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GULSHAN GROVER:

VILLAINS NOW TREATED WITH

DIGNITY IN HINDI FILMS

ctor Gulshan Grover, who is fondly known as the “bad man” in Bollywood, said with
mainstream heroes taking up negative characters, roles of villains in Bollywood is
Anow treated with dignity.
Asked how he feels about mainstream actors not having any apprehensions playing neg-
ative character on screen. Gulshan told,at the green carpet of IIFA Rocks, “Some chang-
es are good because the villain part has now got dignity in Hindi films. It’s not looked
upon as a secondary part...”
The actor is happy with the portrayal of negative characters on screen.
“The writing part of the gray or negative characters have become far more better, more
research has been done in depth but the only thing is the iconic villain from Indian films
has disappeared.... the performance have also changed,” he said.

He also lauded his ‘hero friends’ who are now portraying ‘villain roles’ on the silver
screen.
Talking about his upcoming work, he said, “I am in a tremendous exciting stage in my
career as I have a Polish film and another film called ‘The Man From Kathmandu’.”

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