Priya Bapat.
Rajkumar Hirani’s first directed film was ‘Munna Bhai MBBS’. This film was a superhit. Sanjay Dutt was seen in the lead role in the film. He played the role of Munna, whose father wanted to make him a doctor, but he becomes a goon. He wants to make his father happy, after years he starts medical studies in a fake way and takes admission in a college. One of his classmates was shown in this medical college. This character was played by actress Priya Bapat. The same actress Priya Bapat played a more important role in the film’s sequel ‘Lage Raho Munna Bhai Mein’. In the last decade, Priya has made her mark as one of the most famous actresses of Marathi films.
OTT came to look at OTT
In 2003, when Priya Bapat appeared in ‘Munna Bhai MBBS’, one of her dialogues became very popular. ‘I want to help them by becoming a friend, not a doctor.’ After which Boman Irani was seen reprimanding him. After this a small role, Priya was offered many films. Now she has achieved a different place in the OTT world and is making a lot of buzz. He was recently seen in Sony Liv’s series ‘Raat Jawan Hai’. Earlier, she appeared in a remarkable role of intelligent politician Purnima Gaikwad in the web series ‘City of Dreams’ and got into the heart of the Hindi audience.
How did you get roll
In a recent interview, Priya told that when she was seen in ‘Munna Bhai MBBS’, she did not even know that she wanted to become a heroine. He did not have the clarity of what he had to do next in his career. She realized this after a long time, by then she has appeared in many films and advertisements. Recalling the selection process for ‘Munna Bhai MBBS’, Priya said that it was a direct process. After receiving a call from director Rajkumar Hirani, she went for audition and was easily selected. Priya told Bollywood Hungama, ‘I went to Rajkumar Hirani’s office. I auditioned and I got a role. It was so easy. ‘
25 years spent in Chawl
Priya had revealed that she lived in a chawl in Mumbai. He told that he has spent about 25 years of his life in a chawl in Dadar. She stayed there till she got married. The actress said that from celebrating Diwali together in childhood days to playing games with her friends, this chawl has given her a lot of memories. He further stated that the specialty of this chawl was that all the houses on one floor were internal connected to each other through doors. So it was easy to go from one house to another without getting out of the house. This arrangement kept all the families located on the floor to each other.