20th Anniversary of Hera Pheri - An Interview with Suniel Shetty1 of 3
IMDb: The movie celebrated 20 years, this year. According to you, what made Hera Pheri such an iconic and special movie?
Suniel Shetty: What makes it iconic is basically the simplicity of the film. Hera Pheri is a film where everybody has problems and in those problems, there is so much humor that it is hard to stop watching. So it’s the simplicity of the film, simplicity of the script, it’s the honesty of the performance, it’s the characters, each character - whether it was Khadak Singh, or whether it was Kabira or whether it was Anuradha or Raju, Babu Bhai, Shyam--any of them.
Also, It was a film where action heroes were doing comedy and being controlled by someone like Babu Bhai, so audiences must have found that very amusing. Then, the basic script, the writing, the dialogues… the legendary direction of Priyadarshan and the entire team that worked so brilliantly. Neeraj Vora, Priyadarshan, Sabu Cyril and Jeeva, the cameraman Sabu, the art directors, A.G. Nadiadwala, the producer. I think I would say team work. Hera Pheri is a perfect example of perfect team work.
Suniel Shetty: What makes it iconic is basically the simplicity of the film. Hera Pheri is a film where everybody has problems and in those problems, there is so much humor that it is hard to stop watching. So it’s the simplicity of the film, simplicity of the script, it’s the honesty of the performance, it’s the characters, each character - whether it was Khadak Singh, or whether it was Kabira or whether it was Anuradha or Raju, Babu Bhai, Shyam--any of them.
Also, It was a film where action heroes were doing comedy and being controlled by someone like Babu Bhai, so audiences must have found that very amusing. Then, the basic script, the writing, the dialogues… the legendary direction of Priyadarshan and the entire team that worked so brilliantly. Neeraj Vora, Priyadarshan, Sabu Cyril and Jeeva, the cameraman Sabu, the art directors, A.G. Nadiadwala, the producer. I think I would say team work. Hera Pheri is a perfect example of perfect team work.