Paresh Rawal

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Paresh Rawal
Ahmedabad East
Personal details
Born (1955-05-30) 30 May 1955 (age 68)[1]
Bombay, Bombay State, India
(present-day Mumbai, Maharashtra)[2]
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Alma materNarsee Monjee College of Commerce and Economics
Occupation
  • Actor
  • film producer
  • politician
  • comedian[3]
Years active1982–present
Spouse
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(m. 1987)​
Children2, including Aditya Rawal
HonoursPadma Shri (2014)

Paresh Rawal (born 30 May 1955) is an Indian actor, comedian,

Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Negative Role. This was followed by Ketan Mehta's Sardar, which saw him playing the lead role of freedom fighter Vallabhbhai Patel, a role that got him national and international acclaim.[5] He was honoured with Padma Shri from the Government of India
in 2014.

His other notable works in

Bavagaru Bagunnara
(1998).

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

Nayak (2001), Aankhen (2002), Awara Paagal Deewana (2002), Hungama (2003), Garam Masala (2005), Phir Hera Pheri (2006), Chup Chup Ke (2006), Malamaal Weekly (2006), Welcome (2007), Mere Baap Pehle Aap (2008), Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! (2008), De Dana Dan (2009), Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge? (2010), Ready (2010), OMG (2012), Welcome Back (2015), Tiger Zinda Hai (2017), Sanju (2018), Uri (2019), Shastry Viruddh Shastry (2023) . His most remembered role is of Baburao Ganpatrao Apte in the cult classic Hera Pheri comedy franchise, and he also appeared in Tamil film Soorarai Pottru
(2020).

Personal life

Rawal with his wife Swaroop Sampat at the screening of the film Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!

Rawal was born and raised in

Bombay (present-day Mumbai) to a Gujarati family.[2][6]

In 1987, Rawal married

Narsee Monjee College of Commerce & Economics, Vile Parle, Mumbai.[8]

Career

Rawal made his debut with the 1985 film

Filmfare Best Comedian Award. He reprised his role as Baburao in the sequel to the film Phir Hera Pheri (2006), which was also successful.[5]

Another notable lead role came in 2002 when Rawal portrayed one of three blind bank robbers in the hit film

Shankar Dada MBBS (Telugu), Bhool Bhulaiyaa, Welcome, Mere Baap Pehle Aap (2008) and De Dana Dan (2009).[5] In 2010, Rawal acted in the movie Aakrosh, based on honour killing.[10]

OMG: Oh My God!

In 2012, Rawal played the lead role in the movie OMG – Oh My God!. 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 Zee TV's Teen Bahuraaniyaan, Sahara One's Main Aisi Kyunn Hoon and Colors' Laagi Tujhse Lagan.[11]

His latest notable release is Rajkumar Hirani's Sanju with Ranbir Kapoor. He plays actor Sunil Dutt'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,[12] but is 'on hold' as of May 2023.[13]

On 10 September 2020 he was appointed as the chief of the National School of Drama, by the President of India[14]

In 2021, Rawal appeared in sports drama

Toofaan, a film directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, alongside Farhan Akhtar, who is playing a national level boxer. The film was streamed worldwide on 16 July 2021 on Amazon Prime Video.[15]

His other upcoming films are

Hera Pheri 3[16] and The Storyteller in which he will portray Satyajit Ray's famous character Tarini Khuro.[17][18][19]

Politics

He won as the

Ahmedabad East constituency in the 2014 Indian general election. In 2014, he was awarded Padma Shri.[20][21]

2014 Indian general elections: Ahmedabad East[22][23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Paresh Rawal 633,582 64.29 +10.92
INC Himmatsingh Patel 306,949 31.15 -7.82
AAP Dinesh Vaghela 11,349 1.15 N/A
BSP Rohit Rajubhai Virjubhai 6,023 0.61 -0.60
NOTA None of the Above 14,358 1.46 N/A
Majority 326,633 33.14 +18.74
Turnout 985,525 61.52 +19.20
BJP hold Swing +10.92

Controversy

On 21 May 2017, Rawal tweeted addressing an incident where the Indian Army tied a Kashmiri stone pelter as a

Swara Bhaskar.[26] Rawal was also criticised by Congress leader Shobha Ojha.[27] while filmmaker Ashoke Pandit supported his tweet.[26]

If she is right, then even I am right. If she regrets making the comments, then I also regret. Agreed that this is fake news, but what about the comments that she made on 2002 Godhra riots? If you have freedom of expression then even I have it.

- Rawal (in July 2017) while addressing the tweet controversy.[28]

Filmography

Main article: Paresh Rawal filmography

Awards and honours

Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Paresh Rawal

References

  1. ^ "Paresh Rawal turns 64. PM Narendra Modi gives actor the best birthday gift". India Today. 30 May 2019. Archived from the original on 19 August 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  2. ^ a b Tarannum, Asira (2 August 2011). "'Star kids are not good actors'". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 5 July 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  3. ^ Khurana, Akarsh (3 November 2018). "Ode to irreverence". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 11 October 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2019 – via www.thehindu.com.
  4. ^ "Ode to irreverence". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 11 October 2020.
  5. ^
    Yahoo.com Won 2 national awards for Woh Chokri & Sir. Archived from the original
    on 23 June 2008. Retrieved 20 April 2008.
  6. ^ "From Sanjay Leela Bhansali to Paresh Rawal; Gujarati's who made it big in Bollywood". The Times of India. 5 July 2019. Archived from the original on 30 May 2023. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  7. ^ "Paresh Rawal says wife Swaroop was his boss' daughter, reveals how he proposed: 'Don't do this futile exercise with me'". Hindustan Times. 26 October 2021. Archived from the original on 19 June 2022. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
  8. ^ "UMANG 2010, Inter-Collegiate Culture Festival, Narsee Monjee college". Archived from the original on 4 January 2012. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
  9. ^ "Box Office 2000". BoxOfficeIndia.Com. Archived from the original on 11 August 2013. Retrieved 20 April 2008.
  10. ^ Pais, Arthur J (15 October 2010). "Honour killing is a dishonour to any society". Rediff. Archived from the original on 19 October 2010. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
  11. ^ "Best from Paresh Rawal has yet to come". News 24. Archived from the original on 8 April 2016. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
  12. ^ "Hera Pheri 3 confirmed, to reunite Akshay Kumar, Suniel Shetty and Paresh Rawal". The Indian Express. 23 May 2018. Archived from the original on 24 November 2018. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  13. ^ Raghuvanshi, Aakanksha (19 May 2020). "Suniel Shetty Shares An Update About Hera Pheri 3". NDTV.com. Archived from the original on 24 October 2020. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  14. ^ "Paresh Rawal appointed as chief of National School of Drama". Hindustan Times. 10 September 2020. Archived from the original on 10 September 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  15. ^ Jha, Subhash K. (10 March 2021). "Farhan Akhtar's pugilist drama Tofaan to release on OTT on May 21, confirms director Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra". Bollywood Hungama. Archived from the original on 10 March 2021. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  16. ^ Parashar, Shivam (1 February 2021). "Priyadarshan wraps Hungama 2 shoot". India Today. Archived from the original on 9 February 2021. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  17. ^ "Ray's Tarini Khuro set for Bollywood debut". The Daily Star. 19 December 2013. Archived from the original on 24 September 2021. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  18. ^ PTI (30 October 2012). "Ananth Mahadevan to adapt Satyajit Ray's short story into film". NDTV. Archived from the original on 7 November 2014. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  19. ^ Bhattacharya, Roshmila (13 December 2013). "Paresh to tell Ray's story". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 4 June 2021. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  20. ^ "Paresh Rawal in dinu solanki out". 23 March 2014. Archived from the original on 28 May 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
  21. ^ "Election results 2014 Paresh rawals biopic on Narendra Modi on hold". 16 May 2014. Archived from the original on 26 May 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
  22. ^ "Parliamentary Constituency wise Turnout for General Election – 2014". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2 July 2014. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
  23. ^ "Ahmedabad East". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 28 June 2014. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
  24. ^ "Paresh Rawal Says 'Tie Arundhati Roy To Army Jeep', Fuels Outrage". NDTV.com. Archived from the original on 11 October 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  25. ^ "Indian actor Paresh Rawal proposes using Arundhati Roy as human shield". 22 May 2017. Archived from the original on 7 October 2018. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
  26. ^ a b "Swara Bhaskar slams Paresh Rawal's comment on Arundhati, Ashoke Pandit supports actor". Hindustan Times. 23 May 2017. Archived from the original on 28 December 2019. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
  27. ^ "Paresh Rawal tweet an indication of BJP's 'dictatorial mentality' says Congress". www.timesnownews.com. 23 May 2017. Archived from the original on 28 December 2019. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
  28. ^ "Paresh Rawal unapologetic about Arundhati Roy tweet, says it was a 'message of peace'". Hindustan Times. 3 June 2017. Archived from the original on 6 October 2018. Retrieved 6 October 2018.

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