8 actors who played detectives onscreen

Author: Satish Sundaresan

Emraan Hashmi (Gangster)

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Akshay Kumar (Thank You)

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Kareena Kapoor Khan (The Buckingham Murders)

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Saif Ali Khan (Agent Vinod)

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Vidya Balan (Bobby Jasoos)

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Arshad Warsi (Joe B. Carvalho)

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Rajeev Khandelwal (Samrat and Co)

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Shah Rukh Khan (Baadshah)

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