Hera Pheri (2000)

Three unemployed men look for answers to all their money problems - but when their opportunity arrives, will they know what to do with it?

Director:

Priyadarshan

Writers:

Siddique (story), Lal (story)

Stars:

Akshay Kumar, Sunil Shetty, Paresh Rawal

Top Rated Indian Movies #59 | 8 wins & 3 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Akshay Kumar	...	Raju
Sunil Shetty	...	Ghanshyam (Shyam)
Paresh Rawal	...	Baburao Ganpatrao Apte
Tabu	...	Anuradha Shivshankar Panikar
Om Puri	...	Kharak Singh
Gulshan Grover	...	Kabira
Kulbhushan Kharbanda	...	Devi Prasad
Mukesh Khanna	...	Commissioner Prakash
Asrani	...	Bank Manager
Razak Khan	...	Kabira's Gang Member
Kashmira Shah	...	Kabira's Gang Member
Sulabha Arya	...	Raju's Mother
Mushtaq Khan	...	Devi Prasad's servant
Dinesh Hingoo	...	Chaman Jhinga
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Rajeev Mehta	...	Owner of laundry shop

Storyline

Baburao is a landlord in India, who is very near-sighted, and always in financial trouble. He has a tenant named Raja, who has not paid his rent for several months. He also has anther tenant named Shyam, who has come to the city to look for a job in his late father's place, but is unable to find employment. The three men quarrel amongst themselves frequently. Then one day, the three men get a phone call from a kidnapper named Kabira, and decide to make use of this phone call to overcome their financial problems - pretend to be the real kidnappers, increase the ransom amount, keep the incremental amount for themselves, and then give the original ransom demanded to Kabira. Will they get away with this idea?

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Plot Keywords:

remake of malayalam film | wrong telephone number | farce | friendship | police | 

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Genres:

Action | Comedy | Crime | Drama

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Trivia

Paresh Rawal's character Baburao GanpatRao Apte became an iconic character of Hindi films in line of Gabbar Singh,Don, Anthony Gonsalves,Mogambo and many more.

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Goofs

One of the cameras used for filming had a defect and the blurry spot can be seen in the upper right corner in various scenes throughout the entire movie.

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Quotes

Raju: [Baburao is trying to pay off all his debt even before getting money from kidnappers] Cow is grazing and you are planning to sell curd !
Baburao Ganpatrao Apte: What?
Raju: Dont plan for expenditure before we get money

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Connections

References Muddat (1986)

User Reviews

A great Comedy movie

Wow, This is what I call a great comedy in 2-3 hours, it will make you laugh as you are suppose to laugh. Great acting by Paresh Rawal will make you feel that he is the best for the role given to him and he did justice with what has been given to him. Sunil Shetty and Akshay Kumar has done there part very good, but I think the crown for the movie goes to Paresh Rawal.

A good movie, with good story and excellent comedy. Its a must watch for people who like to enjoy there spare time.

Details

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Release Date:

31 March 2000 (India)

Also Known As:

Fraud Business

Filming Locations:

Sun City, South Africa

Company Credits

Production Co:

A.G. Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

156 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.20 : 1