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Bollywood’s Bhaijaan i.e. Salman Khan’s film ‘Maine Pyar Kiya’ was liked a lot. Bhagyashree was also seen in the lead role in this action romantic film released in the year 1989. Apart from Salman and Bhagyashree, there was another actor in the film, who caught everyone’s attention with his brilliant acting. We are talking about Rajiv Verma. In this he played the role of Salman Khan’s father Kishan Kumar Chaudhary. Let us know where and what Rajeev Verma is doing these days.
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Rajeev Verma has said goodbye to Bollywood 11 years ago. He entered Bollywood with Salman Khan’s film ‘Maine Pyar Kiya’. After this he never looked back and worked in many films. His last film ‘Jazbaa’ came in the year 2015, in which he was seen with Aishwarya Rai Bachchan.
Where is Rajeev Verma?
Rajiv Verma now runs a hotel in Mumbai. Apart from this he now does theatre. He has distanced himself from films and TV. He has a theater group in Bhopal. There he teaches drama and also conducts theater workshops. Rajiv Verma recently revealed why he gradually distanced himself from Bollywood.
Why did Rajiv Verma leave the industry?
The actor said in an interview to Dear Generation, ‘Slowly the fun had stopped. It was just routine work that if you want to run it, do it in Mumbai, keep doing it here. I was beginning to think that now I will go, now I won’t. I am not enjoying. There was no need anyway. I have a small hotel here, it is functional, there is food and bread, we are happy.
Rajeev Verma told that after working continuously for decades, he wanted to spend more and more time with family and friends. He said, ‘Meeting friends, going to weddings, meeting relatives, spending time with family… all this had become almost non-existent. I wanted to spend time with my family, so I left the industry.
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Father’s roles were available in films
Rajeev Verma also told that after ‘Maine Pyar Kiya’ he started being offered similar roles. He said, after the success of ‘Maine Pyar Kiya’, he was getting only father’s roles. You get bored playing the same character. Makers think about who is playing the role of father and then you get fixed in the category. The same was found in every film. I asked what is the character? So they used to say, Sir, whatever you did in it.
No one knew Salman Khan then – Rajeev Verma
He further said, ‘Maine Pyar Kiya was my first film. By then, I had become a well-known face on TV because of famous serials like ‘Chunauti’ and ‘Mujrim Hazir’. Today people mostly know me as Salman Khan’s father in ‘Maine Pyar Kiya’. They often say, “Hey, you were in that Salman Khan film.” But when we made this film, no one knew Salman Khan. This was his first film as a lead actor.
Rajiv Verma used to do acting along with his job.
Rajiv further said, ‘I never thought of working with big stars. I was busy balancing acting along with my job. For almost ten years, I continued to work while doing my regular job. In 1996, I finally resigned from my job and started pursuing acting completely. After working in the industry for years, the excitement I once felt about acting gradually disappeared.
Rajiv Verma was seen in these films
Rajiv Verma also worked a lot on TV and appeared in many serials, but even there he started feeling as if his work had become routine. Rajeev has proved his excellent performance in films like ‘Bal Brahmachari’, ‘Pardesi Babu’, ‘Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam’, ‘Hum Saath Saath Hain’, ‘Andaz’, ‘Yeh Raaste Hain Pyar Ke’, ‘Kachche Dhaage’, ‘Biwi No. 1’, ‘Chalte Chalte’, ‘Jeet’ and ‘Zid’.
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