Unlike the lone hero, these officers work in pairs. They are the buddy cops.

This duo sports attitude, crack a joke and grab a vada pav. When time comes, they also dress as drags to get pass the villain's den and then point their revolver at the baddie's throat.

Amitabh Bachchan and the Govinda jodi in Bade Miyan Chhote Miyan and Akshay Kumar-Paresh Rawal in Mohra, being cases in point.