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Playing negative roles with panache in cult classics like Do Raaste, Prem Nagar, Upkar and Bobby, screen legend Prem Chopra found fame in the Indian film industry and established himself as the undisputed king when it came to playing the villain. He not only carved a niche for himself in the Indian film industry but he also achieved fame abroad with some iconic negative roles. (Also Read: Prem Chopra Reacts To Death Rumors, Says ‘Rakesh Roshan Called Him’ To Ask If He Was Alive)
Following in the footsteps of actors and their juniors in the industry – Naseeruddin Shah, Anupam Kher and Anil Kapoor – Prem Chopra made his Hollywood debut in 2012 with the film Heartland. However, in an exclusive interview with ANI, Chopra revealed that he had decided to never do films in English.
While talking about her first Hollywood film, Heartland, while refusing to deliver dialogues in English, Chopra said, “I had an offer. Someone came to me and told me that they were making an English film, a Hollywood production with American actors. He told me it was an homage to The Godfather (cult crime trilogy directed by iconic American author Francis Ford Coppola). I went in thinking I was playing the Godfather. However, when I got to the set, they told me I wasn’t the Godfather. and The Godfather was just a character in the movie. I did a few American movies, including Heartland, which was released all over America. I played a Sardar in the movie.”
Sharing the story of her refusal to do films in which she was required to give dialogues in English, Chopra said, “The film was Punjabi-English. For the most part, it was English. However, I refused to give dialogues in English. There is a Good story about it. My son-in-law is in America. He sent me an English girl to seek my approval for his marriage on his behalf. I kept looking at that girl, thinking to myself whether she was, at all. “It is possible to allow my son to marry someone who represents a community of people who don’t look like some of my best friends. We all used to be in the army. I told him (I could never allow his son to marry into a community of) people who treated Indians like animals, were responsible for the death of one of my best friends, and didn’t even give him a respectable funeral. I told him that I had decided not to speak that language at all. However, I told the girl: “Considering the environment in which you grew up and finding that you are a very simple person, I consider you suitable for marriage.” This is the story background.”
Directed by Fred Holmes, Heartland, apart from Prem Chopra, also featured Stephan M Singh, Amelia Jackson-Gray and Divya Dutta.
Chopra has worked in over 400 films during his career and is fondly remembered for some of his iconic negative roles. His unforgettable line “Prem naam hai mera…Prem Chopra” (Prem is my name…Prem Chopra) from Rishi Kapoor starrer ‘Bobby’ earned him overnight stardom as a villain.
In a six-decade career in the industry, Prem Chopra acted in several films like Upkaar, Purab Aur Pashchim, Do Raaste and Phool Bane Angaarey, among others.
He was recently seen in the action thriller Animal, which also starred Ranbir Kapoor, Anil Kapoor, Bobby Deol and Rashmika Mandanna in the lead roles.
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