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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1962|09|26|df=y}} | | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1962|09|26|df=y}} | ||
| birth_place = [[ | | birth_place = [[Bombay]] (present Mumbai), [[Maharashtra]], [[India]] | ||
| spouse = {{Marriage| | | spouse = {{Marriage|Bhavana Pandey|January 1998}} | ||
| children = 2 (including [[Ananya Panday]]) | | children = 2 (including [[Ananya Panday]]) | ||
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'''Suyash Pandey''' (born 26 September 1962), | '''Suyash Pandey''' (born 26 September 1962), better known by his [[stage name]] '''Chunky Pandey''', is an [[India]]n film actor who works in [[Bollywood]] films.<ref name="BirthName">{{cite web | url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2015-05-23/news/62544408_1_chunky-pandey-indian-bureau-offshore-mining-rights | title=From arclight to mining light: Chunky Pandey won offshore mining rights, but it was no happy ending | publisher=The Economic Times | date=23 May 2015 | access-date=16 April 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160916040937/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2015-05-23/news/62544408_1_chunky-pandey-indian-bureau-offshore-mining-rights | archive-date=16 September 2016 | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Clicked-Chunky-Pandey-shooting-in-Lucknow/articleshow/49348220.cms | title=Chunky Pandey shooting in Lucknow | publisher=Times of India | date=14 October 2015 | access-date=16 April 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170811151729/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Clicked-Chunky-Pandey-shooting-in-Lucknow/articleshow/49348220.cms | archive-date=11 August 2017 | url-status=live }}</ref> He has appeared in over 100 films in a career that has spanned over three decades.{{citation needed|January 2022}} | ||
His most successful | His most successful films in [[Hindi]] were in the period 1987-1994. After the failure of his Hindi films as lead hero since 1994, his career in Hindi films faded away. He then worked in [[Bangladeshi cinema]] from 1995 and most of his films in [[Bangladesh]] were successful. He has been acting as a character actor since 2003 in Hindi films.{{citation needed|January 2022}} | ||
He is the father of actress [[Ananya Panday]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Colacello |first1=Bob |title=Inside Paris's 25th Annual le Bal des Débutantes |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2018/01/le-bal-des-debutantes-paris |website=Vanity Fair}}</ref> | |||
==Early life== | |||
Pandey was born as Suyash Pandey on 26 September 1962 in [[Bombay]].<ref name="BirthName"/><ref name="dob">{{cite web | url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/chunky-pandey039s-star-studded-birthday-bash-srk-gauri-malaika-and-others-spotted-at-party-photos-509336 | title=Chunky Pandey's Star-Studded Birthday Bash: SRK, Gauri, Malaika and Others Spotted at Party | work=International Business Times | date=26 September 2013 | access-date=16 April 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160424190242/http://www.ibtimes.co.in/chunky-pandey039s-star-studded-birthday-bash-srk-gauri-malaika-and-others-spotted-at-party-photos-509336 | archive-date=24 April 2016 | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Chunky Pandey set to make his Marathi film debut |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/chunky-pandey-set-to-make-his-marathi-film-debut/1695747 |access-date=12 September 2020 |work=Outlook |date=28 December 2019}}</ref> | |||
== Career == | == Career == | ||
Pandey worked as an instructor in acting school in 1986. He used to be senior to many junior budding artists such as [[Akshay Kumar]].<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.canindia.com/akshay-was-huge-fan-of-his-once-acting-instructor-chunky-pandey/ | title=Akshay was huge fan of his once acting instructor Chunky Pandey | access-date=26 October 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161026235429/http://www.canindia.com/akshay-was-huge-fan-of-his-once-acting-instructor-chunky-pandey/ | archive-date=26 October 2016 | url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
===1987–1993: Debut and early success=== | ===1987–1993: Debut and early success=== | ||
Pandey debuted his acting career with the 1987 multi-starer film ''[[Aag Hi Aag]]'' opposite [[Neelam Kothari]]. Film producer [[Pahlaj Nihalani]] gave | Pandey debuted his acting career with the 1987 multi-starer film ''[[Aag Hi Aag]]'' opposite [[Neelam Kothari]]. Film producer [[Pahlaj Nihalani]] gave Pandey his first break in 1987 by signing him up for two films, his debut film and Paap Ki Duniya. His second successful film was ''[[Paap Ki Duniya]]'' with [[Sunny Deol]] and Neelam. Subsequently, Pandey appeared in many multi-hero films from 1987 to 1993. In 1988, Pandey was appreciated for his supporting role in N. Chandra's film ''[[Tezaab]]'' featuring [[Anil Kapoor]] and [[Madhuri Dixit]]. Pandey played the character of Babban, Munna's (Anil Kapoor) friend.<ref>{{cite web|title=Chunky Pandey says happy playing second lead in films|url=http://movies.ndtv.com/movie_story.aspx?ID=ENTEN20100144076&Keyword=bollywood&from=bottomrelated|publisher=NDTV Movies |archive-date=14 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714162906/http://movies.ndtv.com/movie_story.aspx?ID=ENTEN20100144076&Keyword=bollywood&from=bottomrelated|access-date=12 March 2011|author=IANS|date=16 June 2010}}</ref> For his performance in ''Tezaab'', Pandey was nominated for the [[Filmfare Award]] for the Best Supporting Actor. | ||
Since then he has appeared in many films with mixed success throughout the late 1980s and 1990s. Most of his films where he had the leading role did not fare well at the box office from 1992.{{Citation needed|date=October 2019}} In most films, he was cast in supporting roles to senior actors like [[Rajesh Khanna]], [[Dharmendra]], [[Jeetendra]], [[Sunny Deol]] and [[Sanjay Dutt]]. Some of those hit films with him in second lead, are ''[[Paap Ki Duniya]]'' (1988), ''[[Khatron Ke Khiladi (1988 film)|Khatron Ke Khiladi]]'' (1988), ''[[Ghar Ka Chiraag]]'' (1989), '' | Since then he has appeared in many films with mixed success throughout the late 1980s and 1990s. Most of his films where he had the leading role did not fare well at the box office from 1992.{{Citation needed|date=October 2019}} In most films, he was cast in supporting roles to senior actors like [[Rajesh Khanna]], [[Dharmendra]], [[Jeetendra]], [[Sunny Deol]] and [[Sanjay Dutt]]. Some of those hit films with him in second lead, are ''[[Paap Ki Duniya]]'' (1988), ''[[Khatron Ke Khiladi (1988 film)|Khatron Ke Khiladi]]'' (1988), ''[[Ghar Ka Chiraag]]'' (1989), ''Nakabandi'', ''[[Zahreelay]]'' (1990), ''[[Rupaye Dus Karod]]'', ''[[Vishwatma]]'' (1992), ''[[Lootere]]'' (1993) and ''Aankhen'' (1993). His solo hit was ''[[Parda Hai Parda (1992 film)|Parda Hai Parda]]'' (1992). | ||
===1994–2003: Career slump and hiatus=== | ===1994–2003: Career slump and hiatus=== | ||
The advent of the 1990s saw a new wave of actors like [[Aamir Khan]], [[Salman Khan]] and [[Shah Rukh Khan]] taking on roles as "romantic heroes", while [[Akshay Kumar]], [[Suniel Shetty]] and [[Ajay Devgan]] grabbed the "action hero" roles. Pandey found it difficult to slot himself in either category. In addition, by the late nineties, solo-hero films were back in vogue instead of the multi-hero films in which Pandey was generally cast.{{Citation needed|date=October 2019}} | The advent of the 1990s saw a new wave of actors like [[Aamir Khan]], [[Salman Khan]] and [[Shah Rukh Khan]] taking on roles as "romantic heroes", while [[Akshay Kumar]], [[Suniel Shetty]] and [[Ajay Devgan]] grabbed the "action hero" roles. Pandey found it difficult to slot himself in either category. In addition, by the late nineties, solo-hero films were back in vogue instead of the multi-hero films in which Pandey was generally cast.{{Citation needed|date=October 2019}} | ||
Pandey grew increasingly tired of playing second fiddle to more prominent actors, but had difficulty being seen as marketable, other than supporting household names. "I was offered hero ke bhai ka (lead actor's brother) roles," he said. "I (told them), 'Boss, not happening.'"<ref>{{cite web |title=The Second Life of Chunky Pandey |url=http://www.openthemagazine.com/article/cinema/the-second-life-of-chunky-pandey |publisher=Open The Magazine |date=26 December 2013 |access-date=11 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140103013404/http://www.openthemagazine.com/article/cinema/the-second-life-of-chunky-pandey |archive-date=3 January 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref> He moved to act as hero in Bangladesh films. In 1995, he was offered his first films as the lead hero in Bangladeshi films. He acted in six films between 1995 and 1997 as hero in Bangladesh and all of them were successful.<ref>{{Cite web| url=http://www.openthemagazine.com/article/cinema/the-second-life-of-chunky-pandey#page4| title=The Second Life of Chunky Pandey| date=26 December 2013| access-date=11 March 2014| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140103013404/http://www.openthemagazine.com/article/cinema/the-second-life-of-chunky-pandey#page4| archive-date=3 January 2014| url-status=live}}</ref> Between 1997 and 2002, he received minimal work in Bollywood, playing supporting roles in low-budget films like ''[[Tirchhi Topiwale]]'', ''[[Yeh Hai Mumbai Meri Jaan]]'', ''[[Kaun Rokega Mujhe]]'' and ''[[Jwalamukhi (2000 film)|Jwalamukhi]]''. | |||
===2003 to present: Return to Bollywood=== | ===2003 to present: Return to Bollywood=== | ||
Pandey returned to Bollywood in 2003 playing minor supporting roles in ''[[Qayamat: City Under Threat]]'', ''[[Elaan (2005 film)|Elaan]]'', ''[[Don: The Chase Begins Again]]'' and ''[[Apna Sapna Money Money]]''. | |||
In 2005, he played an underworld gangster in the [[Ram Gopal Varma]] film ''[[D (film)|D – Underworld Badshah]]''. Later, director [[Ram Gopal Varma]] roped him in for ''[[Darwaaza Bandh Rakho]]'', a dark comedy thriller in which he played one of four robbers who hold a family hostage. | |||
Pandey played the role of the Indo-Italian "Aakhiri Pasta" in the 2010 comedy hit ''[[Housefull (2010 film)|Housefull]]'' followed by his reprised roles in the sequels ''[[Housefull 2]]'' in 2012, ''[[Housefull 3]]'' in 2016 and in ''[[Housefull 4]]'' in 2019. | |||
In | In regards to his film selection since returning to acting in Bollywood, Pandey has stated that he prefers not to play a hero nowadays because there is less pressure on him if the film fails and it's much more fun playing interesting characters and showing his range.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.filmcompanion.in/interviews/bollywood-interview/chunky-panday-i-had-to-tell-myself-i-was-no-longer-a-hero-his-big-bollywood-comeback/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=3 September 2020 |archive-date=11 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201011130605/https://www.filmcompanion.in/interviews/bollywood-interview/chunky-panday-i-had-to-tell-myself-i-was-no-longer-a-hero-his-big-bollywood-comeback/ |url-status=live }}</ref> | ||
Pandey has | While Pandey's second stint in Bollywood has mainly consisted of starring as a character actor, he doesn't want to be pigeonholed into only doing comic roles. "I don't think I am restricting myself to doing only comedy. I am hoping that someone offers me something else... It requires a lot of guts for someone to cast me in something else. I am just hoping that someone sees something else in me other than comedy."<ref>{{cite web|title=Chunky Pandey doesn't want to stick to comedy|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news-interviews/Chunky-Pandey-doesnt-want-to-stick-to-comedy/articleshow/14989391.cms|work=The Times of India|access-date=11 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170813134256/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news-interviews/Chunky-Pandey-doesnt-want-to-stick-to-comedy/articleshow/14989391.cms|archive-date=13 August 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> | ||
This hope was realised with Pandey starring as villains in the films ''[[Begum Jaan]]'', ''[[Prassthanam]]'', ''[[Saaho]]'' and web series ''[[Abhay (TV series)|Abhay]]''. | |||
==Personal life== | ==Personal life== | ||
Pandey married | Pandey married Bhavana Pandey in January 1998. They have two daughters, including actress [[Ananya Panday]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sabharwal |first1=Mehak |title=Bhavna Pandey reveals people were calculating if she conceived Ananya Panday before marriage or after |url=https://www.timesnownews.com/entertainment/news/people/article/bhavna-pandey-reveals-people-were-calculating-if-she-conceived-ananya-panday-before-marriage-or-after/415598 |access-date=20 January 2020 |work=www.timesnownews.com |date=9 May 2019 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190514101502/https://www.timesnownews.com/entertainment/news/people/article/bhavna-pandey-reveals-people-were-calculating-if-she-conceived-ananya-panday-before-marriage-or-after/415598 |archive-date=14 May 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Bhavna Pandey reveals if daughter Ananya was born before or after marriage |url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/entertainment/bhavna-pandey-reveals-if-daughter-ananya-was-born-before-or-after-marriage |access-date=20 January 2020 |work=Free Press Journal |date=9 May 2019 |language=en |archive-date=11 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201011130609/https://www.freepressjournal.in/entertainment/bhavna-pandey-reveals-if-daughter-ananya-was-born-before-or-after-marriage |url-status=live }}</ref> | ||
== Filmography == | == Filmography == | ||
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|rowspan=5|1988 | |rowspan=5|1988 | ||
|''[[ | |''[[Paap Ki Duniya]]'' | ||
| | |Inspector Vijay | ||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[Gunahon Ka Faisla]]'' | |''[[Gunahon Ka Faisla]]'' | ||
| | |Sheroo | ||
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|''[[ | |''[[Khatron Ke Khiladi (1988 film)|Khatron Ke Khiladi]]'' | ||
| | |Mahesh | ||
|- | |||
|''[[Tezaab]]'' | |||
|Babban | |||
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|''[[Agnee (1988 film)|Agnee]]'' | |''[[Agnee (1988 film)|Agnee]]'' | ||
|Babla | |Babla | ||
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|rowspan=8|1989 | |rowspan=8|1989 | ||
|''[[ | |''[[Ustaad]]'' | ||
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|- | |- | ||
|''Paanch | |''Paanch Paapi'' | ||
| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
|''Mitti Aur Sona'' | |''[[Mitti Aur Sona]]'' | ||
|Vijay Bhushan | |Vijay Bhushan | ||
|- | |- | ||
|''Kasam Vardi Ki'' | |''[[Kasam Vardi Ki|Kasam Vardi Kee]]'' | ||
| | |Ajay Singh | ||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[Ghar Ka Chiraag]]'' | |''[[Ghar Ka Chiraag]]'' | ||
|Ravi | |Ravi | ||
|- | |- | ||
|''Na-Insaafi'' | |''[[Na-Insaafi]]'' | ||
|Sonu | |Sonu | ||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[Gola Barood]]'' | |''[[Gola Barood]]'' | ||
| | |Vijay | ||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[Zakham]]'' | |''[[Zakham (1989 film)|Zakham]]'' | ||
| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
|rowspan= | |rowspan=5|1990 | ||
|''[[Zahreelay]]'' | |''[[Zahreelay]]'' | ||
|Raju Verma | |Raju Verma | ||
|- | |- | ||
|'' | |''Naakabandi'' | ||
|Raja Singh | |||
|- | |||
|''Atishbaaz'' | |||
| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[ | |''[[Aaj Ke Shahenshah]]'' | ||
| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
|'' | |''Tadap'' | ||
| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
|rowspan= | |rowspan=5|1991 | ||
|''[[Kohraam]]'' | |''[[Kohraam]]'' | ||
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|''[[Rupaye Dus Karod]]'' | |''[[Rupaye Dus Karod]]'' | ||
|Suraj | |Suraj | ||
|- | |||
|''[[Khilaaf]]'' | |||
|Vikram 'Vicky' Veerpratap Singh | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''Jeevan Daata'' | |''Jeevan Daata'' | ||
| | |Shankar | ||
|- | |- | ||
|rowspan= | |rowspan=7|1992 | ||
|''[[Parda Hai Parda (1992 film)|Parda Hai Parda]]'' | |''[[Parda Hai Parda (1992 film)|Parda Hai Parda]]'' | ||
|Vijay | |Vijay | ||
|- | |||
|''[[Sone Ki Lanka]]'' | |||
|Rohit | |||
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|''Naseebwaala'' | |''Naseebwaala'' | ||
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|rowspan=4|1994 | |rowspan=4|1994 | ||
|'' | |''Gopalaa'' | ||
|Major Anand/Gopal "Gopala" Anand | |Major Anand/Gopal "Gopala" Anand | ||
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|''[[Don: The Chase Begins Again]]'' | |''[[Don: The Chase Begins Again]]'' | ||
|T.J ( | |T.J (special appearance) | ||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[I See You (2006 film)|I See You]]'' | |''[[I See You (2006 film)|I See You]]'' | ||
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|- | |- | ||
|''[[Om Shanti Om]]'' | |''[[Om Shanti Om]]'' | ||
|As himself | |As himself (special appearance) | ||
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|2008 | |2008 | ||
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|''[[Sankat City]]'' | |''[[Sankat City]]'' | ||
|Sikandar Khan ( | |Sikandar Khan (dual role) | ||
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|''[[Daddy Cool (2009 Hindi film)|Daddy Cool]]'' | |''[[Daddy Cool (2009 Hindi film)|Daddy Cool]]'' | ||
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|''[[Housefull (2010 film)|Housefull]]'' | |''[[Housefull (2010 film)|Housefull]]'' | ||
| | |Aakhri Pasta | ||
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|rowspan=1|2010 | |rowspan=1|2010 | ||
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|rowspan=3|2012 | |rowspan=3|2012 | ||
|''[[Housefull 2]]'' | |''[[Housefull 2]]'' | ||
| | | Aakhri Pasta | ||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[Kyaa Super Kool Hain Hum]]'' | |''[[Kyaa Super Kool Hain Hum]]'' | ||
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|rowspan=2|2016 | |rowspan=2|2016 | ||
|''[[Housefull 3]]'' | |''[[Housefull 3]]'' | ||
| | |Aakhri Pasta<ref>{{cite web | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Chunky-Pandey-to-play-double-role-in-Housefull-3/articleshow/51496699.cms | title=Chunky Pandey to play double role in 'Housefull 3' | work=The Times of India | date=21 March 2016 | access-date=16 April 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160324235234/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Chunky-Pandey-to-play-double-role-in-Housefull-3/articleshow/51496699.cms | archive-date=24 March 2016 | url-status=live }}</ref> | ||
|- | |- | ||
|style="background:#FFFFCC;|{{dagger|alt=Films that have not yet been released}}Badman | |style="background:#FFFFCC;|{{dagger|alt=Films that have not yet been released}}Badman | ||
|<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/wait-what-gulshan-grover-is-playing-a-good-guy-now-guess-the-villain/story-M42sOHAfdSbVsgQO7sPo1J.html | title=Wait, what? Gulshan Grover is playing a good guy now. Guess the villain | publisher=Hindustan Times | date=27 March 2016 | | |<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/wait-what-gulshan-grover-is-playing-a-good-guy-now-guess-the-villain/story-M42sOHAfdSbVsgQO7sPo1J.html | title=Wait, what? Gulshan Grover is playing a good guy now. Guess the villain | publisher=Hindustan Times | date=27 March 2016 | access-date=16 April 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160416012907/http://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/wait-what-gulshan-grover-is-playing-a-good-guy-now-guess-the-villain/story-M42sOHAfdSbVsgQO7sPo1J.html | archive-date=16 April 2016 | url-status=live }}</ref> | ||
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|2017 | |2017 | ||
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|''[[Prassthanam]]'' | |''[[Prassthanam]]'' | ||
|Bajwa Khatri<ref>{{cite news |title=Chunky Panday: Meet "The Opportunist" from Prassthanam |url=https://www.glamsham.com/en/the-makers-have-revealed-the-first-look-of-chunky-panday-in-prassthanam | | |Bajwa Khatri<ref>{{cite news |title=Chunky Panday: Meet "The Opportunist" from Prassthanam |url=https://www.glamsham.com/en/the-makers-have-revealed-the-first-look-of-chunky-panday-in-prassthanam |access-date=15 February 2020 |work=Glamsham |date=26 August 2019 |language=en |archive-date=28 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200128113932/https://www.glamsham.com/en/the-makers-have-revealed-the-first-look-of-chunky-panday-in-prassthanam |url-status=live }}</ref> | ||
|- | |- | ||
|''[[Housefull 4]]'' | |''[[Housefull 4]]'' | ||
| | |Aakhri Pasta | ||
|- | |- | ||
|2020 | | rowspan="3" |2020 | ||
|''[[Jawaani Jaaneman]]'' | |''[[Jawaani Jaaneman]]'' | ||
| Rajender Sharma aka Rocky | | Rajender Sharma aka Rocky | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | |''[[Vikun Taak|Vikun Tak]]'' | ||
|Debut Marathi film | |||
|Debut Marathi | |||
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| | |''[[Abhay (TV series)|Abhay]]'' | ||
| Antagonist | | Antagonist | ||
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! Year!!From!!Award!!Film!!Result | ! Year!!From!!Award!!Film!!Result | ||
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|1989||[[Filmfare Awards]]||[[Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award|Best Supporting Actor Award]]||''[[Tezaab]]''||{{Nom}} | |1989||[[34th Filmfare Awards|Filmfare Awards]]||[[Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award|Best Supporting Actor Award]]||''[[Tezaab]]''||{{Nom}} | ||
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|rowspan=2|2007||[[Filmfare Awards]]||[[Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Comic Role|Best Performance in a Comic Role]]||rowspan=2|''[[Apna Sapna Money Money]]''||{{Nom}} | |rowspan=2|2007||[[52nd Filmfare Awards|Filmfare Awards]]||[[Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Comic Role|Best Performance in a Comic Role]]||rowspan=2|''[[Apna Sapna Money Money]]''||{{Nom}} | ||
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|[[8th IIFA Awards|IIFA Awards]]||[[IIFA Award for Best Performance in a Comic Role|Best Performance in a Comic Role]]||{{Nom}} | |[[8th IIFA Awards|IIFA Awards]]||[[IIFA Award for Best Performance in a Comic Role|Best Performance in a Comic Role]]||{{Nom}} | ||
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|[[Zee Cine Awards]]||[[Zee Cine Award for Best Actor in a Comic Role|Best Actor in a Comic Role]]||{{Nom}} | |[[Zee Cine Awards]]||[[Zee Cine Award for Best Actor in a Comic Role|Best Actor in a Comic Role]]||{{Nom}} | ||
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| 2021 | |||
| IWM Buzz Digital Awards | |||
| Most Popular Negative Character in a web series - Male | |||
| [[Abhay (TV series)|Abhay]] | |||
|{{won}} | |||
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* {{Bollywood Hungama person|chunky-pandey}} | * {{Bollywood Hungama person|chunky-pandey}} | ||
* {{ | * {{Instagram}} | ||
{{Authority control}} | {{Authority control}} | ||
Latest revision as of 10:54, 15 January 2022
Suyash Pandey (born 26 September 1962), better known by his stage name Chunky Pandey, is an Indian film actor who works in Bollywood films.[1][2] He has appeared in over 100 films in a career that has spanned over three decades.[citation needed]
Chunky Pandey | |
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 Chunky Pandey at the success party of the film The Forest, 2012 | |
| Born | Suyash Pandey 26 September 1962 |
| Occupation |
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| Years active | 1987–present |
| Spouse(s) | Bhavana Pandey ( m. 1998) |
| Children | 2 (including Ananya Panday) |
His most successful films in Hindi were in the period 1987-1994. After the failure of his Hindi films as lead hero since 1994, his career in Hindi films faded away. He then worked in Bangladeshi cinema from 1995 and most of his films in Bangladesh were successful. He has been acting as a character actor since 2003 in Hindi films.[citation needed]
He is the father of actress Ananya Panday.[3]
Early lifeEdit
Pandey was born as Suyash Pandey on 26 September 1962 in Bombay.[1][4][5]
CareerEdit
Pandey worked as an instructor in acting school in 1986. He used to be senior to many junior budding artists such as Akshay Kumar.[6]
1987–1993: Debut and early successEdit
Pandey debuted his acting career with the 1987 multi-starer film Aag Hi Aag opposite Neelam Kothari. Film producer Pahlaj Nihalani gave Pandey his first break in 1987 by signing him up for two films, his debut film and Paap Ki Duniya. His second successful film was Paap Ki Duniya with Sunny Deol and Neelam. Subsequently, Pandey appeared in many multi-hero films from 1987 to 1993. In 1988, Pandey was appreciated for his supporting role in N. Chandra's film Tezaab featuring Anil Kapoor and Madhuri Dixit. Pandey played the character of Babban, Munna's (Anil Kapoor) friend.[7] For his performance in Tezaab, Pandey was nominated for the Filmfare Award for the Best Supporting Actor.
Since then he has appeared in many films with mixed success throughout the late 1980s and 1990s. Most of his films where he had the leading role did not fare well at the box office from 1992.[citation needed] In most films, he was cast in supporting roles to senior actors like Rajesh Khanna, Dharmendra, Jeetendra, Sunny Deol and Sanjay Dutt. Some of those hit films with him in second lead, are Paap Ki Duniya (1988), Khatron Ke Khiladi (1988), Ghar Ka Chiraag (1989), Nakabandi, Zahreelay (1990), Rupaye Dus Karod, Vishwatma (1992), Lootere (1993) and Aankhen (1993). His solo hit was Parda Hai Parda (1992).
1994–2003: Career slump and hiatusEdit
The advent of the 1990s saw a new wave of actors like Aamir Khan, Salman Khan and Shah Rukh Khan taking on roles as "romantic heroes", while Akshay Kumar, Suniel Shetty and Ajay Devgan grabbed the "action hero" roles. Pandey found it difficult to slot himself in either category. In addition, by the late nineties, solo-hero films were back in vogue instead of the multi-hero films in which Pandey was generally cast.[citation needed]
Pandey grew increasingly tired of playing second fiddle to more prominent actors, but had difficulty being seen as marketable, other than supporting household names. "I was offered hero ke bhai ka (lead actor's brother) roles," he said. "I (told them), 'Boss, not happening.'"[8] He moved to act as hero in Bangladesh films. In 1995, he was offered his first films as the lead hero in Bangladeshi films. He acted in six films between 1995 and 1997 as hero in Bangladesh and all of them were successful.[9] Between 1997 and 2002, he received minimal work in Bollywood, playing supporting roles in low-budget films like Tirchhi Topiwale, Yeh Hai Mumbai Meri Jaan, Kaun Rokega Mujhe and Jwalamukhi.
2003 to present: Return to BollywoodEdit
Pandey returned to Bollywood in 2003 playing minor supporting roles in Qayamat: City Under Threat, Elaan, Don: The Chase Begins Again and Apna Sapna Money Money.
In 2005, he played an underworld gangster in the Ram Gopal Varma film D – Underworld Badshah. Later, director Ram Gopal Varma roped him in for Darwaaza Bandh Rakho, a dark comedy thriller in which he played one of four robbers who hold a family hostage.
Pandey played the role of the Indo-Italian "Aakhiri Pasta" in the 2010 comedy hit Housefull followed by his reprised roles in the sequels Housefull 2 in 2012, Housefull 3 in 2016 and in Housefull 4 in 2019.
In regards to his film selection since returning to acting in Bollywood, Pandey has stated that he prefers not to play a hero nowadays because there is less pressure on him if the film fails and it's much more fun playing interesting characters and showing his range.[10]
While Pandey's second stint in Bollywood has mainly consisted of starring as a character actor, he doesn't want to be pigeonholed into only doing comic roles. "I don't think I am restricting myself to doing only comedy. I am hoping that someone offers me something else... It requires a lot of guts for someone to cast me in something else. I am just hoping that someone sees something else in me other than comedy."[11]
This hope was realised with Pandey starring as villains in the films Begum Jaan, Prassthanam, Saaho and web series Abhay.
Personal lifeEdit
Pandey married Bhavana Pandey in January 1998. They have two daughters, including actress Ananya Panday.[12][13]
FilmographyEdit
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Denotes films that have not yet been released |
| Year | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Rocky | Bell-ringer student (extra) in song "Rocky Mera Naam" |
| 1987 | Aag Hi Aag | Vijay Singh |
| 1988 | Paap Ki Duniya | Inspector Vijay |
| Gunahon Ka Faisla | Sheroo | |
| Khatron Ke Khiladi | Mahesh | |
| Tezaab | Babban | |
| Agnee | Babla | |
| 1989 | Ustaad | |
| Paanch Paapi | ||
| Mitti Aur Sona | Vijay Bhushan | |
| Kasam Vardi Kee | Ajay Singh | |
| Ghar Ka Chiraag | Ravi | |
| Na-Insaafi | Sonu | |
| Gola Barood | Vijay | |
| Zakham | ||
| 1990 | Zahreelay | Raju Verma |
| Naakabandi | Raja Singh | |
| Atishbaaz | ||
| Aaj Ke Shahenshah | ||
| Tadap | ||
| 1991 | Kohraam | |
| Do Matwale | Amar | |
| Rupaye Dus Karod | Suraj | |
| Khilaaf | Vikram 'Vicky' Veerpratap Singh | |
| Jeevan Daata | Shankar | |
| 1992 | Parda Hai Parda | Vijay |
| Sone Ki Lanka | Rohit | |
| Naseebwaala | Amar | |
| Kasak | ||
| Vishwatma | Akash Bhardwaj | |
| Khule-Aam | Surya | |
| Apradhi | Salim/Ravi | |
| 1993 | Aankhen | Ranjeet (Munnu) |
| Lootere | Ali | |
| Police Wala | Jimmy/CBI Officer Jagmohan Nath | |
| Aakhri Chetawani | ||
| 1994 | Gopalaa | Major Anand/Gopal "Gopala" Anand |
| Insaniyat | Hariharan | |
| Bollywood | Ashok | |
| Teesra Kaun? | Vijay Verma | |
| 1997 | Kaun Rokega Mujhe | |
| Bhoot Bhungla | Amar | |
| 1998 | Tirchhi Topiwale | Anand |
| 1999 | Yeh Hai Mumbai Meri Jaan | Chali D'Souza |
| 2000 | Jwalamukhi | Police inspector Bhola |
| 2001 | Kasam | Fugitive |
| 2003 | Qayamat: City Under Threat | Gopal, a scientist |
| Mumbai Se Aaya Mera Dost | Ajay singh | |
| 2005 | Elaan | Salim |
| D | Raghav | |
| Ssukh | Rakesh Verma | |
| 2006 | Apna Sapna Money Money | Rana Jang Bahadur |
| Darwaaza Bandh Rakho | Raghu | |
| Don: The Chase Begins Again | T.J (special appearance) | |
| I See You | Akshay 'AK' Kapoor | |
| 2007 | Fool N Final | Rocky |
| Om Shanti Om | As himself (special appearance) | |
| 2008 | Hello Darling | Rocky |
| 2009 | Ek: The Power of One | Balli |
| Paying Guest | Ronnie | |
| Sankat City | Sikandar Khan (dual role) | |
| Daddy Cool | Harry | |
| Shortkut | Guru Kapoor | |
| De Dana Dan | Nonny Chadda | |
| 2010 | Click | Manu Sharma |
| Housefull | Aakhri Pasta | |
| 2010 | Tees Maar Khan | Himself |
| 2011 | Ready | Special appearance |
| 2011 | Rascals | Bhagat Bhulabhai Chouhan(BBC) |
| 2012 | Housefull 2 | Aakhri Pasta |
| Kyaa Super Kool Hain Hum | Baba 3G | |
| Hum Hai Raahi Car Ke | Khukhri Thapa / Paaji | |
| 2013 | Bullett Raja | Lallan Tiwari |
| Himmatwala | Michael Jaikishan | |
| 2014 | Gang of Ghosts | Gulab Chand |
| Humshakals | Bijlani | |
| 2016 | Housefull 3 | Aakhri Pasta[14] |
| Badman
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| 2017 | Begum Jaan | Kabir |
| 2019 | Saaho | Devraj |
| Prassthanam | Bajwa Khatri[16] | |
| Housefull 4 | Aakhri Pasta | |
| 2020 | Jawaani Jaaneman | Rajender Sharma aka Rocky |
| Vikun Tak | Debut Marathi film | |
| Abhay | Antagonist |
Awards and nominationsEdit
| Year | From | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Filmfare Awards | Best Supporting Actor Award | Tezaab | Nominated |
| 2007 | Filmfare Awards | Best Performance in a Comic Role | Apna Sapna Money Money | Nominated |
| IIFA Awards | Best Performance in a Comic Role | Nominated | ||
| 2013 | IIFA Awards | Best Performance in a Comic Role | Housefull 2 | Nominated |
| Zee Cine Awards | Best Actor in a Comic Role | Nominated | ||
| 2021 | IWM Buzz Digital Awards | Most Popular Negative Character in a web series - Male | Abhay | Won |
ReferencesEdit
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- ↑ "Chunky Pandey shooting in Lucknow". Times of India. 14 October 2015. Archived from the original on 11 August 2017. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
- ↑ Colacello, Bob. "Inside Paris's 25th Annual le Bal des Débutantes". Vanity Fair.
- ↑ "Chunky Pandey's Star-Studded Birthday Bash: SRK, Gauri, Malaika and Others Spotted at Party". International Business Times. 26 September 2013. Archived from the original on 24 April 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
- ↑ "Chunky Pandey set to make his Marathi film debut". Outlook. 28 December 2019. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
- ↑ "Akshay was huge fan of his once acting instructor Chunky Pandey". Archived from the original on 26 October 2016. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
- ↑ IANS (16 June 2010). "Chunky Pandey says happy playing second lead in films". NDTV Movies. Archived from the original on 14 July 2011. Retrieved 12 March 2011.
- ↑ "The Second Life of Chunky Pandey". Open The Magazine. 26 December 2013. Archived from the original on 3 January 2014. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
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- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 11 October 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ↑ "Chunky Pandey doesn't want to stick to comedy". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 13 August 2017. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
- ↑ Sabharwal, Mehak (9 May 2019). "Bhavna Pandey reveals people were calculating if she conceived Ananya Panday before marriage or after". www.timesnownews.com. Archived from the original on 14 May 2019. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
- ↑ "Bhavna Pandey reveals if daughter Ananya was born before or after marriage". Free Press Journal. 9 May 2019. Archived from the original on 11 October 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
- ↑ "Chunky Pandey to play double role in 'Housefull 3'". The Times of India. 21 March 2016. Archived from the original on 24 March 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
- ↑ "Wait, what? Gulshan Grover is playing a good guy now. Guess the villain". Hindustan Times. 27 March 2016. Archived from the original on 16 April 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
- ↑ "Chunky Panday: Meet "The Opportunist" from Prassthanam". Glamsham. 26 August 2019. Archived from the original on 28 January 2020. Retrieved 15 February 2020.