“I used to give auditions, it often didn’t work out.” From being edited out of a Dharma film to being typecast in the industry, Rajesh Kumar opened up about his struggles.
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00:00I increased my weight because I was adamant and got my hair done.
00:03I said, where will you give it now?
00:04Because the fund-up was over, I was exhausted.
00:07See, the role was cut.
00:08The film was not that great.
00:10So what's the big deal if nothing was shown in it?
00:12Say hi to celebration and tata to trauma.
00:16Mama won.
00:22Mama, I'm dancing.
00:30At the prime of my career, at the age of 41, why I jumped into farming?
00:48Wife, child and everything else.
00:50So your serials and other work was going on at that time?
00:53Everything was going on.
00:54I chose not to do it.
00:57Because I thought this is a bigger purpose for my life.
01:00It will yield money, it won't yield money was not the motive at that time.
01:05But yeah, definitely, if you do something, it's in your mind to make it successful.
01:10So that the other person can catch it.
01:13There were a lot of disasters.
01:14I had to go through a lot of tests.
01:16That is my journey.
01:18There was a flood, there was a lockdown.
01:20Your farm was burnt.
01:21Everything happened.
01:22Your tech part, tech has ruined me at that level.
01:26Does the industry support each other in bad times?
01:31It's a very individual struggle.
01:33Is it not possible or you don't want to do it?
01:35We don't do it.
01:36It's a very individual struggle.
01:37That's what I'm saying.
01:38After Jonah, when all these things happened and it was a disaster, I wanted to get back to acting.
01:55Because somewhere, because the fund up was over, I was exhausted.
01:59So I used to give auditions, so half of the things didn't happen because of the head of the set.
02:05Again, the same word was there.
02:06Perception.
02:08How to change the perception of Rosesh.
02:11Then I increased my weight in persistence.
02:13I got my hair back.
02:15I said, where will you give now?
02:17Now I don't even recognize that I am Rosesh.
02:19Then I got four films back to back.
02:21In three days.
02:22Which films were these?
02:23Haddi.
02:24Nawazuddin.
02:26With Nawazuddin.
02:27After Nawazuddin, the second film, Rautu Ki Beli.
02:29Now I got entangled in your talks.
02:30This.
02:31Then in the web series, your Kota Factory came.
02:33This is my family came.
02:35The project that I am doing now.
02:38So suddenly everything happened because I stopped looking like Rosesh.
02:43And see sir, what an irony it is that even before the character of Rosesh,
02:48somewhere you were being stereotyped that you are the brother of the heroine.
02:52I was very satisfied with that.
02:54You were in Kusum as well.
02:55Yes, I was very satisfied.
02:56I think you must have been in Des and Chand as well.
02:58Rabri Devi recognized that you are Sasankh, Kusum's brother.
03:03Helping.
03:04Now repeat Kamdev Mantra after me.
03:07I remembered a report.
03:08Yes.
03:09How much truth is there in this?
03:10It said that Rajesh Kumar did a 15-16 days straight of the year shooting.
03:15And after the shooting, there was a catch on his role.
03:18Rajesh Kumar was sad about this.
03:19And that's why he left acting and went into farming.
03:22What a combination of people.
03:23I want to meet these writers.
03:25See, the role was cut.
03:27The scenes were cut.
03:29But I think because of the duration, they must have chopped it.
03:32Anyway, the film was not that great.
03:34So even if nothing was shown in it, what difference does it make?
03:36Sir, do you say such things when you are hurt?
03:39What is the proof of what is seen?
03:43What is there, is there.
03:44Now if you talk like this, it was a good movie.
03:46People liked it.
03:47Not a single scene was cut in it.
03:49It was just the opposite.