The stint of Paresh Rawal in the comedy movie Hera Pheri as Babu Rao is legendary. The actor spoke about how that role made a difference to him in an interview with The Lallantop recently, saying that he felt he had become typecast in comic characters. Paresh stated that the Hera Pheri role felt like a ‘gale ka fanda (noose).’
What Paresh uttered on Hera Pheri
At the interaction, Paresh uttered, “Woh gale ka fanda hain. Main 2007 mein Vishal Bharadwaj ji ke paas gaya tha. 2006 mein part 2 release ho gayi thi. Ki mere paas ek film he, mujhe iski jo ek image hain na usse chhutkara chahiye. Same getup ke andar alag kissam ka role. Woh aap kar ke de sakte hain mujhe.”. Uss jisme jo bhi ata he uske andar Hera Pheri hain. Leading actor hu yaar, mujhe phasna nahi he iss daldal main (It is like a noose. I went to Vishal Bharadwaj in 2007, after the sequel came out in 2006. I told him that I wanted to shed that image and play another character with the same getup. Only he could do that. Whoever approached me had that Hera Pheri image. I am an actor and I don’t want to be trapped in that image).
Paresh Rawal says ‘Khushi toh hoti hein…’
Paresh Rawal continued to say, “Phir main gaya 2022 me R Balki ke paas. I told him kuch karke do na tod ke do. Yeh nahi toh kuch dusra karo. Isi get up mein mujhe kuch dusra character do. Mujhe dum ghutta hain. Khushi toh hoti hein yaar but ye bahoot hi bandhne waali cheez hain. Isse mukti chahiye, liberation chahiye (In 2022, then I went to R Balki. I asked him to do something, possibly the same getup but a different role. I am suffocating. It makes me happy yes, but there is some pull towards it. I want liberation from that).”
Priyadarshan, in January, had announced that he will once again direct Hera Pheri 3. It will see the return of Paresh along with Akshay Kumar and Suneil Shetty. The original Hera Pheri was released in 2000. It was a success and has become a cult classic since then. The second installment, which was released in 2006, was directed by late Neeraj Vora.