In 2003, Bobby took a hiatus from acting and returned to the screen in 2004 in "Kismat" opposite Priyanka Chopra. In "Bardaasht", a drama based on the screenplay written by Vikram Bhatt, Bobby starred alongside Lara Dutta and Rahul Dev as Aditya Shrivastav, a deserted army officer. The film deals with themes of police brutality and corruption and justice. Bobby then played another army officer, a Lieutenant Commander in Anil Sharma's "Ab Tumhare Hawale Watan Saathiyo" as Kunaljit Singh/Vikramjeet Singh. The film, which featured some prominent Bollywood actors such as Amitabh Bachchan (who played a general and Bobby's father), and Akshay Kumar, it was arguably Bobby's highest profile film to date but despite high box office expectations it was a commercial failure. His most famous role of all time was in "Ab Tumhare Hawale Watan Saathiyo", when he wore a pugh/turban. That gave him more of an audience from the Punjabi crowd, and inspired comments saying he looks better in a turban.