Bollywood actor Suniel Shetty has reflected on his best villain award for portraying a negative role in the romantic drama Dhadkan.

While the role earned him critical acclaim and recognition, the actor shared that he never truly saw himself as a villain, pointing out the emotional depth and motivation behind his character. In an interview with IANS during his show Hunter 2, Suniel mentioned that while he was labelled a villain in the film and even received the Best Villain award, he never considered himself one in that role.

The actor explained, “In Dhadkan, I was labelled a villain. I even won the Best Villain award. But I was never a villain in that film. Everything I did was out of love. Every mother tells her daughter to marry a man who would love her ten times more than she could ever love him. That was Dev—it was about perspective. The eyes believe what they see, but the mind believes what it chooses to. And that may not always be the same thing. It’s all about how you look at it; it’s all your perspective of looking at the things.”