Bobby Vats plays profiling lead in ?Ardh Satya of the 2000s?- ?Kya Yehi Sach Hai?

He started his career with Shyam Benegal and went on to match commercial film superstars like Ajay Devgn and Neil Nitin frame by frame in films like ?Halla Bol? and ?Aa Dekhen Zaara? but yet carved his own distinct identity in niche films! Meet Bobby Vats, who is the profiling lead in ?Kya Yehi Sach Hai?, a hard hitting film on corruption in the police by ex IPS office YP Singh and inspired by the best selling novel ?Carnage of Angels?. In fact, this film is being touted as the Ardh Satya of the new millennium.

Bobby Vats, who will celebrate his birthday in December, says, ?Kya Yeho Sach Hai? is a true-to-life film, which is ready to release now post the Anna Hazare campaign against corruption. Police corruption was always a part of life but no one dared comment on it earlier but post Anna Hazare, it?s time to speak up and be heard. Baba Ramdev has given his blessing for the release of the film and we are all hopeful that the international award winning film will be well received in India too.?

Without revealing much about the character, Bobby Vats says, ?I play a police officer in ?Kya Yehi Sach Hai? and YP Singh Sir helped me a lot to bring energy, passion and realism into the role. When I portrayed the role, I understood the trials, tribulations and pressures that police officials and their families go through every day! I am proud of my role and my character in this film and will take my career to the next level. Its my tribute to my mentors like Shyam Benegal, Govind Nihalani and Om Puri.?

Principally a theatre actor with commercial feature films to his credit, Bobby Vats has come a long way from the days when he studied at Colvin Taluqdars College. This year, he already had a strikingly different film ?Chitkhabrey ? The Shades of Grey? and his films are up for release this year includes KYA YEHI SACH HAI and IT'S A MAN'S WORLD. The well read actor also has a flair for languages including English, Hindi and Urdu amongst others.

Bobby always has flair and penchant for playing drastically and dramatically different character. In ?Chitkhabrey?, Bobby Vats played Balaji Narayan, who has a typical rags to riches story, from slums of Vizag, to the Silicon Valley. He never looked back or did anything for the down trodden-the social strata he belonged to. Typical Indian male, fascinated by white skin, master of manipulation and an opportunist to the core,? says Bobby Vats.

Incidentally, Bobby was also singled out by Hema Malini to play the role of Yudisthir in her ballet ?Draupadi?, which was staged in India and abroad. Bobby also played the sutradhaar in the English play neither ?Neither Full nor Three-fourth? adapted from Gulzar?s ?Addha? (The Dwarf). Currently, Bobby is playing the publisher in ?Kahani Ghar Ghar Ki? (Star Plus) and is cast as a fashion photographer.

Bobby Vats beginning from Joru ka gulam,...where he starred opposite Govinda with two girls opposite Bobby Vats (one of them was Rakhi sawant). Govind nihalani was not Bobby?s mentor. Bobby?s favorite actors are Sanjeev kumar, Nasserudeen shah and Marlon brando Process of acting for bobby?s lies in Versatility .

Bobby Vats started his filmy journey from T.V serial "Discovery of India" directed by Shyam Benegal, did many side roles in films and many T.V serials. Talking about his past, Bobby Vats says, ?I used to do stage shows in all police function since my childhood as my father belonged to the forces and on every police annual day function,I was told to perform. That started my liking towards acting.?

Referring to his first break, Bobby says, ?My first break came all of sudden when I was studying in 12th standard and came for vacations to Bombay ?My elder sister and my brother in law gave me the address of Filmcity, where I went to see shooting. I was roaming there and suddenly I saw a line where lot of people was standing and a gentleman came and gave me a piece of paper saying "These are your lines".
RASRAJ