New Delhi. Veteran Bollywood actor Prem Chopra has wowed the audience with his villainy on the silver screen. Prem Chopra played the role of a villain in Rishi Kapoor’s film ‘Bobby’, released in 1973. His dialogue ‘Prem naam hai mera, Prem Chopra’ became quite famous. Recently Prem Chopra told what is the difference between the villains shown in earlier films and those shown on the big screen today. He told that in today’s films the villains have backstories, which was not the case earlier.
In an interview given to Zoom, Prem Chopra said that nowadays only heroes play the role of villain. Be it Shahrukh Khan or Hrithik Roshan and even Aamir Khan has played negative roles and has done a very good job. Prem Chopra said, ‘Nowadays only heroes play the role of villain. Shahrukh Khan, Aamir Khan and Hrithik Roshan have played the roles of villains. Is. What was different in our time was that there was a hero, a heroine and a villain in the films. The film revolved around these three characters. Whenever a villain came on screen, people knew that he would do something wrong.
Before, villains didn’t have backstories.
Prem Chopra further said, ‘One difference between today’s villains and the villains shown in the films of my time is that today the characters have a backstory, which serves to justify their character. It explains why the villains are doing what they are doing on screen. For example, someone killed their parents or someone did not have a good childhood, due to which they became a bad person. Like Ranbir’s character has been shown in Animal.
It is known that Aamir Khan played negative characters in ‘Dhoom 3’ and Hrithik Roshan in ‘Dhoom 2’, which were very much liked. Among the three Khan superstars, Shahrukh Khan is the only star who played the roles of villain in films like ‘Darr’ and ‘Baazigar’ in the initial phase of his career. It is because of negative roles that King Khan has achieved a big position in Bollywood.
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FIRST PUBLISHED: March 19, 2024, 11:58 IST