By: Entertainment DeskNew Delhi | September 26, 2025 12:50 PM IST 4 min readBaby Bobby Deol gets a kiss on the cheek from his father, Dharmendra. (Express Archive)The recent Netflix series Black Warrant reminded audiences of the terror that was spread in the 1970s by Billa and Ranga, a notorious kidnapper duo that eventually murdered two children before being apprehended and executed. Actor Bobby Deol mentioned the series in a new interview, before going on to reveal how Billa and Ranga were the reason why he wasn’t allowed to leave his house during his childhood. He said that one of his friends was kidnapped by Billa and Ranga, and that the police had reason to believe that he, Bobby, might be targeted next. This alarmed his father, Dharmendra, who became even more paranoid and concerned than he already was.In an appearance on Raj Shamani’s podcast, Bobby said that he was extremely sheltered as a child, and wasn’t allowed to go out and even play with his friends after school. When asked why such strict restrictions were imposed upon him, he explained, “When I was in the sixth standard, a friend of mine got kidnapped. But he was the luckiest of all the people they kidnapped. There was a confusion between Billa and Ranga… He was with Ranga, and cops were zeroing in on them. He ran, and left my friend at a paan shop. The shopkeeper asked him where he lived, and brought him home.”Also read – Bobby Deol bares all about alcoholism, says family would fear him after he had a drink, reveals he hasn’t touched booze in over a yearBobby said that the police paid his father a visit. “They told my father that my friend was safe, but Billa and Ranga asked him who else was there in his school, and he took my name. After that, my father didn’t let me leave the house at all. I returned from school and that was it. I even learned cycling inside my house. In college, when my friends started having house parties, I wasn’t allowed to go. I had a 9 pm curfew. I would go to friends’ houses, help them set up for parties, and leave.” Film star Dharmendra and Bobby Deol. (Express Archive)He said that even after Billa and Ranga were caught and hanged, his parents didn’t become lenient. “My friend who was kidnapped by them was partying while I was stuck at home.” Bobby said that another reason why his parents were so protective of him was that he had fallen from the first floor of their house as a two-year-old. “My entire family had gone to watch one of dad’s films at the Lido cinema. After that, they stopped going there, even when it turned into a PVR. They thought it brought bad luck or something,” he said.Bobby said that it took him a while to get acclimatised to the real world, and in many ways, he was ignorant about how cutthroat it could be. He said that his parents should’ve perhaps not been as strict with him, and prepared him to face life’s challenges by himself. Bobby is celebrating 30 years in the film industry this year, at a time when he’s at the peak of his resurgence. He braved through a rough patch that lasted quite a while in the mid-2010s, but has appeared in a string of major projects in recent times. He can currently be seen in Aryan Khan’s Netflix series, The Ba***ds of Bollywood.Click here to follow Screen Digital on YouTube and stay updated with the latest from the world of cinema.© IE Online Media Services Pvt Ltd