I’m tired of reprising the role of Pappi on screen: Deepak

His most notable role may have been of the comic character, Pappiji from Anand L Rai’s Tanu Weds Manu, but actor Deepak Dobriyal says he is done playing the popular character.

“I was playing this lighthearted part in Tanu Weds Manu and then in its sequel and was getting more or less similar kinds of offers. I agree I got a lot of popularity and roles due to this franchise, but I don’t want to do it again,” says Dobriyal.

The actor was last seen in Irrfan Khan-starrer, Hindi Medium, and he says the film helped him break the stereotypical image that many had about him. “I wanted to come out of this comic avatar space, as it was getting repetitive. Hindi Medium broke the perception of me being a comedy actor,” he says, adding that now he will only do a comedy role if he gets something markedly different.

Asked if he would reprise the role of Pappi, if the third installment of Tanu Weds Manu is made, and the actor says he isn’t keen. “I am tired of portraying Pappiji. I am a little irritated with the character as there is no start and end to this person’s lifelike why is he a loser in the film, where is he from, what about his parents? I will not do it (third part). I have left that character of Pappi in 2015. I will do comedy but of a different type,” he says.

In his over decade-long career, Dobriyal has shared screen space with big actors like Salman Khan, Kangana Ranaut, Saif Ali Khan, Farhan Akhtar and others, and he says he never really had to knock the doors of any filmmakers for work.