Phir Hera Pheri

Phir Hera Pheri Movie Details:

Country	India
Language	Hindi
Genre	Comedy
Release date	9 June 2006
Running time	2hr 33min
Certificate	U
Starring	Akshay Kumar Sunil Shetty Paresh Rawal Narrated by Nana Patekar
Directed by	Neeraj Vora
Written by	Neeraj Vora
Produced by	Firoz A. Nadiadwala
Cinematography by	Velraj
Edited by	Diwakar P. Bhonsle Virendra Gharse
Music by	Himesh Reshammiya
Production Company	Base Industries Group
Distributor	Base Industries Group Shemaroo Entertainment

Phir Hera Pheri Movie Cast & Characters:

• Akshay Kumar as Raju
• Suniel Shetty as Ghanshyam ″Shyam″
• Paresh Rawal as Baburao Ganpatrao Apte (Babu Bhaiya)
• Bipasha Basu as Anuradha Munjal
• Rimi Sen as Anjali Patekar, Pappu’s sister
• Johny Lever as Goon Munna / Dhotar Chor
• Sharat Saxena as Gangster Tiwari / Total Seth, Pappu’s boss
• Manoj Joshi as Kachra Seth
• Milind Gunaji as Nanji Bhai
• Rajpal Yadav as Pappu Patekar, Anjali’s brother
• Ravi Kissan as Gangster Chhote, Tiwari’s sidekick
• Suresh Menon as Peter Singh, Nanji’s most trusted sidekick & Munna’s secret informer
• Dinesh Hingoo as Parsi Gun Collector
• Tiku Talsania as Police Officer (special appearance)
• Javed Khan Amrohi as Khetwadi Police Chowki Constable
• Razak Khan as Chhota Chetan, kabira’s sidekick
• Gulshan Grover as Gangster Kabira (archive footage from Hera Pheri)
• Kashmira Shah as kabira’s Gang Member and Anuradha’s sister (archive footage from Hera Pheri)
• Sunil Pal as Kishan Verma, Munna’s sidekick
• Kiku Sharda as Kanji Singh, Munna’s sidekick
• Viju Khote as Ravana from Ram-Leela, troupe member
• Madan Singh as Tiwari’s tall henchman (voice dubbed by Shailendra Pandey)
• Manmouji as Ram-Leela Troupe Member
• Jagdeep Singh as Headless Giant
• Mukesh Ahuja as Circus Magician
• Nana Patekar as Narrator
• Diya Mirza as an Item Girl in the song “Pyaar Ki Chatni” (special appearance)
• Neeraj Vora as the Bus Passenger speaking on the Phone (special appearance)
• Ghanshyam Rohera as Bus Conductor (special appearance)
• Tabu as Anuradha Shivshankar Panikar (archive footage from Hera Pheri)

Storyline:

The plot follows a twist of fate that changes the lives of Raju, Shyam, and Baburao when they get cheated by a fraudster Anuradha. They must now find another way to repay the loan taken from a dreaded gangster Totla Seth. The central plot takes inspiration from the 1998 films Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and The Circus.

Phir Hera Pheri Movie Box Office Collection & Budget:

Budget	₹18 crore
Worldwide Collection	₹69.12 crore

About Phir Hera Pheri Movie:

Phir Hera Pheri (transl Foul Play once again) is an Indian Hindi-language comedy film written and directed by Neeraj Vora. It stars Akshay Kumar, Suniel Shetty, and Paresh Rawal reprising their roles from the previous film with Bipasha Basu, Rimi Sen, Johnny Lever, and Rajpal Yadav.

It serves as the sequel to Hera Pheri (2000) and the second installment of the Hera Pheri franchise.

The movie is inspired by the movie ‘Lock Stock & Two Smoking Barrels’ starring Jason Statham.

This film is very much loved by the Indian online community as almost every scene in the movie is used as meme material on the internet.

Phir Hera Pheri was theatrically released on 9 June 2006, the film was a major commercial success, becoming the 8th highest-grosser of the year. The film received positive reviews from critics and earned 70 Crore INR at the end of its theatrical run & it was a box-office blockbuster.

According to the Indian trade website Box Office India, with around 10,00,000 units sold, this film’s soundtrack album was the year’s fifteenth highest-selling.

The film received positive reviews from critics and earned 70 Crore INR at the end of its theatrical run & it was a box-office blockbuster.

The song “Aye Meri Zohrajabeen” was only seen in the end title credits. The song became so popular that it was added in the movie later. The dream sequence of Rawal was added following the song.

Suneil Shetty was upset with his role, as he felt several of his scenes were cut. Those days there were reports that Akshay Kumar used to cut his co-star’s roles in his films, however, Akshay had defended himself saying that he told the makers to cut his song Kitne Armaan by half.

The original film Hera Pheri (2000)’s director Priyadarshan refused to direct the film as he felt the magic could be created only once, hence producer Firoz A. Nadiadwala decided to give writer Neeraj Vora a chance to direct the film. Coincidentally, the film was released on the same day as Priyadarshan’s Chup Chup Ke (2006) but Phir Hera Pheri was a big hit and Chup Chup Ke just an average grosser.

For some reason, Bipasha Basu’s and Rimi Sen’s voices were dubbed by a dubbing artist. She was upset that her voice was dubbed without her knowledge.

In the scene where Akshay Kumar travels with Rimi Sen in BEST 4 Limited bus, the person sitting next to him, talking over the phone is none other than Neeraj Vora, the director of the film.

This film is also known as “The Movie With No Haters”.

A sequel titled Hera Pheri 3 is planned, but the production was postponed after director Neeraj Vora died on 14 December 2017 after a prolonged illness. After the response from Firoz Nadiadwala, the sequel is under production and will be released soon.