Deepak Dobriyal: There’s pressure to match an actor of Dimple’s stature

Updated On: 10 May, 2023 07:19 AM IST | Mumbai | Mohar Basu

Deepak, who shifts gears from character artiste to villain, on locking horns with Kapadia in Saas Bahu Aur Flamingo

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For years, Deepak Dobriyal would be offered versions of the same role that he played in the Tanu Weds Manu franchise — an affable, bumbling man. The image became synonymous with him, he rues. “I had been offered close to 200 projects that had different versions of Pappi ji. The shift to something beyond was conscious and necessary,” begins Dobriyal.

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