Happy Birthday Paresh Rawal!

The 30^th of May marks the birthday of a veteran Bollywood actor and a credit to the Indian Film Industry, Paresh Rawal. This multi-talented Gujarati actor was born in Mumbai in 1950 and is married to Swaroop Sampat, an actress and former Miss India winner. Both of them have two sons - Aditya and Aniruddh Rawal.

Rawal made his first appearance on the silver screen in 1984 with the film Holi after which he was seen in a large number of supporting and villain roles throughout the 1980s and 1990s. One particular movie of his from that period is Kshana Kshanam where he played a bank robber, a film for which he attained wide appreciation on his performance. He then was seen in films such as Sir and Woh Chokri which gained him the National Award for Best Supporting Actor. Since 2000 and onwards, Rawal, on the majority of cases, has been seen playing comic roles and once again proved his mesh and continued with his progressive success in the film circuit. The breakthrough in his career appeared with the comic blockbuster Hera Pheri, also starring Akshay Kumar and Suniel Shetty. Rawal's spot on comic timing and acting abilities of a poor man stuck in the middle of a crime fiasco are one of the named the reasons for the success of the film. He once again reprised the role in the movie's sequel, Phir Hera Pheri, in 2006. From there on, he starred in almost all the movies with a character that carried humor, some of which were; Garam Masala, Hulchul, Chup Chup Ke, Welcome, De Dana Dan and the 2012 released OMG! Oh My God.

It is widely said that his humorous pairing with the actor Akshay Kumar does wonders for the movies both star in; the list of movies and their successes are a proof of it.