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Amitabh Bachchan

The true authoritative figure in Bollywood, Amitabh Bachchan has essayed the role of Narayan Shankar in Mohabbatein, a staunch patriarch and principal of Gurukul. Big B has also played Debraj Sahai in the movie Black, a teacher to a blind and deaf girl, teaching her to live life.

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Sushmita Sen 

In Main Hoon Na, Sushmita Sen was the much-loved chemistry teacher in a boarding school which Army officer Shah Rukh Khan was out to protect. In her sexy sari avatar, she set a benchmark for Bollywood in her own way and is still considered the hottest teacher in the history of Bollywood.

He’s different 

Shah Rukh Khan

Chak De India saw Shah Rukh Khan play a coach to the Indian women’s hockey team and take them to glory. The film shows Kabir Khan (Shah Rukh Khan's character) binding the women from different parts of the country as a team. SRK also played a music teacher in the movie Mohabbatein, who has his own ways of teaching.

Strict & ambitious  

Boman Irani

Boman Irani shot to prominence in Bollywood with the role of a college dean in Munnabhai MBBS. Boman played Dr JC Asthana, the strict medical college dean. Again in 3 Idiots, Boman was seen as an ambitious but shrewd college dean. Both the roles are most memorable characters of Boman in B-town so far.

Challenging one 

Aamir Khan

Aamir Khan played the role of Ram Shankar Nikumbh, Ishaan's arts teacher in the movie Taare Zameen Par. Nikumbh focused more on out of the book creative learning which made studies fun. Also, the emotional connect he shared with his students was beautiful. 

First crush 

Simi Garewal

Raj Kapoor’s critically acclaimed movie Mera Naam Joker was played out in chapters and begins with an adolescent Rishi Kapoor's infatuation with his young teacher, played by actress Simi Garewal. 

Emotional connect

Naseeruddin Shah

Naseeruddin Shah's most memorable role is that of a former cricketer Mohit in the film Iqbal, who takes up the task to train a deaf and mute boy named Iqbal.