Chunky Pandey has worked in many Bangladeshi films.
There are many stars in Bollywood who came from other countries and earned a name in Bollywood and today are among the top stars of the industry. These include beauties like Helen, Amy Jackson, Katrina Kaif, Jacqueline Fernandez. But, do you know that Indian actor who made his acting mark abroad? This actor worked in not one or two but many successful Hindi films and even taught the ABC of acting to famous actors. But, even after this, he could not achieve the success in the industry that he had expected. However, this actor became so popular in other countries that he started being compared to the Romance King Shahrukh Khan and he became famous as the SRK of Bangladesh.
Who is the SRK of Bangladeshi films?
This actor who has worked in many hit films in Bollywood is none other than Chunky Pandey, who went to Bangladesh, a neighboring country which is in the news these days for violence and massive protests, and acted in it. He showed such magic there that he became a superstar of Bangladesh. Chunky was well liked in Bangladeshi cinema. Chunky Pandey got his first offer for a Bangladeshi film when he was partying in a hotel in 1995. Chunky’s first Bangladeshi film was a blockbuster and soon he started getting offers for Bangladeshi films.
Bangladeshi movies of chunky pandey
Talking about Chunky Pandey’s Bangladeshi films, he has worked in films like ‘Prem Korechi Besh Korechi’, ‘Mandira’, ‘Shami Keno Assami’ and ‘Meyerao Manush’. Talking about his Bollywood career, he made his Bollywood debut in 1987 with ‘Aag Hi Aag’ and then worked in films like Kasam Vardi Ki, Tezaab, Agni, Zakhm, Kohram and Lootere. Chunky was last seen in Liger and Sardar (Tamil film), which were released in 2022.
Chunky’s parents wanted him to become a doctor
Talking about Chunky Pandey’s personal life, his father was a famous heart surgeon and his mother was also a doctor. Both of them wanted their son to become a doctor like them, but this could not happen. Chunky Pandey’s real name is Suyash Pandey. Now the question arises that how did Suyash get the name Chunky. Actually, both Chunky’s parents were working, so a nanny used to take care of him. The same nanny used to lovingly call Suyash Chunky and later gradually everyone started calling him by this name and since then his name became Chunky.
‘Aankhen’ brought him fame
In the year 1993, David Dhawan called Chunky one day and said to him, ‘I am making a film. It will have two heroes. One is you and the other is Govinda.’ This film was ‘Aankhen’, which became a hit in the theatres as soon as it was released. Along with this, the pair of Govinda and Chunky also became a superhit. But still, Chunky’s career did not shine. One reason for this was that he worked in many such films, which had a lot of stars. He believed that even if a film flopped, at least the blame would not fall on him. But then a time came when the era of multi-starrer films also ended and this started becoming a cause of trouble for Chunky. After this, he tried his luck in Bangladeshi films and Chunky was forced to move from Bollywood to Bangladeshi films.
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