Most Underrated · Men
Kay Kay Menon
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“Has never given a bad performance and has never opened a film.”
- Screen debut
- 1995
- Best in
- Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi (2003)
- Also see
- Black Friday · Gulaal · Haider · Shaurya · Sarkar
The case
Menon specialises in intelligent men who are wrong — the idealist who compounds his mistakes, the cop who believes his own procedure, the uncle who has already decided. He carries films that are then marketed on somebody else's face. Gulaal alone contains more danger than most leading men manage in a career.
Where to start
Begin with Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi (2003). It's in this canon — read our entry on it. Then work through Black Friday, Gulaal, Haider.
See how we defined “underrated” and why some obvious names are missing in our methodology essay.
In the canon