How Bobby Deol transformed into Abrar Haque | Animal BTS video

Bobby Deol is basking in the success of his recent outing Animal. The film is a raging success at the box office by mining ₹457.84 crore in India in just 12 days of theatrical run, as per Sacnilk. The film is headlined by Ranbir Kapoor while Bobby Deol plays the role of the antagonist in the film. Days after the film hit the big screen, the actor took to his social media to share a BTS video of his transformation into the character. 

Bobby Deol says he loves playing the antagonist in movies

On December 13, Bobby Deol took to his Instagram account to share a BTS video from the shooting days of Animal. The actor shared the video with the caption, “Every frame tells a story. An exclusive sneak-peak for you! 🎞️ #MovieJourney #BTS.” In the video, the actor could be seen transforming into his character for the film. 

The video shows the actor getting his makeup done for the film. He could be heard saying, “It's been a fun shoot so far. I mean, it's been amazing - Every day on set has been a film that I've been waiting to shoot for some time. I am playing an antagonist. I love playing the antagonist.” This is followed by the visual of him showering the blood off his body while he says, “Day is over. Blood everywhere. Cleaning myself up. Nice and warm.” The actor shared unseen footage from the film’s shoot in subpar temperatures in London. He concluded the video bny saying, “Pretty cold outside. This is the second last day of my shoot. Every day was so much fun that when we really enjoy shootings, we just wish that there were more days of work left.” 

Bobby Deol talks about his physical transformation in Animal 

Talking about his physique in Animal, Bobby told IANS: "It's amazing to be loved and noticed and I feel that all my hard work is getting all the appreciation. It is not easy to be fit and really you have to put in a lot of hours into fitness so it feels nice that my hard work has paid off. He added: "I feel that God has been really kind to me and my family. My brother's success, my dad, he got so much love and my film came out and it is amazing how much love the Deols are getting. It's just amazing."

The 54-year-old actor wished for this to happen. "Good times, bad times come but I had not expected this to happen. I just wished for it to happen. You wish something good will happen and something so good happens it makes you thank god. My family and fans... they were waiting for me to be seen playing such characters, accepting me as a negative character."

Bobby is over the moon that he is being accepted for the different characters he has been experimenting with. "For an actor it is a win-win situation because you want to play different types of characters and don't want to get stuck with one image. I am excited that they accepted me playing different characters," he concluded.

(With inputs from IANS)