Ajay Devgan was a bit of a Bollywood joke.

Son of famed stunt coordinator Veeru Devgan, he was never a pin-up boy. And his films essentially proved he was little but a fit lad, jumping over villains and drop-kicking them in earnest.

Then, Sanjay Leela Bhansali tossed him into a palatial Gujarati bungalow, dressed him as a bashful groom-to-be, and made him sing. Terribly. Critics haven't stopped raving about Ajay's histrionics since.