Gulshan Grover

Sanjay Dutt’s reference helped Gulshan Grover get his first film Rocky When Gulshan Grover was studying acting at Actor’s Studio (Roshan Taneja’s School) his colleagues included Sanjay Dutt, who was so impressed by Gulshan Grover that he recommended his father Sunil Dutt to introduce him in his debut film Rocky (1981). Gulshan Grover had a negative role. But before Rocky could be released Gulshan Grover’s Hum Paanch released in which he played one of the contemporary five Pandavs who unleash terror in the evil empire of village zamindaar played effectively by Amrish Puri. Gulshan Grover declined Nache Mayuri for his passion for negative roles Gulshan Grover in an interview had once confided that he had pre-planned to play only villain’s role as it gave opportunity to play a variety of characters’. Readers would be surprised to know that before Rocky, Gulshan Grover was offered many films but he declined as he insisted on only playing villain. Gulshan Grover was offered the Hindi version of South superstar N.T. Rama Rao’s hit film Naache Mayuri . In addition he was also offered a good film by his close friend Anil Kapoor but he refused due to which the actors had stopped talking to each other for a few weeks. After Ram Lakhan Gulshan Grover became a star With the success of Bad Man character, Gulshan Grover became a star villain and did a verity of roles in films. Some of his memorable roles include in films like Sir, Sadma, Diljale, Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi, Ram Jaane, Shola Aur Shabnam, Vishwatma, Saudagar, Mujrim, Hafta Vasuli etc. The highlight of his performance was that besides being powerfully performed he began a new trend in Bollywood by adopting a variety of menacing get-up and in each get-up he fuelled terrifying vitality that made him number one villain. Gulshan Grover proved his versatility in I Am Kalam Though Gulshan Grover gathered publicity as Bad Man but he proved his versatility as an actor par excellence by doing a positive role of a golden hearted dhaba owner, Bhati, in the film, I am Kalam. His role won him a Nomination at the National Award.