The story of an unsung supporting actor

Why Rajesh Jais has not lost relevance despite a fairly quiet 30 years as an actor…

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00:00You came, your father came, your foodie came, your sweets came.

00:10You can give me any role and I will try to put in my best into that.

00:21In the case of Police, I had to play the police in that film, so call him.

00:24So he will cast the person who is seen in that form.

00:27I am really scared that I will be a typecast.

00:45Who told him? Where did he go and tell him?

00:47But acting was my passion, so I was scared whether I would be able to survive in acting or not.

01:08I realised that this is the character of a peon.

01:10Once people see you in a role, they keep repeating it.

01:14I had a doubt that something was going to go wrong in Mumbai.

01:21You should have that inquisitiveness, that what are you going to do now?

01:26What role will you play in this?

01:27Will you make me laugh or make me cry or scare me?

01:32Will you shoot me?

01:34Don't you understand?

01:35What?

01:36Listen.

01:36With this place.

01:38Aha! Dollar Club.

01:40Great fitting, great furnishings.

01:42Very comfortable.

02:08I am telling you the truth, this is the first time I am seeing a son of a b****** here.

02:11Now I will see...

02:19If you think you can't do it here, then go and prepare for it there, where everyone goes.

02:31There are a lot of people who don't have an eye on them, or they haven't got that chance.

02:37They can't go everywhere for work, door to door.

02:40If you don't approach them with respect, they don't care.

02:43Please have so much of self-respect to us.

02:46We will die but we won't be humiliated.

02:54Journalism, Lieutenantship, Lecturership, all this was there.

03:01In this one life, I am so privileged to live so many lives.

03:06But if I had given up, I wouldn't be where I am today.