Bollywood can’t do horror. It just can't. Their idea of a good scare is people dressed in weird clothes, horrible makeup and even weirder sound effects. However, it does one hell of a job at making people fear for their lives with their crime movies and sadistic characters who are psychopath killers.

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Bollywood movies based on ruthless murderers and serial killers have scarred us more than those desi aatmas and chudails ever could. 

There are some terrifying killers shown in movies who can give nightmares to the even bravest of souls.

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Here are the 6 most khatarnak psychopaths and serial killers from Bollywood movies that scare the sh*t out of us even today:

1. Rakesh Mahadkar (Ek Villain)

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Rakesh appears to be a normal guy who has an unappreciative wife who always taunts him. However, you soon stop feeling sorry for him and are terrorised to see him mercilessly killing every woman who is rude to him. 

He murders women as a way to let out his frustration with his unhappy wife who he loves. 

2. Dheeraj Pandey (Murder 2)

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He is one of the most terrifying psychopath killers in cinema believed to be inspired by a South Korean serial killer and *** offender. 

He calls hookers over and kills them and has a history of torturing women. Think it doesn’t get more disturbing than this. Oh, it does! 

He castrates himself to become a eunuch and worships the devil. 

3. Lajja Shankar Pandey (Sangharsh)

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This religious fanatic abducted innocent children and sacrificed them at the shrine of the goddess for immortality. 

Every 90s kid was (and is still) traumatised seeing Ashutosh Rana in that red saree ululating in the middle of the street. Chills!

4. Ma’am (Kaun?)

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Major spoiler alert! Urmila Matondkar is shown as the scared, timid young woman whose name isn’t revealed in the movie but is referred to as Ma’am. 

It keeps us on the edge of our seats thinking she is about to get murdered by the ‘serial killer’ on the loose (probably Manoj Bajpayee). 

However, SHE is revealed to be the psychotic killer. It was the scariest thing ever!

5. Gokul Pandit (Dushman)

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Another sadistic character played by Ashutosh Rana, Gokul Pandit in Dushman, is a psychopath killer who rapes and kills women. 

He brutally murders Sonia Sehgal (Kajol) which remains to be the most disturbing scene till date.   

6. Ramanna (Raman Raghav 2.0)

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Inspired by real-life serial killer Raman Raghav who was on a killing spree for three years in Mumbai during the 1950s, Ramanna, in the movie, also kills people with a sharp object like a hammer or tyre iron. 

The fact that it is based on a real killer makes him even scarier.

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