playback singing
Danny Denzongpa was such an in demand villain that Manmohan Desai on many occasions requested his presence in movies
Agneepath where he played the villain Kancha Cheena
Hum which became the last hit of Amitabh Bachchan as a main lead
Khuda Gawah which was Bachchan's last movie before a huge break
Danny Denzongpa was a regular part in Dharmendra
And Amitabh Bachchan action movies of the era
Danny Denzongpa tried to establish Sunil Shetty by reasoning with action director to lift him up in Shetty's debut Balwaan