Hera Pheri (film series)

Hera Pheri series
Hera Pheri series
Directed by	Priyadarshan ; (Hera Pheri) ; Neeraj Vora ; (Phir Hera Pheri) ; Indra Kumar ; (Hera Pheri 3)
Screenplay by	Neeraj Vora
Story by	Siddique-Lal ; (Hera Pheri) ; Neeraj Vora ; (Phir Hera Pheri, Hera Pheri 3)
Produced by	A.G. Nadiadwala ; (Hera Pheri) ; Feroz Nadiadwala ; (Phir Hera Pheri, Hera Pheri 3)
Starring	Akshay Kumar ; Sunil Shetty ; Paresh Rawal ; Tabu ; (Hera Pheri) ; Bipasha Basu ; (Phir Hera Pheri) ; Rimi Sen ; (Hera Pheri 3)
Cinematography	Jeeva ; (Hera Pheri) ; Velraj ; (Phir Hera Pheri)
Edited by	N. Gopalakrishnan ; (Hera Pheri) ; Diwakar P. Bhonsle, Virendra Gharse ; (Phir Hera Pheri)
Music by	Anu Malik ; (Hera Pheri) ; Himesh Reshammiya ; (Phir Hera Pheri, Hera Pheri 3)
Production; companies	A.G. Films ; (Hera Pheri) ; Base Industries Group ; (Phir Hera Pheri, Hera Pheri 3)
Distributed by	A.G. Films ; (Hera Pheri) ; Base Industries Group ; (Phir Hera Pheri, Hera Pheri 3)
Release dates	1: 31 March 2000 ; 2: 9 June 2006 ; 3: July 2019
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Hera Pheri is a series of Indian comedy films. The first film is directed by Priyadarshan and produced by A.G. Nadiadwala,^[1] , the second one was directed by Neeraj Vora while third will be directed by Indra Kumar and produced by Firoz Nadiadwala.^[2] The series starring Sunil Shetty, Paresh Rawal and Akshay Kumar in lead roles. The third instalment of the series is due for release. After initial hiccups, all the three lead stars of the franchise will be reprising their roles. This series is now the twentynineth Highest-grossing film series in Bollywood.

Films

Hera Pheri (2000)

Directed by Priyadarshan starring Akshay Kumar, Suniel Shetty, Paresh Rawal and Tabu as Raju, Shyam and Baburao Ganpatrao Apte, and Anuradha Shivshankar Panikar respectively. The story of this film is based on the 1989 Malayalam film Ramji Rao Speaking. The film received average response upon release, however due to a positive word of mouth, the film's collection speeded up and became one of the biggest box office earners of the time. While the film's success, became a turning point for Akshay Kumar's career, enormous praise was given for Paresh Rawal's comic timing, for which he won a lot of film awards, including the IIFA Filmfare award for the best comedian. It has become a cult classic among the Indian audience.

Cast and characters

Character	Film
Character	Hera Pheri (2000)	Phir Hera Pheri (2006)	Hera Pheri 3 (2019)
Baburao Ganpatrao Apte	Paresh Rawal
Shyam	Sunil Shetty
Raju	Akshay Kumar
Anuradha Shivshankar Panikar	Tabu	Tabu (Archived footage)
Kabira	Gulshan Grover	Gulshan Grover (Archived footage)
Devi Prasad	Kulbhushan Kharbanda
Khadak Singh	Om Puri
Bank Manager	Asrani
Police Commissioner Prakash	Mukesh Khanna
Chaman Jhinga / Parsi man	Dinesh Hingoo
Kabira's Gang Member	Razak Khan
Anuradha		Bipasha Basu
Anjali		Rimi Sen
Pappu and Gajodhar Singh		Rajpal Yadav
Kachra Seth		Manoj Joshi
Munnabhai		Johny Lever
Munnabhai's sidekick		Sunil Pal
Tiwari		Sharat Saxena
Tiwari's sidekick		Ravi Kishan
Peter		Suresh Menon	Cameo
Godfather Ram		Sanjay Mishra
TBA			Esha Gupta

Crew

Occupation	Film
Occupation	Hera Pheri (2000)	Phir Hera Pheri (2006)	Hera Pheri 3 (2019)
Director	Priyadarshan	Neeraj Vora	Indra Kumar
Producer(s)	A.G. Nadiadwala	Feroz Nadiadwala
Writer(s)	Neeraj Vora Siddique-Lal	Neeraj Vora
Music Director(s)	Anu Malik	Himesh Reshammiya
Director of photography	Jeeva	Velraj
Editor(s)	N. Gopalakrishnan	Diwakar P. Bhonsle, Virendra Gharse

Release and revenue

Film	Release date	Budget	Box office revenue
Hera Pheri	31 March 2000	₹75 million (US$900,000)	₹210 million (US$2.5 million)^[3]
Phir Hera Pheri	9 June 2006	₹200 million (US$2.4 million)	₹690 million (US$8.3 million)
Hera Pheri 3	26 July 2019	—	N/A

References

^ Jain, Mimmy (3 April 2000). "Three for a laugh". Express India. Retrieved 19 April 2011.
^ "In pictures: 'Hera Pheri 3' star cast unveiled". No. Mid.day.com. Mid Day. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
^ "Box Office 2000". Boxofficeindia.com. Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2011. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

Confirmed: Akshay Kumar, Paresh Rawal, Suniel Shetty to reunite for Hera Pheri 3

[1] Jain, Mimmy (3 April 2000). "Three for a laugh". Express India. Retrieved 19 April 2011.

[2] "In pictures: 'Hera Pheri 3' star cast unveiled". No. Mid.day.com. Mid Day. Retrieved 13 January 2015.

[3] "Box Office 2000". Boxofficeindia.com. Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2011. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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