As soon as the name of Chunky Pandey comes up, the face of an artist comes to the fore who used to make the audience laugh. Chunky did many great films in the initial phase. But Chunky was mostly offered films with double hero. Chunky played many roles in his film career but there came a time when he turned to Bangladeshi cinema. Chunky is celebrating his 60th birthday today. Let’s know some things related to his film career…
Chunky Pandey was born on 26 September 1962 in Mumbai. His real name is Suyash Pandey but in the film world people know him as Chunky. Chunky made his Bollywood debut with the film ‘Aag Hi Aag’ and this film proved to be a box office success. After the success of the first film, the path to Bollywood became easier for Chunky. He started getting offers for many better films.
fit into a supporting role
In the beginning of his career, Chunky Pandey did many films like ‘Paap Ki Duniya’, ‘Khatron Ke Khiladi’, ‘Zahreele’, ‘Aankhe’, which got a good response from the audience. He appeared in the role of Anil Kapoor’s friend in the film Tezaab and for this he also got the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor. But after this, Chunky started getting mostly supporting roles. In the eyes of the directors, he started fitting into the role of the hero’s friend.
A period of despair came again
The graph of a Bollywood career rises once and then falls. Something similar happened with Chunky Pandey. His career was not going so well in the 90s. Actually, on one hand Salman Khan, Shahrukh Khan and Aamir Khan were making their mark as romantic heroes. On the other hand stars like Akshay Kumar, Sunil Shetty, Ajay Devgan were making their mark as action heroes.
I haven’t come to Bangla but still…
In the 90s, the craze for romantic and action films increased a lot. Chunky was neither fitting into romantic roles nor was he getting action roles according to his personality. In such a situation, the directors offered him side roles, which Chunky could not take. Disappointed, Chunky turned to Bangladeshi cinema. His acting was liked there and he gave many hit films. Chunky did not know Bangladeshi, so his films were dubbed. Talking about Chunky’s family, his wife’s name is Bhavana Pandey. Chunky has two daughters Raisa and Ananya Pandey.
