Paresh Rawal Calls Babu Rao's Role 'Gale Ka Fanda', Recalls Asking Directors For A Change: ‘I Feel Suffocated'

Paresh Rawal expressed frustration over repeatedly playing Babu Rao in Hera Pheri sequels, calling the role suffocating. He sought fresh roles but faced rejection. While fans are on the edge of their seats waiting for Hera Pheri 3, word on the street is that Paresh Rawal is totally over playing the iconic Babu Rao.

Paresh Rawal is kind of over it! In a recent chat with The Lallantop, Paresh Rawal admitted that playing Babu Rao again and again is getting tiring. He even called the role a “gale ka fanda" — like something that’s choking him! Apparently, right after Phir Hera Pheri dropped in 2006, Paresh ran to filmmakers like Vishal Bhardwaj and R. Balki in 2007 practically begging for a fresh role to break free from the Babu Rao image.



He even pitched the idea of playing a similar-looking character but with a totally different vibe! But Vishal said he was not into remakes. He recalled, “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.’" Paresh Rawal recently shared his honest thoughts about movie sequels and didn’t hold back.

He said that most sequels just repeat the same thing. “You cook up the same thing when you make sequels after sequels, not like Lage Raho Munna Bhai was to Munna Bhai MBBS where you take characters in a different direction. Everybody wants to encash on sequels but do something different with the character that has Rs 500 crore worth goodwill.

Why not fly with it? But there’s mental bankruptcy or mental lethargy. I’m doing the sequel because I don’t want the film to get stuck but there is no happiness," he said. Hera Pheri is one of Bollywood’s most beloved comedy films, first released in 2000.

Directed by Priyadarshan, the movie became a cult classic thanks to its hilarious storyline, unforgettable dialogues, and iconic characters — especially Paresh Rawal’s portrayal of the lovable Babu Rao..