Top 12 roles of Paresh Rawal that impressed audiences and critics

Paresh Rawal is someone who has no qualms experimenting with his looks for movies On the veteran actorrsquos birthday on May 30 we look at his drastically different onscreen appearancesBorn on May 30 1955 Paresh Rawal was born and raised in Mumbai The actor began his career in the acting field in 1985 with Rahul Rawails Arjun starring Sunny Deol Ever since he has received a lot of awards and praise from the audience and critics and he is truly one of the actors in the Hindi film industry who has gone beyond hits and flops as an artistA look at his memorable filmi avatarsTamannaMahesh Bhatts touching tale had Rawal pitch in his most accomplished performance as a eunuch who brings up a girl child he finds in a garbage bin with utmost love and care The movie also deals with the social ostracism eunuchs face in societyDaudRawal has proved his versatility in negative acts as well As the scheming criminal named Pinky the actor sported a bald look and delivered his dialogues in a madcap yet highly impressive mannerAndaz Apna ApnaThe veteran actor was amusing to the hilt in this ageless comedy As Teja aka Shyam Gopal Bajaj who is a criminal and his twin brother Ram Gopal Bajaj who is a honest rich man Paresh had little trouble tickling the funny bone His getups matched his characters very wellHera PheriWhat does one say about Rawals performance in the film apart from the fact that he stole the show with his antics His lumbering spectacles and Maharashtrian style dressing sense played a big part in making his act a laughriotMalamaal WeeklyIn his surprise hit Rawal played the only educated man in his village but his ungainly appearance unshaven look ugly teeth and bizarre manner of talking was what grabbed eyeballs He did a competent job even with a poorlyetched characterMumbai Meri JaanRawal brought tears to the eye with his performance of a helpless havaldar from the City of dreams who is on the verge of retirement His moving speech in the climax is the highpoint of the filmOye Lucky Lucky OyeIn the film Rawal portrayed three different characters including one of a grumpy Sardar and was top notch in each roleBhool BhulaiyaaPriyadarshan brought out the best in Rawal in a supporting character as well As the crazily anxious member of the Brahmin family which lives in an ancestral palace he is at his hilarious bestTable No 21A criticallyacclaimed film Rawal played a wily game show host in this His appearance comprised a bald look with just a strand of hair and a French beardAtithi Tum Kab JaogeA guest from a village arrives in the lives of a family but refuses to leave With a typical villagers dress sense and other attributes Rawal once again made for a funny watchSardarIn this biopic directed by Ketan Mehta Rawal took on the challenging of portraying one of Indias most respected freedom fighters Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and ended up receiving muchcritical acclaim Rawals getup and mannerisms were probably the closest anyone could get to looking like SardarOMG Oh My GodAs Kanji Lalji Mehta who has no faith in God and other divine powers decides to sue God after his shop gets destroyed in an earthquake Paresh Rawal won hearts His fight against Godfearing people and then debate about spirituality and faith with God Akshay Kumar was quite entertaining and an eyeopener of sorts