Pankaj Tripathi, Richa Chadha decode 'Fukrey' series success, say 'absurd' plotline worked in favour of the franchise
Pankaj Tripathi and Richa Chadha as they gear up to return for the third part. The buddy comedy film franchise began in 2013 with «Fukrey» and was followed by a 2017 sequel, titled «Fukrey Returns».
The series revolves around four friends — Hunny (Pulkit Samrat), Choocha (Varun Sharma), Laali (Manjot Singh), and Zafar (Ali Fazal), who get together to make quick money.
Tripathi and Chadha play the characters of Pandit ji and Bholi Punjaban, respectively. They will be reprising the roles in the upcoming third film, set to release on September 28.
Chadha credited director Mrighdeep Singh Lamba and writer Vipul Vig for creating quirky characters and the attention to detail.
«The audience like the films because each character is unique.
My character had so much detailing, like her Nigerian henchmen has a barcode on his neck, she wears leopard print jacket. Pankaj ji's character of Pandit ji worked because whenever he would speak in English, people loved him.
»The writing is very detailed, and it shows that the writers have worked so hard and have written with a lot of love with the intention to make the audience laugh.
Mrighdeep has worked very hard; he focuses on every little detail. The audience liked the film because they feel the characters are fleshed out from real life," the actor told PTI in an interview here.
According to Tripathi, the «absurd» plotline of «Fukrey» worked in the favour of the youth-comedy franchise.
«There was a certain kind of absurdity in the story… We do a lot of absurd things in real-life, so maybe that is one of the factors why people loved the film.
