Prem Chopra opens up on today’s actors esaying.role of antagonist
Prem Chopra opens up on today’s actors esaying.role of antagonist
Prem Chopra says ‘aaj kal toh Shah Rukh, Aamir aur Hrithik jaise hero villain ka role karte hain’: ‘Audiences sympathise with them’
Prem Chopra has played a bad guy in numerous films as a villain and excelled in them. People in the theatres whistle and clap at the entry of Prem Chopra and to listen to his dialogue delivery.
His iconic line in Bobby’
was in the Raj Kapoor directorial “Bobby” featuring Rishi Kapoor Dimple Kapadia “Prem Naam Hai Mera – Prem Chopra. And even today people remember it.
It became synonymous with veteran actor Prem Chopra, who the audiences love to hate for his portrayal of the bad guy in numerous films, spanning many decades.
In the midst of a media interaction, Prem Chopra says today’s Prem Chopra says ‘aaj kal toh Shah Rukh, Aamir aur Hrithik jaise hero villain ka role karte hain’: ‘Audiences sympathise with them’
Prem Chopra further added that today’s leading men are playing all kinds of roles and not limiting themselves to just being quintessential romantic heroes.
he actor, who worked in films like Prem Pujari, Doli, Purab Aur Paschim, Jawab, Kati Patang and Hare Raama Hare Krishna among others, praised the ‘new age’ villains for their performances while also playing other kinds of roles. “
He further added that they are seen doing comedy as well as negative characters and perfectly acing the role of a villain too.
Be it Shah Rukh Khan or Hrithik Roshan and even Aamir Khan, they’ve essayed the roles of villains or bad guys and did such a great job.”
While Shah Rukh Khan played a negative role in films like Baazigar and Darr, Aamir Khan was seen as an antagonist in a double role in Dhoom 3. Hrithik Roshan’s performance in Dhoom 2, which had grey shades, was loved by the audience.
Prem Chopra also shared why today’s villains are more relatable than those featured in yesteryear Bollywood movies.
The one difference between today’s villains and the ones that are featured in films from my time is that the characters have a backstory which makes them humane and justifies why they are doing what they’re doing. For instance, somebody murdered their parents or something went wrong in their childhood which forced them to turn into a bad guy and become vindictive. For example, Ranbir’s character in Animal
The nuanced writing of the characters makes the audience like these villains, he stressed. “The audiences sympathise with them. But in our times, there was no such thing as a backstory. There were mainly three established characters, the heroine, the heroine and the villain and the minute a villain appears onscreen, it means trouble,” he concluded.
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