Paresh Rawal

Paresh Rawal is an Indian actor and film producer known mainly for Hindi cinema. He began in the 1980s with Arjun (1985) and Naam (1986), often playing villains, and led the biographical film Sardar (1993) as Vallabhbhai Patel.

He later became known for comedy, notably in Hera Pheri (2000), Phir Hera Pheri (2006), Hungama (2003) and Welcome (2007), and led OMG - Oh My God! (2012). He has also acted in Sanju (2018), Uri: The Surgical Strike (2019) and the Tamil film Soorarai Pottru (2020). He won a National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor and received the Padma Shri in 2014.