Tahir Raj Bhasin on 10 years in Bollywood: ‘I would rather be unconventional and good than conventional and okay’ | Web Series
Tahir Raj Bhasin made his Bollywood debut10 years ago as the antagonist in Pradeep Sarkar’s cop drama Mardaani. He exuded a new kind of cool as he locked horns with Rani Mukerji‘s gritty protagonist. The actor confesses that the Hindi film industry was indeed confused for a while for they didn’t know what to do with him – cast him as the bad guy (his screen presence and charisma screamed a superstar) or make him play the conventional lead (he wasn’t willing to conform to those diktats). It took several movies and years for him to finally find a sweet spot in the Netflix India thriller show Yeh Kaali Kaali Ankhein. Tahir Raj Bhasin made his debut with Mardaani in 2014. (Also Read – Yeh Kaali Kaali Ankhein season 2 review: Tahir Raj Bhasin is endlessly watchable in a worthy, pulpy follow-up) Playing the conventional unconventionally “That was possibly the case for a few months when Mardaani came,” Tahir says of the industry struggling to locate him, in an exclusive interview. “But thereafter, look at …
