Paresh Rawal

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Paresh Rawal
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Born May 30 1950 (1950-05-30) (age 57)
Image:Flag of India.svg India
Years active 1984-Present
Spouse(s) Swaroop Sampat

Paresh Rawal (Gujarati: પરેશ રાવળ Pareś Rāvaḷ ) (b. May 30, 1950) is an Indian actor from Bollywood, Mumbai of Gujarati background.

Making his film debut in 1984, he played many supporting and villain roles throughout the 1980s and 1990s. Since 2000 he has mostly played comedic roles.

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[edit] Career

Rawal made his debut with the 1984 film Holi. He then appeared in over 100 films throughout the 1980s and 1990s.

His most notable films included Sardar (1992) in which he plays the lead role of freedom fighter Vallabhbhai Patel, Maya Memsaab (1992), a film based on Madame Bovary, in which he played a scheming shop-owner who entraps the title character into a series of financial schemes and the critically acclaimed Tamaana (1996) where he played the challenging and ground-breaking role of a hijra (person of "third" gender, typically male transgender) who raises a young, orphaned girl, (played by Pooja Bhatt).

In 2000, Rawal played a dim-witted and boisterous, but kind-hearted Marathi landlord Baburao Ganpatrao Apte in the film Hera Pheri who takes in Raju (Akshay Kumar) and Shyam (Sunil Shetty). Rawal's acting was a key reason for the major nationwide success the film received. He reprised his role as Baburao in Phir Hera Pheri (2006) which was also successful.

In 2002, Rawal portrayed one of three blind bank robbers in the hit film Aankhen. Rawal has since played many comedy roles in successful films including Awara Paagal Deewana (2002), Garam Masala (2005), Deewane Huye Pagal (2005), Malamaal Weekly (2006), Golmaal (2006), Chup Chup Ke (2006) and Bhagam Bhag (2006).

He is also a famous theatre personality. He is married to Swaroop Sampat. Paresh Rawal has won both the Filmfare Best Comedian Award and the Filmfare Best Villain Award. He has also been awarded the prestigious National Award by the President of India for his roles in Sardar and Tammanna. Paresh Rawal is an alumunus from Narsee Monjee College of Commerce & Economics, Vile Parle, Mumbai. He currently resides in Badshahi Bagh colony, Ambala city.

Also, he has a big hand in producing tv serials Teen Bahuraniyan

[edit] Filmography

This article or section contains a list of works that does not follow the Manual of Style for lists of works (often, but not always, due to being in reverse-chronological order) and may need cleanup.

HINDI

TELUGU

[edit] Playback Singer

Fun2ssh (December 19, 2003) (Released)
HERA PHERI ((December 19, 2003) (Released)

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