Overview

• The actor celebrated the anniversary with an Instagram montage of his career and the message that the “fire still burns,” recalling his 1995 debut in Barsaat.
• He stepped outside his Mumbai home to thank supporters in person, cutting a cake with fans gathered to mark the occasion.
• Recent visibility includes Netflix’s The Ba***ds of Bollywood and Anurag Kashyap’s Bandar, which screened in TIFF’s Special Presentations section.
• His upcoming slate features Alpha with Alia Bhatt and Sharvari, the seventh entry in Yash Raj Films’ spy universe set for the Christmas 2025 weekend, along with the political action thriller Jana Nayagan.
• Expanding beyond Hindi cinema, he appeared in Tamil and Telugu films this year (Kanguva and Daaku Maharaj) and has credited OTT projects and support from Shah Rukh Khan’s Red Chillies and Salman Khan for his comeback.