Bobby Deol's career shines at the age of 55: Will be seen in three big films, after watching 'Animal', mother said – don't do such a role

Today is the 55th birthday of Bollywood actor Bobby Deol. Last year Bobby got the biggest success of his career. Through the film 'Animal', he got his first blockbuster in his 28 years of career.

In this film, Bobby played a small negative role but despite that he got the popularity which he had not got till now. The film industry is now embracing Bobby wholeheartedly. Bobby has many big projects from Bollywood, South Film Industry and OTT.

Ranbir and Bobby in a scene from the film 'Animal'.

Let's take a look at Bobby's upcoming projects…

Animal 2: Bobby's character Abrar had died in the film Animal. But this character became so popular that now the makers are trying to fit Bobby's role in the second part of the film 'Animal 2'. It is expected that Bobby's character may become more powerful in 'Animal 2'.

Kanguva: Through this, Bobby will make his Tamil debut. In the film, South star Surya is in the main lead while Bobby will be seen in the role of villain. Bobby had said in an interview about this role that his never seen avatar will be seen in the film. Kanguva may release later this year.

NBK109: This is a Telugu film in which Bobby will be seen as a villain. This is the 109th film of South's veteran actor Nandamuri Balakrishna. The shooting of the film started in November last year.

Aashram Season 4: Before Animal, Bobby Deol's career got a new lease of life with the Aashram web series. There have been three seasons of this series so far and now the fourth season will also be released in 2024. Bobby was much appreciated in the role of Baba Nirala in the series.

stardom: Shahrukh's son Aryan will make his directorial debut. He is making a webseries named Stardom in which Bobby will also be seen.

'Animal' is the first blockbuster film of Bobby's career.

Bobby has done about 45 films in his 28 year long career, but in such a long career, 'Animal' is the only film which proved to be his first blockbuster which has done a business of about Rs 950 crore at the box office. Before this, only 6 of his films had been hits. These are-Barsaat, Gupt, Soldier, Badal, Yamla Pagla Deewana and Housefull 4.

In 28 years, he has given 28 films which have been disasters. His first flop was 'Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya' which earned only Rs 7.25 crore at the box office. In the same year, his brother Sunny Deol's film 'Border' was released which collected Rs 39.6 crore.

The next day after the release of 'Animal', Bobby reached T-Series office where he cried.

Bobby cried after seeing the success of Animal

The next day after the release of the film, Bobby reached the T-Series office with the team of 'Animal'. Bobby became emotional after seeing the crowd and love of people there. When the paparazzi praised him, Bobby said – God is very kind. There is a lot of love for this film. I feel like I'm dreaming. Bobby was seen wiping tears while leaving the car.

Fee of Rs 4 crore was received for Animal

Bobby barely did a 15-minute role in Animal but for this he got a fee of Rs 4-5 crores. Bobby did wonders in a small role in the film. He played the character of Abrar Haq in the film. One of Bobby's scenes in the film was highly praised in which he cries after hearing the news of his brother's death and kills the person who gave him the news.

Talking about this scene in an interview, Bobby said, I was doing a scene for the film, in which I get the news of my brother's death. As actors, we often actually imagine the scene to bring out the emotions and we have many such things. My brother is everything to me. When I was performing that scene, I actually imagined that my brother had died. That's why when I cried, it felt real.

Bobby further said, this was the reason why everyone on the set felt that moment. We don't do more than one take. Even director Sandeep Reddy Vanga came to me as soon as the shot was over and said that it was an award winning shot. And I thought wow, thank you Sandeep, it is a great thing to hear this from you.

In this scene of 'Animal', Bobby had imagined the death of brother Sunny.

Mother had objection to being shown dying in the film

Bobby Deol had revealed in an interview that his mother Prakash Kaur had become very sad after seeing his character dying in the film Animal. After watching the film, he told Bobby, don't do such a film, it is not seen by me. On this, Bobby explained to him and said, look, I am standing safely in front of you. I have just acted in the film.

The director gave the role in 'Animal' after seeing the photo

Bobby had revealed in an interview that 'Animal' was offered to him about four years ago when he was in a bad phase of his career. Director Sandeep Vanga Reddy was shown Bobby's picture taken during the Celebrity Cricket League in which his beard had grown a lot and his look had completely changed.

Sandeep liked Bobby's expressions in the photo and found him perfect for the role of villain. In this way Bobby was cast in 'Animal'. While narrating this story, Bobby had said, 'Well, at least my days of unemployment were useful and this is how I got 'Animal'.'

Bobby was seen in the role of Baba Nirala in all three seasons of the web series 'Ashram'.

Had signed 'Ashram' without informing the family

Bobby Deol played the role of Nirala Baba in the web series 'Ashram' released in 2020. Before Animal, he got popularity from this webseries. All three seasons of this series have proved to be a hit. Although Baba Nirala had a negative role, Bobby got good response for this character.

Bobby Deol had told in an interview that initially he was not sure about playing the character of 'Baba'. They were confused as to what to do. Bobby was apprehensive to such an extent that he did not even tell his family about this character.

Bobby said- I was afraid that people might misunderstand me.

Bobby said- I was very scared during the 'Ashram' web series. Not because of whether I will be able to play such a character or not, but because people might take my character in the wrong way. When I was playing this character, I did not tell my father, brother or mother about it. I didn't tell them because I thought they might refuse to let me do such a role.

Bobby had a 30 second role in 'Dharam-Veer'. Happy with his son's work, Dharmendra gave him ten thousand rupees.

Started acting at the age of 8, became a hero in 1995

Bobby's acting career started at the age of just 8 years. He was a child artist in the film Dharam-Veer released in 1977. In 1995, he made his debut as a hero with the film Barsaat in which Twinkle Khanna was opposite him. It took four years to build it. The film was a superhit. Its budget was Rs 10 crore while its earning was Rs 19.56 crore. Was.

After giving 3 hits, films started failing

After the film 'Barsaat', Bobby's 3 films 'Gupt' (1997), 'Soldier' ​​(1998) and 'Badal' (2000) were hits. Despite this, Bobby did not get special films. He did some films like 'Kismat', 'Bardasht', 'Ab Tumhare Hawale Watan Saathiyon', 'Jhoom Barabar Jhoom', 'Nanhe Jaisalmer', 'Poster Boys' but all of them flopped. He started getting small side roles. In 2011, he worked in the film 'Yamla Pagla Deewana', but Bobby's career did not get much benefit from this multi-starrer film.

Drowned in alcohol, Bobby became a DJ

Bobby began to sink into despair and after not getting work, he became addicted to drugs. On this phase of his, Bobby had said in an interview, I used to think what is lacking in me that people do not want to work with me. Thinking this, I drowned myself in alcohol.

2014-2016 was the time when Bobby, frustrated with not getting work, started working as a DJ in high profile nightclubs and pubs. However, he did not do this work for long because once in a nightclub in Delhi, when Bobby, as a DJ, played only the songs of his own film 'Gupt' repeatedly, people created an uproar. Bobby left this work that day and returned back to Mumbai.

Salman Khan helped Bobby Deol in getting his career back on track. Bobby himself had told this in an interview. Salman also helped Bobby a lot in fitness training and encouraged him. Later Salman offered him Race 3. 'Race 3' proved to be a flop in 2018, but Bobby benefited. The doors of Bollywood opened again for him.

Bobby and Salman in Celebrity Cricket League in 2016.

After Race 3, Bobby was seen in 'Yamla Pagla Deewana Phir Se' and 'Housefull 4'. After giving three consecutive flop films in Comeback, Bobby Deol got the support of OTT platform. He was seen in the 2020 Netflix film 'Class of 83' and MX Player's series Ashram. After this, in 2021, Bobby's career started getting back on track with Love Hostel and then Ashram-2, Ashram-3 webseries and then in 2023, he got success with Animal.

Bobby's net worth is 66 crores

According to reports, Bobby's net worth is around Rs 66 crore. His fee for a film ranges between Rs 4 to 6 crores. And for a brand endorsement he gets Rs 1 crore. Let's charge. Talking about Bobby's lifestyle, he lives in Vile Parle area of ​​Mumbai. The cost of his house is 6 crores.

Bobby is very fond of luxury cars. He owns cars like Range Rover Sport, Land Rover Freelander 2, Range Rover Vogue, Porsche Cayenne, Mercedes Benz.

Bobby is the owner of restaurant and farmhouse

Bobby has two Chinese restaurants in Mumbai. The name of one is Someplace Else, which has been running since 2006. Apart from this, the name of the second restaurant is 'Suhana'. Apart from this, he also has a farmhouse in Punjab.

Tanya and Bobby were married in 1996.

Bobby's wife is a businesswoman

Bobby's wife Tanya has her own furniture and home decoration business named 'The Good Earth'. Many Bollywood stars and businessmen are his clients. Tanya has also done costume designing for the 2005 film 'Jurm' and 2007 film 'Nanhe Jaisalmer'. Along with this, Twinkle Khanna's 'White Window' store has furniture and interior decor accessories designed by Tanya.

Tanya and Bobby were married in 1996. Tanya belongs to a big business family. Tanya Deol's father Devendra Ahuja was the managing director of 20th Century Finance Limited Company. Along with this, he was also the promoter of Centurion Bank. He died of a heart attack in August 2010.

Talking about the love story of Tanya and Bobby, Bobby saw her for the first time at a party and fell in love with her as soon as he saw her. After this, Bobby discovered Tanya's phone number with the help of friends and then expressed his desire to meet her. The series of meetings increased and then both of them decided to get married. Both have two sons – Dharam and Aryaman.