Before Ranbir Kapoor in Animal, check out the popular angry young men in Bollywood

Bollywood Staff

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The angry young man character has always been relevant in Bollywood be it in the past with Amitabh Bachchan or now with Ranbir Kapoor.

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Amitabh Bachchan was the first actor that took on the persona and popularised it with his movie Zanjeer during the 1970s.

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Films based around this have received mixed reviews over the period of time but then again it didn’t stop Sunny Deol from doing similar roles.

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Sunny Deol’s first movie with this role was Big Brother in which he had a similar persona.

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The role was popularised in India solely due to the conditions in the country, as there was a lot of political unrest in India and youth was frustrated.

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The concept of Angry Young Man also took inspiration from British Cinema where John Osborne's Look Back in Anger, had a similar thing going on in the 1950’s.

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The role had an especially big impact on Sunny Deol as he eventually shifted from a romantic actor and became the face of this angry young man persona.

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Deol changed into the role of a young unemployed man challenging the justice system of India with movies like, Ghayal and Damini.

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Ajay Devgn also radiated a similar energy with his role in the movie, Gangaajal.

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After many years, we will see Ranbir Kapoor playing a similar role in his upcoming movie Animal.

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This will be the first time we will see him on such an extreme avatar and stakes are high for the actor.

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However, he showed a small streak of this in Imtiaz Ali's Rockstar where he played a young rebel.

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Will he be able to enter the other angry young men in Bollywood who have left audience impressed with their relevant and relatable performances?

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Animal releases on December 1 and the trailer is all set to come out soon.

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