Hera Pheri
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| Directed by | Priyadarshan |
| Produced by | A.G. Nadiadwala |
| Written by | Siddique & Lal |
| Starring | Paresh Rawal Akshay Kumar Sunil Shetty Tabu |
| Music by | Anu Malik |
| Cinematography | Jeeva |
| Editing by | N. Gopalakrishnan |
| Release date(s) | 2000 |
| Language | Hindi |
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Hera Pheri (Hindi: हेरा फेरी, Urdu: ہیرا پھیری) is a 2000 Bollywood comedy directed by Priyadarshan. The film stars Akshay Kumar, Paresh Rawal, Sunil Shetty and Tabu. The sequel to the film, Phir Hera Pheri is now released.
The film is a second remake of the hit Malayalam movie 'Ramji Rao Speaking' (1989) directed by the Lal-Siddique duo. The first remake was directed by Fazil in Tamil, titled 'Arangetra Velai' (1990).
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[edit] Synopsis
The movie revolves around the lives of three men who live in Mumbai City, each having monetary troubles that they find impossible to solve. Needy Shyam (Sunil Shetty) strives for a job in order to pay back an old friend (Om Puri), Raju (Akshay Kumar), a daydreaming lothario who needs money to support his old mother and Baburao (Paresh Rawal), their boisterous, slow witted yet kind hearted landlord who's struggling to pay off his late father's debts.
The first half of the movie revolves around their attempts to solve their problems, with humourous consequences.
The second half shows the characters willingness to cheat to become wealthy so they can clear their debts
Hera Pheri is seen among the general public as one of the best Bollywood comedy movies of the current decade.
Rating 8.9/10 (IMDb)
[edit] Cast
- Paresh Rawal ... Baburao Ganpatrao Apte
- Akshay Kumar ... Raju
- Sunil Shetty ... Ghanshyam (Shyam)
- Tabu ... Anuradha Shivshankar Panikar
- Sulabha Arya ... Raju's mom
- Gulshan Grover ... Kabira
- Dinesh Hingoo ... Chaman Jhinga
- Mukesh Khanna ... Prakash
- Kulbhushan Kharbanda ... Devi Prasad
- Om Puri ... Kharak Singh
- Kashmira Shah ... Kabira's Sidekick
- Namrata Shirodkar ... Ms. Chinga
[edit] Trivia
- Paresh Rawal won the Filmfare Best Comedian Award for his performance, as well as the Star Screen Award and IIFA Award in the same category.
[edit] External links
- Hera Pheri at the Internet Movie Database
- Ramji Rao Speaking at the Internet Movie Database
- Arangetra Velai at the Internet Movie Database
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