Till date, many prominent actors have essayed the gangsters in the Hindi films. Ajay Devgn and Emraan Hashmi played the gangsters in ' Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai '. Manoj Bajpai played the famous Bhiku Mhatre in ' Satya '. Sanjay Dutt 's gangster from ' Vaastav ' is still remembered by the audience and Vivek Oberoi played a gangster in ' Company ' and ' Shootout At Lokhandwala '. John Abraham played gangster Manya Surve and Sonu Sood played Dilawar Imtiaz Haksar in ' Shootout At Wadala '.

Now, Akshay Kumar is going to essay the character of a gangster in ' Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai Dobara '. Following the trend,now papa Kapoor i.e Rishi Kapoor will be seen as a dreadful gangster Goldman in Nikhil Advani 's crime thriller ' D-Day '. Soon the beta Kapoor i.e. Ranbir Kapoor will also join the bandwagon of gangsters.

Junior RK Ranbir Kapoor will essay the role of a ganglord for the first time in his career in an upcoming film which will commence the shoot very soon. The film may be Anurag Kashyap 's ' Bombay Velvet ' which also features Anushka Sharma . Seems like essaying a gangster on the silver screen is a new trend in Bollywood these days.