<span class=normal>They are the Men in White of Bollywood who have given us some of the best thrillers over the last decade and a half. We are talking about none other than the director duo of Abbas-Mustan. Right from their first big hit Khiladi to their most recent flick Race (which opens across cinemas this week), they have been the true Baadshah-s of the suspense-thriller genre. The director duo is also responsible for starting a new trend in Bollywood where in the conventional hero started playing the villain. When it comes to an Abbas-Mustan film, you never know which character is black, which character is white or which character is grey. Bollywood Hungama takes a look at those actors in some of Abbas-Mustans best films who didnt mind defying the stereotype and playing a character the audience simply loved to hate.<BR><BR><br><p class=clear>&nbsp;</p>Shah Rukh Khan in Baazigar<BR><BR><br><p class=clear>&nbsp;</p>Just as Shah Rukh Khan was slowly making his mark in Bollywood with films like Deewana and Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman, Abbas-Mustan decided to give him the role of a lifetime in the 1993 super-hit Baazigar. However, there was a slight twist to the tale as SRK would have to play a person with negative traits (a strict no-no for any conventional hero in those days). Shah Rukh did take up the challenge and the rest as they say is history. His mysterious dual identity in Baazigar as the bespectacled Ajay Sharma and the suave Vicky Malhotra took everyone by shock and surprise. Very few conventional heroes would agree to throw their leading lady from the terrace of a high-rise but SRK did it with ease and in the most convincing manner. With Baazigar striking gold at the box-office, SRK followed up his menacing act in films like Darr and Anjaam and suddenly playing the bad guy was considered as cool. </span><br><p class=clear>&nbsp;</p>