6 Bollywood Celebrities Who Played Characters Very Close To Their Real Personas

Often actors are heard saying that the best part of their profession is the fact that they can be so many different people in one life through the multitudes of different roles they play on-screen.While that might be the fulfilling aspect of their craft of being an actor, for audiences characters that show a little slice of the real-life persona of the stars playing them is always an interesting and exciting opportunity.

From carrying their real-life swagger with elan to playing the shy and awkward version of themselves, these are 6 times Bollywood stars played roles that shared a lot of their real-life personal traits. Take a look

Although the setting was different and with his constant run-ins with law, him playing a cop is perhaps also a little ironic, but the character of Chulbul Pandey is closest to Salman Khan’s real life persona among all his films. A larger than life persona who is an out and out family man and wants to help people around but keeps getting into trouble-that’s basically both Chulbul Pandey and Salman Khan in a nutshell. Plus that swagger just had ‘Bhai’ written all over it.

The character of Aryaan Khanna was entirely inspired by the real-life superstar Shah Rukh Khan. Portions of it was even shot in his famous Mumbai bungalow Mannat and gave an extremely real sneak peek into what goes on behind the glamour. There are a couple of scenes in films which shows many uncomfortable truths that is the reality of superstar’s life like Shah Rukh Khan. Plus the ability to keep calm in the eye of a disaster is a classic trait of Shah Rukh that he shares with this character

A victim of circumstances that gives him a bad boy image even though the person behind is basically a larger than life persona with the heart of a gold- no character of Sanjay Dutt has been closer to his real-life character trait than the one he played in Khalnayak. No wonder it continues to be one of the most legendary roles of his career. 

A likable albeit a little-confused fella trying to come terms with the life with a passion for his craft is a lot like Ranbir in real life. Also in the film, his character is shown to be really close to his mom, which is also very much like Ranbir Kapoor who is a self-proclaimed mamma’s boy.

After intensely romantic roles in films like Ram-Leela and Bajirao Mastani , it was a welcoming change to see Ranveer in an easy-breezy role. Even if the film did not quite live up to the expectation, it showed us the side of Ranveer Singh that is very close to as he is real life. Flamboyant, flirtatious and a romantic at heart Dharam was truly a slice of Ranveer’s own persona.

In many of her interviews, she has herself said that the character of Naina Talwar is very close to how she is in her real life. A shy and awkward girl who is a romantic at heart but faces the world on her own terms is so much like Deepika in real life. No wonder this is one role of hers which is closest to our hearts as well.