Abhishek Bachchan films with negative rolesImage credit source: stills from the movie ‘Raavan’
Abhishek Bachchan has a big picture in his hand. Name- ‘King’. Yes, the same film with Shah Rukh Khan and his daughter Suhana Khan, directed by Sujoy Ghosh. It is news that Abhishek will play a negative role in this film. That means he will be the villain and will be seen adding to Shahrukh-Suhana’s character problems. In fact, both father and daughter have been in the news for quite some time due to this picture. But now Abhishek has also become part of the headlines.
This is going to be the first time that Abhishek will ditch heroism and play a villain in a film. This will be his first full villain role. However, it’s not like he hasn’t played negative characters before. He has done some films in which he was the hero, but there was negativity somewhere in his character. In simple words, though he was a hero in films, his character was of a negative shade. That is, the kind of character, in which if he was an actor, he would have been the hero of the film, but he is arrogant, bullies, even kills people, but he is still the hero of the film. Now let’s put a full stop to role building here and tell you about Abhishek’s films with negative shades.
1. Ravana
Abhishek played the role of Beera Munda in director Mani Ratnam’s film ‘Raavan’. This character was not a villain, but not a hero either. Yes, Bira Munda can be called an anti-hero, who had negative images in his personality. A policeman kills Bira’s sister. He then kidnaps the policeman’s sister to avenge her sister’s death. However, he later loses his heart to the policeman’s sister.
2. Jupiter
Picture from the movie ‘Guru’
The next film in this list is also made by Mani Ratnam. The film showed how a boy from a small village in Gujarat becomes the country’s biggest businessman. The name of Abhishek’s character in this film is Gurudas Desai. Gurudas is the hero of the film, but he has a habit of not hearing ‘no’. He has a habit of hearing yes at will. And this habit casts a negative shade on Abhishek’s character.
3. The youth
Stills from the movie ‘Yuva’
If we talk about Abhishek’s films and there is no mention of ‘Yuva’, it will be unfair to Junior Bachchan. Abhishek’s character of Lallan Singh in this film was also negative. However, he made a home in people’s hearts only through negative roles. For this picture, he was also awarded Best Supporting Actor by Filmfare. This picture has been made by Mani Ratnam himself.
4. Breath: In the shadows
Image from ‘Breathe’ web series
In Prime Video’s web series ‘Breathe: Into the Shadows’, Abhishek played a masked killer named Avinash who suffers from multiple personality disorder. His objective is to kill 10 people. This crime thriller series was directed by Mayank Sharma.
5.10th
Picture from the movie ’10th’
Abhishek Bachchan’s character was also seen in negativity in the film ’10th’ released on Netflix in the year 2022. He played the role of an uneducated Chief Minister named Gangaram Chaudhary. Gangaram is a corrupt man and this is what makes his character negative. However, when he goes to jail due to a teacher recruitment scam, an IPS officer there makes him realize the importance of education and then decides to pass 10th.
