Published 19:22 IST, November 7th 2019
Arshad Warsi aka Circuit’s opinion on comedy in Bollywood today
Arshad Warsi is gearing up for the release of his next film, Pagaalpanti. During a recent interview, he spoke about the state of comedy in Bollywood today.
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famous comedy film series Munna Bhai would have been incomplete if it was t for Arshad Warsi’s comical portrayal of Circuit. He won over audience and critics alike with his comical dialogues. He made a special place for himself in comedy genre in Bollywood with film and his role. He has been in industry for more than two decades w and has played some iconic roles in films like Hulchul, Golmaal: Fun Unlimited, Jolly LLB, Ishqiya, etc.
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Arshad Warsi comments on comedy in Bollywood today
During recent promotions of his upcoming film Pagalpanti, Arshad Warsi spoke to a leading national daily at length about comedy in Bollywood se days. He revealed how he has been typecast to a certain genre. He also said that people in industry do t offer him anything apart from comedy. But this is t going to stop actor from experimenting.
Arshad Warsi also added that actors should t be worried about being typecast but instead work on ir acting abilities. He said that as long as an actor is getting work, y should be okay with roles being offered. Arshad also said that he does t worry about being typecast.
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While commenting on current state of comedy in Bollywood, Arshad Warsi said that, in his opinion, comedy has only gotten worse. He said that only a handful of writers come up with original content while ors source comedy from internet. He said that this is a very sad state of comedy in Bollywood.
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Arshad Warsi also called comedy in Bollywood today "chichori." He wishes that this was t case and that people would work on more intelligent comedy instead. He said that comedy writers have become very complacent and t hardworking.
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Arshad Warsi will be reprising a comical role yet again in his next film, Pagalpanti. action-comedy is directed by Anees Bazmee. Pagalpanti has an ensemble cast of Anil Kapoor, John Abraham, Ileana D'Cruz, Arshad Warsi, Pulkit Samrat, Kriti Kharbanda, Urvashi Rautela, and Saurabh Shukla. film is slated to release on vember 22, 2019.
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11:31 IST, November 7th 2019