For Bobby Deol, the movie 'Animal' is seen as a fresh start in Bollywood. Bobby came into the limelight by playing the negative role of 'Abrar Haq' in this film of director Sandeep Reddy Vanga. After this, Bobby has been offered many more negative shade characters. In the coming time, Bobby can again be seen as a villain in a film or series. Today i.e. on 27 January, 2025, Bobby Deol has turned 56 years old. On this occasion, let's know about that negative role of Bobby Deol which is usually less discussed.

Baba Nirala's character in Ashram

Bobby Deol did a web series with director Prakash Jha. The name of this series was 'Ashram'. So far 3 seasons of this series have been released, which have a total of 28 episodes. Bobby Deol has played the role of Baba Nirala of Kashipur in it. This series was also in controversies, it was also linked to a famous and controversial Baba of India. But Bobby's character got a good response.

I was nervous to play the role of Baba!

Bobby Deol was reluctant to play the role of Nirala Baba in 'Ashram'. He had told in an interview- I was very scared during the 'Ashram' web series. I was not afraid of whether I would be able to do the role or not, but I was afraid that people might take this character in the wrong way. ' Bobby did not even tell his father Dharmendra, brother Sunny and mother that he was doing such a role. Bobby says that I felt that my family members might refuse to let me do such a role.

Mother said- what kind of role have you played?

Bobby also shared his experience after the release of the Ashram series. He told in an interview- When I reached home after the release of the series, my mother was angry. She asked me, what kind of role have you played? How could you play this role?' Bobby further told that even though his mother scolded him for this role, she was happy with the praise he received for this character. Father Dharmendra Deol praised Bobby's role and called him a good actor. He told Bobby that he also wanted to play such different characters.