5 min readMumbaiMay 31, 2026 01:16 PM IST Actor Bobby Deol will be seen as a has-been star in Anurag Kashyap’s thriller Bandar, slated to release in cinemas on June 5. The role has parallels to Bobby’s real-life acting career, given he bounced back after years of lows with films like Sandeep Reddy Vanga’s 2023 family crime drama Animal, and shows like Prakash Jha’s Amazon MXPlayer crime drama Aashram and Aryan Khan’s Netflix India directorial debut The Ba***ds of Bollywood. In a recent interview, Bobby reflected on how he used the “hate” and “anger” from a challenging period in his life to become a “better actor.” One of the major setbacks in Bobby’s low career phase was when he was replaced by Shahid Kapoor as the male lead in Imtiaz Ali’s 2007 seminal romantic comedy Jab We Met. Even though Bobby had gotten Imtiaz as well as the leading lady, Kareena Kapoor, on board, and was actively pitching the film to production houses, he realized later that one of those banners made the same film …