Shah Rukh Khan, who has spent almost three decades in Bollywood, has turned 56 on Tuesday. It’s rare to witness the kind of success in the Hindi film industry which the actor has achieved throughout his career.

With practically no box office release in the past three years, most other actors would have faded into oblivion, but SRK is just not among the top names in the business because of his screen presence. It’s the audience’s perpetual love towards the star that defines him, irrespective of the flops or hits he has in his resume.

SRK, a name, that is the personification of stardom and the embodiment of wit and charm, has time and again amazed generations with his acting prowess. Though often associated with romance due to his filmography, which boasts of some of the classics from the genre, he has often essayed roles that are nowhere close to the ‘King of Romance’ title that he fondly flaunts today.

SRK commenced his tinsel-town journey with the 1992 ‘Deewana’ and went on to essay negative roles in films like ‘Darr’, ‘Baazigar’ and ‘Anjam’ before his performance as the romantic Raj from ‘Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge’ overshadowed it all and everyone started expecting romantic films from King Khan.

Still, there have been numerous occasions when SRK has stepped out of his romantic image and experimented with different roles. He has a beautifully curated line-up of movies that have shown the audience how SRK isn’t just another quintessential Bollywood hero.

As the actor completes another year of his life, let’s take a look at some of his films where he broke the mold to which he has been mostly constrained, by the masses and proved that he is much more than just the ‘King of Romance’.

1. ‘Baazigar’ (1993)