Paresh Rawal (born 30 May 1955) is an Indian actor, comedian, film producer and politician known for his works primarily in

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. He has appeared in over 240 films and is the recipient of various

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. In 1994, he won the

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for his performances in the films '' Woh Chokri'' and ''

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''. For the latter, he received his first

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for Best Performance in a Negative Role. This was followed by

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's ''

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'', which saw him playing the lead role of freedom fighter

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, a role that got him national and international acclaim. He was honoured with

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from the

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in 2014. His other notable works in

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are '' Arjun'' (1985), '' Naam'' (1986), ''

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'' (1990), ''

Mohra ''Mohra'' () is a 1994 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film co-written, edited and directed by Rajiv Rai and produced by his father Gulshan Rai. It stars Naseeruddin Shah, Akshay Kumar, Sunil Shetty, Raveena Tandon, Poonam Jhawer, Ra ...

'' (1994), '' Tamanna'' (1997), '' China Gate'' (1998), ''

Aitraaz ''Aitraaz'' () is a 2004 Indian Hindi-language romantic thriller film directed by Abbas–Mustan and produced by Subhash Ghai. It stars Akshay Kumar, Priyanka Chopra and Kareena Kapoor. ''Aitraaz'' tells the story of a man accused of sexu ...

'' (2004), '' Table No. 21'' (2013) and ''

Zilla Ghaziabad ''Zila Ghaziabad'' () is a 2013 Indian Hindi-language political action thriller film directed by Anand Kumar. It was produced by Vinod Bachan, and presented by Mohammed Fasih and Bharat Shah. The film features Sanjay Dutt, Vivek Oberoi, Arshad ...

'' (2013). He has received recognition for his

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roles in

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box office hits such as ''

Kshana Kshanam ''Kshana Kshanam'' () is a 1991 Indian Telugu-language road comedy heist film written and directed by Ram Gopal Varma. The film stars Venkatesh, Sridevi, Paresh Rawal, and Rami Reddy. The plot follows Satya (Sridevi), a young woman who is ho ...

'' (1991), ''

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'' (1993), '' Money Money'' (1995), '' Govinda Govinda'' (1994), ''

Rikshavodu ''Rikshavodu'' () is a 1995 Telugu language film starring Chiranjeevi, Nagma and Soundarya, directed by Kodi Ramakrishna and produced by Kranthi Kumar. Chiranjeevi played a dual role in the film. It was dubbed in Hindi as ''Devaa The Power Man ...

'' (1995), ''

Bavagaru Bagunnara ''Bavagaru Bagunnara'' () is a 1998 Indian Telugu-language romantic comedy drama film directed by Jayanth C. Paranjee and produced by Nagendra Babu under Anjana Productions banner. The film stars Chiranjeevi, Rambha, and Rachana, with a sup ...

'' (1998). Rawal has gained acclaim for his comedy and few intense supporting roles in Hindi films, as some of his notable roles are in ''

Andaz Apna Apna () is a 1994 Indian Hindi-language comedy film written and directed by Rajkumar Santoshi and produced by Vinay Kumar Sinha. It stars Aamir Khan, Salman Khan, Raveena Tandon, Karisma Kapoor, Paresh Rawal (in a dual role) and Shakti Kapoor. The ...

'' (1994), ''

Chachi 420 ''Chachi 420'' () is a 1997 Indian Hindi-language comedy film, co-written, produced and directed by Kamal Haasan. The film is an official remake of the 1996 Tamil film '' Avvai Shanmughi''., which itself was an adaptation of 1993 film '' Mrs. Dou ...

'' (1997), '' Hera Pheri'' (2000), '' Nayak'' (2001), '' Aankhen'', ''

Awara Paagal Deewana ''Awara Paagal Deewana'' (''Wayward, Crazy, Insane'') is a 2002 Indian Hindi-language action comedy film directed by Vikram Bhatt. Anu Malik composed the film's score with lyrics by Sameer. The plot is loosely based on the 2000 American film ...

'' (both 2002), '' Hungama'' (2003), ''

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'' (2005), ''

Phir Hera Pheri ''Phir Hera Pheri'' (translation: ''Foul Play Once Again'') is a 2006 Indian Hindi-language comedy film written and directed by Neeraj Vora. The film serves as the sequel to '' Hera Pheri'' (2000) and the second installment of the ''Hera Ph ...

'', ''

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'', ''

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'' (all 2006), ''

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'' (2007), '' Mere Baap Pehle Aap'', ''

Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! ''Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! '' is a 2008 Indian Hindi-language crime comedy film starring Abhay Deol, Paresh Rawal, Neetu Chandra, Manu Rishi, Manjot Singh and Archana Puran Singh. It was directed by Dibakar Banerjee. The film won the National F ...

'' (both 2008), ''

De Dana Dan ''De Dana Dan'' (''Hit Left and Right'') is a 2009 Indian Hindi-language comedy film directed by Priyadarshan. It is a partial adaptation of the Hollywood film '' Screwed''; some scenes were taken from the 2004 film '' Vettam'', directed by Priy ...

'' (2009), ''

Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge? ''Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge?'' () is a 2010 Indian Hindi-language comedy film directed by Ashwni Dhir, and produced by Amita Pathak. Loosely based on the short story ''Tum Kab Jaoge, Athithi?'' by Sharad Joshi, the film stars Ajay Devgn, Paresh Rawal ...

'', ''

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'' (both 2010), ''

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'' (2012), '' Welcome Back'' (2015), ''

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'' (2017), ''

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'' (2018), ''

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'' (2019), '' Dream Girl 2'', '' Shastry Viruddh Shastry'' (both 2023) and '' The Storyteller'' (2025) in which he portrayed

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's famous character

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. His most remembered role is of Baburao Ganpatrao Apte in the cult classic ''Hera Pheri'' comedy franchise, and he also appeared in the Tamil film ''

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'' (2020) and later reprised the same role in the Hindi version of the film

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(2024) starring

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and

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Early and personal life

Rawal was born and raised in

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(present-day

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) to a

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family. In 1987, Rawal married

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, an actress and winner of the

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contest in 1979. Paresh and Swaroop have two sons,

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and Anirudh. He is an alumnus of Narsee Monjee College of Commerce & Economics,

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Career

Rawal made his debut with the 1985 film '' Arjun'' in a supporting role. He was also part of the cast of the

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TV Serial, Bante Bigadte. It was the 1986 blockbuster '' Naam'' that established him as an actor with great talent. He then appeared in over 100 films throughout the 1980s and 1990s, mostly as the main villain, such as in ''Roop ki Rani Choron Ka Raja'', ''Kabzaa'', ''King Uncle'', ''Ram Lakhan'', ''Daud'', ''Baazi'' and so many more. In the 1990s, he also starred in the cult comedy ''

'' in which he played a double role. Rawal was perceived as a character actor by both audiences and critics until the 2000 Bollywood cult classic '' Hera Pheri'', after which he starred in many Hindi mainstream films as a lead actor or main protagonist. Rawal played the dim-witted, boisterous and kind-hearted Marathi landlord Baburao Ganpatrao Apte in the film '' Hera Pheri'', who takes in Raju (

) and Shyam (

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) as paying guests in his house. Rawal's acting was a key reason for the major nationwide success the film received. For his performance, he won the Filmfare Best Comedian Award. He reprised his role as Baburao in the sequel to the film ''

'' (2006), which was also successful. Another notable lead role came in 2002 when Rawal portrayed one of three blind bank robbers in the hit film '' Aankhen'', co-starring

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and

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. Rawal, for the remainder of the 2000s, was seen in mainly comedy oriented multi-starrers, mostly among the lead protagonists such as in ''

'' (2002), '' Hungama'' (2003), '' Hulchul'' (2004), ''

'' (2005), ''

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'' (2005), ''

'' (2006), '' Golmaal: Fun Unlimited'' (2006), ''

'' (2006), ''

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'' (2007), '' Shankar Dada MBBS'' (Telugu), ''

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'', ''

'', '' Mere Baap Pehle Aap'' (2008) and ''

'' (2009). In 2010, Rawal acted in the movie '' Aakrosh'', based on honour killing. On the sets of OMG

In 2012, Rawal played the lead role in the movie ''

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''. Akshay Kumar was seen supporting him, and both won rave reviews for their roles. He has also had a very successful acting career in Gujarati plays, the latest one being ''Dear Father''. For television he has produced several Hindi soaps including

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's ''

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'',

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's '' Main Aisi Kyunn Hoon'' and Colors' ''

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''. His latest notable release is

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's ''

'' with

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. He plays actor

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's role in the movie. He is also reprising his role as Baburao Ganpatrao Apte in ''Hera Pheri 3'' which was going to be released in 2024, but is 'on hold' as of May 2023. On 10 September 2020 he was appointed the chief of the

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, by the

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. In 2021, Rawal appeared in sports drama ''

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'', a film directed by

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, alongside

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, who is playing a national level boxer. The film was streamed worldwide on 16 July 2021 on

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. His other upcoming films are ''

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'', '' Hera Pheri 3'' and Thama.

Politics

He won as the

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's Member of Parliament (MP) from Ahmedabad East constituency in the

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. In 2014, he was awarded

Controversy

On 21 May 2017, Rawal tweeted addressing an incident where the Indian Army tied a Kashmiri stone pelter as a human shield on an army jeep: "Instead of tying stone pelter on the army jeep, tie

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." It was presumed that he wanted Roy to be used as a human shield. Rawal's tweet provoked controversy. He was criticised by fellow actor

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. Rawal was also criticised by

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leader Shobha Ojha while filmmaker

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supported his tweet.

Filmography

Awards and honours

References

External links

*
An interview with Paresh Rawal

I feel secure with Akshay: Paresh Rawal

Bollywood Collections of Paresh Rawal
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