Prem Chopra reveals apprehension about doing Raj Kapoor’s ‘Bobby’: ‘I had only the ‘Prem Naam Hai Mera, Prem Chopra’ dialogue in it’ | Hindi Movie News Filmymeet

Veteran actor Prem Chopra is known for gracing the silver screen with his ruthless villain characters. The ‘Bobby’ actor became candid about his past in the film industry and revealed his apprehensions about saying yes to Raj Kapoor’s 1973 film starring Rishi Kapoor and Dimple Kapadia.
In a chat with Arbaaz Khan in the latest episode of ‘The Invincibles Season 2,’ he shared his experience working with Raj Kapoor in ‘Bobby.’ Prem Chopra mentioned that it was amazing.Before ‘Bobby,’ Raj Kapoor met him at a party and said, ‘You are working on my next picture.’ Prem felt there was nothing bigger than this, so he said yes to the offer.

The details of the role were not revealed for a long time, and Prem Chopra shared his infamous dialogue, ‘Prem naam hai mera, Prem Chopra,’ from the film. When he read the script, he saw Rishi Kapoor and Dimple Kapadia , and he had to grab the girl’s hand. He only had to say this one dialogue, ‘Prem. Prem naam hai mera. Prem Chopra,’ which was his only dialogue in the entire film.He also touched on the reservations he had when accepting this role. Prem added that when he works with Yash Chopra or P Chopra nowadays, they give him substantial roles, and he was worried that in the future, they might also ask him to do guest appearances.
The veteran actor expressed his apprehensions about accepting a role with only one dialogue, fearing that this might lead other filmmakers, who had been offering him substantial roles, to also start giving him just one or two dialogues in future projects.