From Naajayaz to Raincoat, 5 Ajay Devgn films that need more attention

Ajay Devgn who celebrates his 53rd birthday today consolidated his position in the industry right from his debut Wait right from his entry scene We donrsquot need to remind which one Talking of the career that went ahead he most of the times let his eyes do the talking He still does The man has completed three glorious decades in Hindi Cinema and continues to march high But have you seen these films of the actor wersquoll be talking aboutHere we goNaajayaz 1995Before working with Mahesh Bhatt in Zakhm that gave him his first National Award the actor was directed by him in the drama Naajayaz As the tittle suggests it was a film dealing with the trauma of a man coming to terms with the truth behind his father It was also about a father dealing with his own internal demons and external monsters Naajayaz could be described as Devgnrsquos first step towards letting his eyes convey all the emotions and playing a cop without resorting to theatricsLajja 2001Even before women empowerment was a term that began trending on social media Rajkumar Santoshi made Damini 1993 and then Lajja 2001 It was the story of a woman emotionally tortured and harassed by her husband and inlaws how she escapes the shackles of matrimony embarks on a path of freedom and meets many such tortured souls in between In this Devgn played a bandit filled with rage and driven by righteousness He was a monster for the evil and a messiah for women And in few scenes itself established the fact how length never matter for a solid actor performing a solid partDeewangee 2002A man passionately in love is accused of murder At first hersquos naive and numb As the narrative progresses the truth about his psychotic demeanour begins to unravel His split personality was nothing but a farce leaving one and all in shock Before Anees Bazmee moved to multistarrer comedies he left one and all shocked by choosing such a subject too For Devgn a decade into the industry he stopped surprising his fans long back He could pull of almost anythingRaincoat 2004Two lovers are separated by circumstances and united by destiny Ajay Devgn was as dapper as ever and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan as stunning as one can get Rainfall and silences play critical roles in this gorgeous film about love and longing This time it was not only the leading manrsquos eyes but also the eyes of the woman he was once in love with and perhaps still isApaharan 2005Prakash Jha has indeed brought out the best in Ajay Devgn After Gangaajal they came together again for Apaharan This time Jha explored the theme of fatherson conflict greed and politics Devgn was sucked into the world read web of power and how it backfired Nana Patekar played a scheming politician with a grin that only he could pull off Apaharan was intense filmmaking at its best