People always get surprised by better and unexpected things. The visual representation gives pretty much. Also, some surprises can bring the things that came after a yonk. Actor Bobby Deol’s comeback to the film industry as the ugly and vicious Abrar Haque for Sandeep Reddy Vanga’s Animal is one such great example.
Nevertheless, the industry brings the usual conventional sight when its initiator becomes a great success. But will it favour the upcoming ventures? As actor R. Madhavan pointed out during a talk show, “There are no formulae that will work again and again for becoming a success.” Is the Bollywood actor going to face such a problem in the future?
Bobby’s exemplary antagonistic performance in the Prakash Jha web series ‘Aashram’ became very popular with the audience and especially to a novel category of viewers that the actor has the potential to carry the attention and need for the film.
Furthermore, the success of ‘Animal’ earned him many offers across other industries for the role of an antagonist which are some upcoming big-budget pan-Indian flicks. Tamil movie ‘Kanguva’ will be the first film of the upcoming days where the actor is expected to play the role of Udhiran, a direct and main antagonist to the movie. Also, he is expected to make a brief appearance in the Telugu language film ‘Devara’ which can lead to a full-time main antagonist for its second installment.
Furthermore, the actor is on board for another Tamil flick temporarily named ‘Thalapathy 69’ to which he is expected to play the same and is directed by H. Vinodh. Again, he will be playing the role of ‘Emperor Aurangazeb’ for Power Star Pawan Kalyan’s Hari Hara Veera Mallu, which is again a Telugu film directed by Krish Jagarlamudi.
However, this can affect the career of the actor as the chance of missing the versatility in characters and the scope of becoming a main lead or protagonist might be diminishing. This may later influence his market value which can be competitive.
On an important note, the case study of a well-known actor clearly defines the matter of the issue. Being a popular figure for his profound performance, the continuous selection of his scripts to where he becomes the antagonist becomes an overnight success. But this drastically affected the films in which he became the protagonist. This led the actor to officially confirm that he will not attempt a ‘villain’ role for a while.
Likewise, there are certain actors despite their age and acting potential, playing the stereotypical ‘macho’ roles to maintain their stardom which could also have a negative impact in the upcoming period.
Versatility in performances by shifting different types of roles should be the necessity of an actor. Hence, it is hoped that actor Bobby Deol or the ‘Lord Bobby’ would do the same for the goodwill of his existence and a fruitful career.