Same Bollywood Characters Who Were Explored In Two Different Films In A Totally Different Light

Have you ever met a person who is fully and truly one-dimensional? As philosophical it sounds, it is true of human nature that almost no one has just one particular shade to their character. There are layers and shades in every human being.

However, Bollywood has often had a penchant for writing characters that are fairly monotonous and unidimensional. That is perhaps the reason why a few historical or literary characters has been a part of more than one film and has been explored in a very different shade. Read on to find out what we are talking about.

Akbar

In the epic film of Indian cinema, Mughal-E-Azam, the character of Akbar is almost the villain of the film who quashes the blooming romance between Salim and Anarkali in the most brutal way possible. But in the film Jodha Akbar, he is shown to be not just a compassionate and anti-violence ruler and a passionate lover.

Gandhi

There are uncountable films that has been made on one of the most iconic political figures in the world, Mahatma Gandhi. One such example is Lagey Raho Munnabhai that tried to explain Gandhi’s philosophy in a lucid fashion. However, the critically acclaimed film Gandhi My Father explored the other side of this magnanimous personality and gave a took a somewhat critical look at him.

Devdas

The ultimate tragic hero of literature, quite a few films both in Hindi and Bengali has been made about Devdas. Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s iconic Devdas portrayed the depression of this character in a very elaborate romantic, passionate and cinematic extravaganza, whereas is Anurag Kashyap’s Dev D, Dev’s depression is much less sanitized and more raw and uncomfortable to watch.

Varadarajan

Remember Vinod Khanna in Dayavan, playing the Tamil don of Mumbai Varadarajan Mudaliar? The film managed to humanize the powerful don of Mumbai, while in Ajay Devgn and Emraan Hashmi starrer Once Upon A Time In Mumbai the same character was shown as a cunning and a double-crossing gangster.