Where have all the villains gone?

The days of the villains indulging in all those dishum-dishum and fights with their hands and legs and at the most with their ‘pyari rampuri’ have gone by. The new villains have become experts or have to become experts in fighting and making themselves aware of all that is going on in the name of villainy all over the world. They have to move with the times or make way for better villains to take over.
Ravi Chopra-Director

The villain was once almost as important as the hero, till the end of the film when the five feet tall hero suddenly gained heavenly strength and beat the six feet tall villain to pulp. They had their dens and denizens who were more monsters than human beings. People have now seen through their games and the villains are looked upon more as cartoons than villains.
Prakash Mehra-Filmmaker

Pran was the greatest villain ever, a villain who truly struck terror into other human beings. He was bad from head to toe. He played the villain and gave a complex to the hero till he changed tracks and became a good man. Whatever it may be, villains may come and go, but Pran Sahab will always remain the stuff of villainy in Hindi films.
Manoj Kumar-Filmmaker.

These days, there are all kinds of villains but they are not the kind of villains we had in the past. Today, a villain has to be more an expert in using explosives, hand bombs and other modern fighting equipments if they have to make it as good villains. Acting, accept for a few, is not necessary at all to be a perfect villain.
Danny Denzongpa-Villain