Bobby Deol struggled to form friendly bond with brother Sunny Deol, dad Dharmendra: ‘Growing up, you’re confused between fear and respect’

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Asked his dad Dharmendra was strict with him, Bobby said, “That was normal then. It was also because my dad came from a small town. The society, and the culture, and the way people thought and lived was very different in small towns. The city changes your whole life. His dad was always strict with him, so it came naturally to him. My dad wasn’t strict, but he was never a friend while growing up. He was very busy, he was always at work. I would get to see him only for a few hours, and that would also be late at night or early in the morning.”

Now that his parents are older, Bobby said, the roles have reversed. “When  you’re growing up, you get confused between respect and being scared. But it wasn’t being scared. It was respect, but we didn’t know how to communicate easily with our parents. But the story has changed now. The whole thing is reversed. They’ve become older, so vulnerable. You have to look after them. Things change, that’s the circle of life.”

Bobby rebounded after several years of inaction in 2018, with a supporting role in the film Race 3. He then went on to star in the streaming projects Class of 83 and Love Hostel, both produced by Shah Rukh Khan’s Red Chillies Entertainment. More recently, he played the antagonist in Sandeep Reddy Vanga’s controversial blockbuster Animal, and will next be seen in the film Kanguva, starring Suriya.