Though Bollywood movies are known for portraying loving, self-sacrificing mothers, there have been some tremendously evil and frightening mothers. Mother villains were manipulated, they were greedy, and they wanted to have control over the people around them or their own families. Here are 10 of the most forgettable Mother Villains in Hindi films who did not leave any bones to break with their cold and calculated performances.
Lalita Pawar in Anari
She was a no-nonsense, cold cousin in this classic movie who made life so hard for the protagonists that she set the tone for the archetype of the important yet evil mother for several decades to come with her caustic expression and dialogue delivery.
Bindu in Biwi Ho To Aisi
She was kind to her son, who was to be subservient to her, but made her new daughter-in-law’s life a living hell, casting the best possible light on a status-conscious, power-based mother who cared only for status and power.
Aruna Irani in Beta
Aruna Irani delivered a horrifying rendition as a stepmother who is loving but secretly not, and plotting to take the life of her stepson. She deprived him of education to keep his big inheritance under her control, finding a way to bamboozle him with fake mommy love.
Nadira Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai
Nadira added a high level of malice to the film as a proud and obstinate mother. She looked only at social status and wealth and forced her son to marry an unhappy girl for money because it made her happy, while it made her son’s wife unhappy and destroyed her happiness.
Rohini Hattangadi in ChaalBaaz
Rohini Hattangadi was great in her role as a cruel, maternal aunt who mistreated a young woman under her care, both in comedic and fright scenes. She kept her niece in terror to control her huge fortune in the family.
Amrita Singh in Kalyug
Her relentless ambition and commitment to the preservation of her business interests led her to operate behind the scenes, exhibiting a chilling determination to pursue a perverted and selfish agenda at the expense of harmony and peace.
Azmi Shabana in Makdee
She could use local superstitions to reign over and frighten the younger children of the area, making her a character who haunted the younger ones.
Supriya Pathak in Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram Leela
She put family honor and gang feud above her own daughters’ happiness and was exceptionally sadistic in her use of violence, intimidation, and even physical harm against her own daughters.
Tabu in Haider
Her character twisted her son and allied him with his unscrupulous uncle, evoking the disturbing image of a mother who was less than faithful to her family, which ended in tragedy.
Shefali Shah in Darlings
He saw her as a very protective mother who helped her daughter to take matters into her own hands against an abusive husband. Her passion and ignorance of what constituted revenge and her manipulation of the law revealed her dark side, though it was for the sake of love.
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