Once upon a time, when Chunky Pandey’s coin was minted, people used to say that he is the next superstar of Bollywood. Chunky Pandey’s father did not want his son to act, because no one in the family had ever acted, otherwise the father wanted the son to become a doctor. His father was a famous heart surgeon, his name was Sharad Pandey. The doctors who operated the heart for the first time in the country. Sharad Pandey’s name is also mentioned in that list. Chunky’s mother Sneh Lata Pandey was also a doctor. Why did Chunky not become a doctor, how did he enter Bollywood and how did he get the name Chunky? The reason behind this is also very interesting.
Do you know what is Chunky Pandey’s real name? You might also be unaware of this till now. How did Chunky Pandey get the name Chunky and who gave him this name? The reason behind this is very interesting.
What is Chunky’s real name?
When he was born on 26 September 1962, the family members named him Suresh Pandey. At that time he used to be quite chubby. A nanny used to take care of them. Naini used to call Suyyash as Chunky and later something happened that everyone in the house started lovingly calling him Chunky and forgot Suresh’s name. Since then he got the name Chunky Pandey.
How did Chunky Pandey reach Bollywood?
Now know how Chunky Pandey reached Bollywood. The children of many film stars also used to study in the school where Chunky studied. All of them used to narrate film stories of their parents. After knowing so many stories of Bollywood since childhood, he also started longing to go to the cinema. He was zero in studies too, so even his parents did not forbid him.
In 1987, he made his Bollywood debut with the film ‘Aag Hi Aag’.
Taught acting to big stars
When his studies were completed, he started looking for a way to Bollywood. Then his parents explained to him that first learn acting then try. In 1986, 23-24 year old Chunky reached Daisy Irani’s school, where he learned the ABC’s of acting. Later, he also started working there. According to the reports, in the same school, he also gave acting and dance training to superstars like Salman Khan and Akshay Kumar.
Debut in Bollywood in 1987
In 1987, he made his Bollywood debut with the film ‘Aag Hi Aag’. Chunky Pandey earned his coin in Bollywood by giving other superhit films including ‘Paap Ki Duniya’, ‘Khatron Ke Khiladi’, ‘Jehrele’ and ‘Aankhen’. He played the character of Anil Kapoor’s friend in the 1988 superhit film ‘Tezaab’, for which he was awarded the Filmfare Award for Supporting Actor.
Earned name from films one after the other
Chunky’s name started coining from films one after the other. But that film was yet to come, after which people started calling him the superstar of the future. By the year 1993, David Dhawan, the younger brother of actor Anil Dhawan, had started earning a name in filmmaking. One day he called Chunky and said that he is making a film. There are two heroes in it. One hero you and the other hero Govinda. The name of the film was ‘Aankhen’. As soon as it was released, the film hit the theaters. The pairing of Govinda and Chunky became a superhit. After this he had reached the pinnacle of success. But then what happened that Chunky Pandey’s actor, in whom cinema connoisseurs were starting to see a superstar, suddenly disappeared.
How career drowned
It is said that excessive pride destroys a person and he also became a victim of this. When he started his career in the 80s, he deliberately used to choose such films, which would have a lot of stars. He believed that even if the film flopped, no one would be hit on the head. Only this cleverness drowned them. It so happened that after the immense success of ‘Aankhen’, Chunky had become proud. They thought that I have become a big star now and now I will do a film with only one hero, but the opposite happened. He got many offers from film makers. But the same characters, which he had been playing till now, but Chunky had made up his mind that he would no longer play such characters.
Akshay Kumar and Chunky Pandey have appeared in many films including the ‘Housefull’ series.
Achieved stardom in Bangladesh
Gradually the era of multistarrer films ended and offers from Chunky also started disappearing. Work stopped coming and Bollywood stopped asking him. Due to the stalled career, he went into a lot of depression, during which one of his Bangladeshi friends advised him to come there. Chunky left Bollywood under compulsion and went to Bangladesh and started doing films there. Where he was also liked. In 1995, Chunky Pandey played the lead role for the first time in a Bangladeshi film. Despite not knowing the local language, he achieved stardom in Bangladesh. Chunky gave other hits in Bangladeshi cinema including ‘Swami Keno Asami’, ‘Besh Korechi Prem Korechi’, ‘Meyera e Manush’.
How did you return to Bollywood?
But Chunky didn’t feel much like there. He returned to Bollywood again. He made a comeback in the year 2003 with the film ‘Qayamat’. In this film, he played the negative character of a scientist. After this he did ‘Paying Guest’, all four films of ‘Housefull’ series, ‘Bullet Raja’ and ‘Begum Jaan’. In this phase of his career, he mostly did negative characters. Although people still say that his excessive intelligence ate his entire career.
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FIRST PUBLISHED : March 10, 2023