Prem Chopra playing villain in Saif's Agent Vinod

Veteran actor Prem Chopra, who was one of the most sought after villains in Bollywood, is all set to come back to big screen as bad guy. Yes! The Bollywood star is playing a negative role named Kazaan in Saif Ali Khan's much-anticipated movie Agent Vinod, which is scheduled to release on March 23.

In an interview with PTI, Prem Chopra said, "I am playing a bad man this time after quite some time. Now heroes are willing to play bad guy as they have felt that negative characters do get established. Now-a-days heroes are not shying away from playing negatives a role that was a rare thing in the past, in our times."

Prem Chopra feels that times have changed now as heroes are not shying away from playing negative roles. The actor added, "One has to accept change. I have also accepted roles of all kinds, not restricting myself to do only negative roles. I have been doing positive and little hearted roles in films like Rocket Singh, Golmaal 3, Dhamaal.”

However, Prem Chopra started his acting career with the Punjabi film Chaudhary Karnail Singh (1962), which was set in pre-partition times. The film was a big hit at the Box Office. Besides getting a National Award, the movie also gave him the much-needed break. He was directed to go for villainous roles in Bollywood.

His later movies like Woh Kaun Thi (1964), Teesri Manzil (1966), Upkar (1967), Do Raaste (1969), Kati Patang (1970), Bobby (1973) in Hindi were also successful. With these film, his negative image became even more strong. His famous dialogues like 'Prem naam hai mera, Prem Chopra' from Bobby became very popular. Now, he is playing a villain in Agent Vinod and it should be seen how viewer would accept him.