{"id":65065,"date":"2025-09-15T08:05:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T08:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/65065\/"},"modified":"2025-09-15T08:05:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T08:05:07","slug":"bobby-deol-opens-up-on-how-poor-choices-impacted-his-career-playing-antagonist-in-aashram-or-animal-is-something-i-had-not-imagined","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/65065\/","title":{"rendered":"Bobby Deol opens up on how poor choices impacted his career: ‘Playing antagonist in Aashram or Animal is something I had not imagined’ |"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"BobbyBobby Deol, buoyed by his performance in Animal, is set to appear in Aryan Khan’s directorial debut, The Ba**ds of Bollywood*, and Anurag Kashyap’s Bandar. Deol credits web shows and acting classes for his resurgence, embracing antagonist roles to break free from typecasting. Kashyap highlights Deol’s resilience, noting his understanding of failure made him ideal for Bandar. Bobby Deol<\/a> grabbed attention with his powerful performance in Animal and has since been busy with multiple projects. He will next be seen in The Ba**ds of Bollywood*, marking Shah Rukh Khan<\/a>\u2019s son Aryan Khan<\/a>\u2019s directorial debut. He also plays a key role in Anurag Kashyap<\/a>\u2019s Bandar, which recently had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival.<\/p>\n

Regaining faith through discipline and courage<\/p>\n

In conversation with SCREEN, Bobby said, “Today, I have become more brave and fearless. I have moved away from what my image used to be. The web shows I acted in were very helpful in this regard. In between when I did not have any work, I took acting classes. I asked myself: why did my career have a good start? That\u2019s because people saw something in me. However, because of my wrong choices, my career suffered. I worked on regaining faith in myself as well as being disciplined. If you are disciplined, you can put more effort into your work without feeling the pressure.”<\/p>\n

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Elaborating further, he added, “In this industry, one tends to get typecast. It is tough to break that mould. OTT gave me that chance to come out of it. Playing an antagonist character and getting appreciation is something I had not imagined. However, every antagonist has to be different \u2014 be it my character in Aashram or Animal.”<\/p>\n

Anurag Kashyap on Bobby\u2019s resilience<\/p>\n

Earlier, talking to Mid Day, Anurag Kashyap admitted that he sees shades of himself in the protagonist, Bobby’s character. \u201cThe story is of a has-been. Bobby understands what failure means. He has lived through that and come back stronger. That\u2019s why I knew he was perfect for this role,\u201d Kashyap explained.Kashyap also recalled Bobby confiding in him during the low phase in his career. He shared, “Bobby said that if he passed by a house where shooting was happening, he would cry or get angry, wondering why nobody wanted him. At 40, someone suggested an acting workshop. Later, he played a dark character in Aashram and realized the freedom in not always being the hero.”Meanwhile, In Bandar, Bobby Deol leads an ensemble cast including Sanya Malhotra, Saba Azad<\/a>, and Sapna Pabbi. The film\u2019s release date is yet to be announced. Meanwhile, The Ba***ds of Bollywood* is set to release on Netflix on September 18.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bobby Deol, buoyed by his performance in Animal, is set to appear in Aryan Khan’s directorial debut, The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":65066,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[268],"tags":[45842,45841,45843,15821,3771,15822,45844,434,18,117,19,17,18490,3770,6960],"class_list":{"0":"post-65065","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-aashram","9":"tag-animal-movie","10":"tag-antagonist-role","11":"tag-anurag-kashyap","12":"tag-aryan-khan","13":"tag-bobby-deol","14":"tag-bobby-deol-failures","15":"tag-celebrities","16":"tag-eire","17":"tag-entertainment","18":"tag-ie","19":"tag-ireland","20":"tag-saba-azad","21":"tag-shah-rukh-khan","22":"tag-the-bads-of-bollywood"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65065"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65065\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}