Paresh Rawal, a veteran actor, is one of the most popular faces in Bollywood. From Oh My God to Hera Pheri, Paresh Rawal has won millions of hearts. The ‘Baburao’ character played by him in Hera Pheri is the fan favourite. There are millions of memes all around the internet involving the iconic characters of Hera Pheri, ‘Baburao Ganpatrao Apte’, played by Paresh Rawal, ‘Raju’, played by Akshay Kumar and ‘Ghanshyam’, played by Sunil Shetty. Everything was going well, but Paresh Rawal’s shocking revelations about his ‘Baburao’ character role in a recent interview are now making the headlines.
Paresh Rawal reveals that he feels suffocated by the ‘Baburao’ image
In a recent interview with Lallantop, Paresh Rawal made a shocking revelation about his iconic character, ‘Baburao Ganpatrao Apte’. Paresh Rawal was seen playing ‘Baburao’ in both the films, Hera Pheri (2000) and Phir Hera Pheri (2006). The actor recalled how he literally begged the directors, Vishal Bhardwaj and R. Balki, to break the ‘Baburao’ image of his. Speaking of the same, Paresh said:
“My Hera Pheri role is a gale ka fanda. I went to Vishal Bhardwaj in 2007 after in 2006 Phir Hera Pheri released. I told him, ‘I want a release from the image that has been set by this film.’ I asked him to give me a role in the same get-up but a completely different role. I’m an actor, mujhe fasna nahi hai aise daldal mein. But Vishal told me I don’t do remake of characters. Then I went to R. Balki in 2022 with the same request. I asked him to give a different character in the same get-up. I told him, ‘I feel suffocated. I feel happy, but it ties me down. I want liberation from this. This is very bad.”