Paresh Rawal’s ‘Hera Pheri 3’ recently departs disappointment for fans who have loved the franchise for years. Not only Millennials, even General Z, have been indifferent about the character depicted by Rawal in ‘Hera Feri’ (2000) and ‘Phir Hera Fari’ (2006) respectively. While the uncertainty about who can play Babura Ganpato Apte, here is a look at the reasons that make Rawal the only confident actor to portray the character.

Paresh Rawal’s prestigious attraction

Rawal, who has worked in more than 250 films in his acting career and played a versatile role, brought a rare innovation to the character of Baburao Ganpato Apte. The actor brought unique dialogue distribution, body language and vulnerability for his performance. This will be a Hercules for any other actor to repeat the same naive attraction, mischief, innocence and vulnerability as Rawal. Popular One-liners such as “This is the style of Baburao (This is the style of Baburao) “The actor has become immortal due to the artistic cleverness. It is also his humor time that the audience has identified with the character.

Chemistry with Akshay Kumar and Sunil Shetty

The three Musciters – Raju, Baburao and Shyam – have become a part of Bollywood apathy due to chemistry between three heroes. Rawal’s off-screen chemredari along with Akshay Kumar and Sunil Shetty is reflected in their performance in ‘Hera Feri’ and ‘Phir Her Feri’. This is not the only film that has an undisputed relationship. They have worked together in ‘Avara Pagal Deewana,’ and ‘Deewane Haye Pagal’ among other films, and still the characters in the ‘Hera Pheri’ franchise do not lose their relevance. The fact is that Rawal, Shetty and Kumar worked together in projects, did not impress the story and performance in the ‘Hera Far’ franchise. Rawal acts as a column that balances trio chemistry on-screen.

Fans only want Paresh Rawal’s Babura

Babura became a creed as Rawal depicted methods and dialogues through glasses and signature walks. A character that may have been slapped, emerged as a multidimensional personality. Apart from clumsy and anger, Rawal also brought emotional weight for his loneliness, love for alcohol, Raju and Shyam along with moral clarity -also brought emotional weight to Baburao with Bonds.

Paresh Rawal as Baburao is indifferent and authenticity is interconnected

‘Hera Feri’ is a franchise where the audience has been invested emotionally for more than two decades. Remembering someone else in the role will rob indifference and fans of the pop culture icon.

Mem of generations Lord

After Amjad Khan’s Gabbar Singh (‘Sholay’ -1975) and Shah Rukh Khan’s Raj (‘Dilwale Dulhiya Le Jayenge’ -1995), Babura is a character that is sufficient to be a part of the meme culture. The forest-liners of Baburao are pure meme material, but only if distributed in the style of Rawal. In the 2000s, from adolescents to memers in the 2020s, the character has been used by all people and satire on sarcasm and society, relationships, sports and even geopolitics.

Despite the fate of Rawal franchise as Baburao, there will be a cinematic icon in the history of Indian cinema.