Subedaar: Aditya Rawal Opens Up On His Character In Anil Starrer; Says 'Never Played Someone As Unhinged'

Aditya Rawal returns to screens in Subedaar on Prime Video, this time as Prince, a violent gang leader who clashes with Anil Kapoor’s Subedaar Arjun Maurya. The upcoming action-drama, releasing on March 5, promises a brutal face-off powered by intense performances and emotionally driven conflict.

Subedaar is directed by Suresh Triveni and written by Suresh Triveni with Prajwal Chandrashekar. The cast includes Anil Kapoor and Radhikka Madan in lead roles, with Saurabh Shukla, Aditya Rawal, Faisal Malik, Mona Singh and Khushboo Sundar playing key characters in the story.

Subedaar on Prime Video: Aditya Rawal’s antagonist Prince and complex vulnerability

Aditya has already built a strong reputation for layered, troubling roles, including Sajid in Prime Video’s Daldal and parts as gangsters and a terrorist in earlier projects. Yet Prince in Subedaar pushes that history further, revealing a character who appears even more unstable, damaged and hungry for control than anything Aditya has attempted before.

Speaking about stepping into Prince's fractured psyche, Aditya shares, "Honestly, in the past, I've played quite a few characters with grey shades. I've played gangsters, I've played a terrorist, and I've played young men who've strayed from their path. But I've never played somebody as unhinged and depraved as Prince"

Subedaar on Prime Video: Power, insecurity and Babli didi’s looming presence

For Aditya, the appeal of Prince lies not only in the violence but in the emotional cracks beneath it. The trailer hints at sudden outbursts, nervous rage and a deep fear of being overlooked, with Mona Singh’s Babli didi looming large over Prince’s sense of status and value.

Aditya adds, "What really struck me was his vulnerability. Basically, this person does what he does for attention and to prove that he is capable of being the king. That inferiority complex drives everything. If he asserts power, it's because he's trying to prove he's no less than Mona Singh's character, Babli didi. The more insecure he feels, the more he explodes. That level of insecurity was what made him most interesting to me." Subedaar, produced by Vikram Malhotra, Anil Kapoor and Suresh Triveni under Opening Image Films with Anil Kapoor Film & Communication Network, streams on Prime Video in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu across India and over 240 countries and territories from March 5.