Kajol's Special Wish For Baazigar Co-star Johny Lever: 'Babulal Ka Birthday Hai, Cake Khana Zaroori Hai'

Johny Lever has been entertaining audiences with his exemplary work in Hindi movies for many years. The actor has received high praise for his work in the comedy genre, and today, he is celebrating his 67th birthday. On this special occasion, one of his co-stars, Kajol, wished him in a unique and fun way. Johny Lever and Kajol have worked on a number of films together, but one of them, Baazigar, is remembered to date.

To wish the legendary actor on his birthday, Kajol shared a screengrab from their film Baazigar when Johny lever played the role of Babulal. In the caption, she wrote, “Babulal ka birthday hai, cake khana zaroori hai…Happy happy Birthday Johny Lever.” The actress subtly played on one of Babulal’s famous dialogues, “Anarkali Ka Phone Tha, Ice cream Khana Zaruri Hai.”SS

The character of Babulal provided much-needed relief in the otherwise series plot of Baazigar. The vengeance drama, which incorporates elements of a murder mystery, remains one of the finest thrillers in Bollywood. Directed by Abbas–Mustan, the film also starred Shah Rukh Khan, Shilpa Shetty and Dalip Tahil. Sharing his experience on working on the film, Johny lever once shared that he wrote his own dialogues. While speaking to Amitabh Bachchan in Kaun Banega Crorepati in 2023, the actor stated, “The Baazigar film is something I cannot forget. There was no writer for the comedy scenes of the film, but the director of the film, Abbas-Mastan, wanted comedy scenes. I decided to write and perform all the scenes in the film. Each and every dialogue of mine and scene is written by me. There was 80% of my contribution in comedy scenes and 20% in Abbas-Mastan’s direction.”

Johny Lever was last seen in the ZEE 5 anthology Lantrani, which also features actors like Jitendra Kumar, Jisshu Sengupta, Nimisha Sajayan and others. The actor is currently preparing to star in the highly anticipated film Welcome to the Jungle. It is the third edition in the renowned Welcome franchise, starring Akshay Kumar, Disha Patani, Jacqueline Fernandez, Arshad Warsi, Suniel Shetty, Raveena Tandon, Paresh Rawal, Lara Dutta, Tusshar Kapoor, Shreyas Talpade, Rajpal Yadav, Kiku Sharda, Daler Mehndi, Mika Singh and others.

On the other hand, Kajol’s next film will be Sarzameen, directed by Kayoze Irani and starring Ibrahim Ali Khan and Prithviraj Sukumaran.