Zanjeer
Amitabh
Bachchan
got
the
title
of
the
Angry
Young
Man
after
he
starred
as
a
cop
in
Prakash
Mehra's
Zanjeer.
This
is
the
movie
that
got
hims
stardom
after
a
series
of
flop
movies.
Amitabh
Bachchan
played
the
role
of
Vijay,
an
honest
inspector
who
fights
crime.
Shakti
This
is
a
story
of
Dilip
Kumar,
an
honest
cop
who
ends
up
killing
his
own
son,
played
by
Amitabh
Bachchan
for
he
was
on
the
path
of
crime.
Dostana
Amitabh
Bachchan
played
the
role
of
a
good
honest
cop
who
put
criminals
behind
bars
while
his
lawyer
friend
Shatrugan
Sinha
helped
bail
them
out.
How
the
villain
utilizes
their
love
for
the
same
girl
and
brings
differences
between
these
friends
and
how
Big
B
being
the
honest
cop
fights
those
criminals
forms
the
crux
of
the
story.
Ardh
Satya
Veteran
actor
Om
Puri
played
the
role
of
an
aggressive
yet
honest
cop
who
fought
against
corruption.
One
of
the
best
performances
we
have
come
across
in
Bollywood.
Shool
Shool
had
Manoj
Bajpayee
play
inspector
Samar
Pratap
Singh
in
Bihar.
He
portrayed
the
role
of
an
honest
cop's
battle
against
corruption
within
the
legal
system
Sarfarosh
The
film
dealt
with
an
honest
Indian
police
officer's
fight
played
by
Aamir
Khan
to
stop
cross-border
terrorism.
Seven
years
alone
were
spent
on
the
research,
pre-production
and
production
of
the
film
till
it
finally
released
in
1999.
Ab
Tak
Chappan
Ab
Tak
Chhappan
was
about
a
this
tough
cop
and
encounter
specialist
played
to
perfection
by
Nana
Patekar
from
the
Mumbai
Encounter
Squad
famous
for
having
killed
56
people
in
police
encounters.
It
was
inspired
by
the
life
of
Police
sub-Inspector
with
Mumbai
Police
force
Daya
Nayak.
Black
Friday
It
was
based
on Black
Friday
-
The
True
Story
of
the
Bombay
Bomb
Blasts,
a
book
by
S.
Hussain
Zaidi
about
the 1993
Bombay
bombings.
Kay
Kay
Menon
played
the
role
of
a
tough,
honest
determined
cop
which
was
inspired
from
Rakesh
Maria,
who
had
cracked
the
case
then.
Sehar
While
the
movie
did
not
achieve
much
success
at
the
Box
Office,
it
was
by
far
one
of
the
best
cop
movies
where
Arshad
Warsi
played
the
role
of
an
honest
cop
who
tries
hard
to
eradicate
the
menace
named
Gajraj
Singh
played
by
Kabeer
Kaushik.
Gangaajal
Ajay
Devgan
played
the
role
of
honest
cop,
SP
Amit
Kumar
in
which
he
fought
against
the
corrupt
politicians
and
criminals.
Wanted
Salman
Khan
is
shown
as
a
tapori
who
later
turns
out
to
be
an
undercover
cop
who
goes
up
against
Prakash
Raj,
the
villain.
His
role
of
honest
cop
in
Garv
too
was
good
and
showed
them
in
good
light.
Singham
And
Singham
Returns
Ajay
Devgn
played
the
role
of
Bajirao
Singham,
a
honest
police
officer
who
takes
it
upon
himself
to
end
the
rule
of
corrupt
politician
Jaikant
Shikre
played
by
Prakash
Raj.
In
the
second
installment
of
the
movie
he
goes
up
against
a
powerful
Baba
Ji
with
strong
political
links.
Khakee
Khakee
had
Big
B
playing
the
role
of
righteous
cop
who
heads
his
team
to
a
small
town
in
Maharashtra
to
escort
back
a
dreaded
terrorist
to
Mumbai.
In
spite
of
corrupt
politicians
troubling
him,
he
refuses
to
bow
down
and
goes
around
doing
his
job
right.
Shootout
At
Lokhandwala
It
was
based
upon
the
real-life
incident
1991
Lokhandwala
Complex
shootout,
a
real-life
gun
battle
between
gangsters
and
Mumbai
Police.
Sanjay
Dutt
played
the
role
of
Additional
commissioner
of
police
(ACP) A.A.
Khan,
who
attacked
the Lokhandwala
Complex on
16
November
1991,
with
a
force
of
around
400
armed
policemen.
Dreaded
gangster Maya
Dolas was
hiding
in
the
complex.
A
Wednesday
The
film
depicts
an
about-to-retire
police
commisioner
(Anupam
Kher)
narrating
a
sequence
of
events
that
unfolded
on
a
particular
Wednesday.