Years ago his portrayal of negative characters in films like 'Baazigar', 'Darr' and 'Anjaam' had brought acclaim to Shah Rukh Khan, who is now back again with such a role in Farhan Akhtar's 'Don 2: the King is Back'. It started with Abbas-Mustan thriller 'Baazigar' in which SRK played a negative role. Yash Chopra's 'Darr' (1993), a psychological thriller, was the story of an obsessive lover played by Shah Rukh, to get his lady love Juhi Chawla, who was

already married to another man. A similar storyline in 'Anjaam' had the actor play a bad guy opposite Madhuri Dixit in the female lead. 'Baazigar'and 'Darr' took his career to new heights and established him as an acclaimed actor in Bollywood. Ask him if the negative characters are liked and memorable, Shahrukh says, "Evil or devil, black or little grey characters, be it in books, stories, films or television, have some sort of an attraction. I started with theatre and there

was nothing like a heroic character. There was a central character or an important character. I have played good and bad on stage. When I joined films I got a chance to play these characters again." "Now, after 15-20 years, I got a chance to play a negative character in 'Don'. There is a justification for the character to be negative, to be bad. I enjoy doing it. I am in no way glorifying negative characters. These are stories and

characters. But as an actor, it is one of the greatest highs to play a villain," he said. 'Don 2' is the squel to Farhan Akhtar's 2006 film, 'Don: The Chase Begins Again', which itself was a remake of the 1978 Amitabh Bachchan-starrer 'Don'.