Hera Pheri is an iconic Bollywood movie, and so is Baburao Ganpatrao Apte, from it. After Paresh Rawal’s portrayal of the character, individuals began seeing him by means of the identical lens. Quickly, the actor began feeling caught and wished freedom from the picture. Therefore, he went to filmmaker R. Balki to hunt assist and requested for assist as he felt suffocated. Learn on!
Paresh Rawal performed the function of Babu Bhaiya within the profitable Hera Pheri franchise. Whereas he does benefit from the love that comes his means even after years of portraying that character for the primary time, there was a time when he felt caught and suffocated. Throughout an interview with The Lallantop, the senior star admitted, “Woh gale ka fanda hain (It is sort of a noose.)”
Rawal went on to share that again in 2007, he went to filmmaker Vishal Bharadwaj, after the sequel, Phir Hera Pheri, was launched in 2006. The actor instructed the director that he had a movie in thoughts, and he wished him to direct it to interrupt freed from the picture of Baburao Ganpatrao Apte. He would wish to play a distinct character with the identical getup, and solely Vishal may do it.
When the Omkara director requested him why he wished to take action, Rawal exclaimed that whoever involves him, they’ve Hera Pheri of their thoughts. “Most important actor hu yaar, mujhe phasna nahi he iss daldal important. (I’m an actor and I do not wish to be caught in that picture).” However since Bharadwaj couldn’t assist him, he went to a different ace filmmaker, R. Balki, in 2022.
Recalling his interplay with the Pad Man helmer, the OMG actor shared that he requested Balki to present him a distinct half in the identical getup. “Mujhe dum ghutta hain (I really feel suffocated),” the actor-politician instructed the filmmaker. Having mentioned that, the Welcome actor admitted that he feels joyful that folks admire his character, however he does wish to be freed from it.
In the meantime, Akshay Kumar, Paresh Rawal, and Suniel Shetty have joined palms once more to reprise their roles within the upcoming entertainer, Hera Pheri 3. As Pinkvilla reported earlier, the Priyadarshan-directed movie is ready for a 2026 launch.
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