Vidya Balan is all set to don the hat of a detective in upcoming movie Bobby Jasoos.

The trailer of the film is already creating waves and from the look of it, the film seems to be a hit already.

Vidya will be seen in various interesting avatars in the movie and we have already added the film to our must-watch list.

As the Dirty Picture actress, readies to crack the mysteries, let's take a look at some of the Bollywood actors who have already got the Sherlock Holmes way or are soon going to be seen playing detective in a film...

Ranbir Kapoor

The actor-director duo of Barfi will soon be back with a detective film, 'Jagga Jasoos.'

News is rife that Ranbir is all set to experiment with his looks yet again as he will be playing the character of a 17 year old boy in the film.

While Katrina Kaif plays the female lead, Govinda will be playing the step father to Ranbir.

Sushant Singh Rajput

After romancing in his last movie outing, Shuddh Desi Romance, Sushant Singh Rajput will be next seen playing a detective in the film Byomkesh Bakshi.

Directed by Dibaker Banerjee, the film is modern day take on the classic TV series of 1990s starring Rajit Kapoor playing the legendary character.

Anushka Sharma

Yet another sexy jasoos coming your way! Anishka Sharma is all set to play a spy in upcoming film NH10.

The thriller is directed by Navdeep Singh.

Rajeev Khandelwal

Having already showed his prowess in thrillers like Table No.21 and Shaitaan, actor Rajeev Khandelwal's last movie outing too was a thriller titled, Samrat & Co.

The film was produced by Kavita Barjatya and Rajeev played a detective.The film didn't do very well at the box office.

Anil Kapoor

One of the most jovial detectives that Bollywood will ever had was played by Anil Kapoor in Race and Race 2.

The fruit-popping detective was an opportunist, who never let anyone guess who was he supporting and still made good moolah.

What more? In both the movies, he got sexy secretaries in Sameera Reddy and Ameesha Patel.

Akshay Kumar

Known for his superb comic timing, Akshay Kumar played a funny detective in Anees Bazmee's Thank You.

This detective had a specialization. He dealt only in extra-marital affairs.

Quite contrary to his job, this detective ended up losing his heart to someone else's wife, played by Sonam Kapoor.

Shah Rukh Khan

Shah Rukh Khan got a chance to play a detective in Abbas-Mustaan's Baadshah.

He played a cool detective, who falls in love with Twinkle Khanna in the film.

The film was a Bollywood-ised mash-up of Hollywood flicks If Looks Could Kill and The Nick of Time.

Emraan Hashmi

Some serious business now.

Serial-kisser of Bollywood, Emraan Hashmi played an undercover agent with aplomb in Gangster.

His mission was to capture the gangster played by Shiney Ahuja and in the process he met the love of his life played by Kangana Ranaut.