Bobby first briefly appeared as a child actor in the film "Dharam Veer" in 1977. Bobby then made his adult debut with Twinkle Khanna in the 1995 Bollywood film "Barsaat", directed by Rajkumar Santoshi. Bobby plays the character of "Badal", a naive but intelligent young man who moves from a small village to the big city and gets caught up with corrupt police and criminal gangs amidst falling in love. Partly shot in Scotland, Bobby broke his leg in an equestrian accident while filming and had to be flown to London to recuperate and had to call off several publicity shoots which documented his debut. The film was nonetheless a considerable success and garnered him the Filmfare Best Debut Award.