Foreword by Mahesh Bhatt
‘A remarkable story’-Tina Ambani
Growing up on the fringes of our capital city, Gulshan Grover moved to Mumbai to pursue a career in acting in the 1970s. At a time when most wannabe actors held out for the lead, he made a conscious choice to opt for villainous roles. He went on to portray many memorable characters, with a career-defining role in the 1989 blockbuster, Ram Lakhan, that established him firmly as the ‘Bad Man’ of Bollywood.
Many a mainstream potboiler of the era rode to success on his trademark one-liners and grotesque get-ups that have become part of Bollywood folklore. He subsequently moved on to the international arena, among the first actors from Mumbai to do so, in the process becoming one of India’s more recognizable faces in international cinema.
In this autobiography, Grover tells his story-the films, the journey, the psychological and personal toll of sustaining the ‘bad man’ image, the competition among Bollywood’s villains, the move to playing more rounded characters, and the challenge of doing international films without relocating to another country or opting out of mainstream Hindi cinema.
Imprint: Ebury Press
Published: Jul/2019
ISBN: 9780670092062
Length : 240 Pages
MRP : ₹499.00
Bad Man written by Gulshan Grover with Roshmila Bhattacharya is the inspiring story of the rise of the most successful villain on the Bollywood screen. Telling his story in his own words, Gulshan Grover illuminates his life, the films, the journey, the psychological and personal toll that it took on him in a bid to […]
