In the film ‘Animal’, Bobby’s character of Abrar is seen slaughtering men and sexually abusing women.
Bobby Deol is getting love from all the corners for playing the controversial character of Abrar in Sandeep Reddy Vanga's blockbuster, Animal. During the actors roundtable on Film Companion, the actor did admit that he initially felt disgusted playing the part during the first few days of the shoot.
“Yes, I used to feel disgusted with myself when I started shooting for it. But then I realised I'm playing a character. Why am I feeling so disgusted, so icky? Fir maine unhi logon ke sath jinke sath scene mein jo bhi kiya hai, fir unke sath hum shaam ko sath mein baith ke khana kha rahe hain (Then whoever I did what I did to in those scenes, I was sitting and having dinner with them later). Everything is normal,” Bobby Deol said.
Vikrant Massey, who was part of the roundtable, justified Bobby's statement too. For those caught unaware, Vikrant had shared the screen space with Bobby in Shanker Raman's romantic thriller ‘Love Hostel’ last year. The ‘12th Fail’ actor said, “He was very scary (in the film). He was killing 20 people in the day aur raat ko hum dinner kar rahe hain sath mein baith ke (and then we had dinner together) and we're talking about farming. I was like, ‘Oh my god!’”
Meanwhile, Siddharth said that anybody who's met Bobby feels the contrasting characters he played on screen, because for our generation, he’s remembered as “my beautiful Bob.”
Meanwhile, ‘Jaane Jaan’ actor Jaideep Ahlawat drew a parallel to Bobby's elder brother Sunny Deol and father Dharmendra. He mentioned how the Deols have done violent roles, but are nowhere close in real life.
Adding to it, Kareena Kapoor Khan, who has shared the screen space with Bobby in Abbas-Mustan's 2001 film ‘Ajnabee’, said he has “not even a bad bone” in his body.
Bobby, as Abrar in ‘Animal’, is seen killing men and sexually abusing women. The film, also starring Ranbir Kapoor, Rashmika Mandanna, and Anil Kapoor, has crossed Rs 500 crore mark at the box office.