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When Irrfan said his character in 'Haasil' will be remembered like Gabbar Singh
Updated On: 06 January, 2023 07:29 PM IST | Mumbai | PTI
For his performance in `Haasil`, Irrfan Khan won the Filmfare award for best actor in a negative role
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Actor Irrfan Khan believed his character of Ranvijay Singh in 2003`s `Haasil` would go on to become as iconic as Amjad Khan`s villain Gabbar Singh from the cult classic `Sholay`, director of the movie and his longtime friend Tigmanshu Dhulia had revealed. The role of Ranvijay, a student leader with negative overtones, proved to be a breakthrough for the actor who was then trying to make a mark in the field of cinema and made him a darling in the Hindi heartland.
Set in a university in Allahabad, `Haasil` revolves around two gangs in a college which are out to finish each other. One gang is headed by college veteran and students union president Gauri Shankar (Ashutosh Rana), the other an aspiring politician Ranvijay Singh (Khan). Aniruddh (Jimmy Shergill), a law-abiding college student, falls in love with Niharika (Hrishitaa Bhatt) and gets caught up in college politics and crime and must fight it out for himself when his friend becomes his foe.
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