If the latest reports are to be believed, Ranbir Kapoor will soon be joining Bollywood's tapori brigade. The Rockstar actor has apparently been signed on to play the lead in a new Abhinav Kashyap movie to play a ruffian for the first time.

Here's looking at other -- new and old -- lovable taporis of Bollywood. Akshay Kumar in Rowdy Rathore With stylish punchlines like Naya Saal Naya Maal, the Prabhu Deva-directed film appears to be all set to pack in the punch like his previous venture, Wanted. Akshay plays a small-time crook in the film who avenges the death of a police officer who also happened to look like him.

Image: Akshay Kumar