Meet actor Master Mayur emerged famous for playing young Amitabh Bachchan,
Meet actor Master Mayur emerged famous for playing young Amitabh Bachchan,
Master Mayur turned out to be a very famous actor after he was cast as young Amitabh Bachchan.
Mayur’s first film was a super hit and he became popular among the audiences as ‘Young Amitabh’. Mayur Raj Verma then appeared in ‘Laawaris’ which made him more famous.
Notedly, in the veteran filmmaker Prakash Mehra’s directorial ‘Muqaddar Ka Sikandar’ and ‘Laawaris’ Mayur played Amitabh Bachchan’s childhood roles and he rose to become the highest-paid in the industry in the 70s-80s.
He was most popular for playing Abhimanyu in BR Chopra’s ‘Mahabharata’.
But after name fame and wealth, Mayur quit acting at the peak of his career but still earns crores of rupees through his business.
Mayur hails from Delhi, set foot to the industry purely through luck. Master Mayur’s mother was a famous writer and journalist, who used to take interviews of film stars.
His mother was the one who wanted to enter the world of acting. Media reports state that once when she was interviewing Prakash Mehra, the director told her that he was looking for a child actor for the childhood role of Amitabh Bachchan. It was at this time that Master Mayur’s mother started mentioning her son and he was cast in the film.
Master Mayur’s first film was a super hit and he became popular among the audiences as ‘Young Amitabh’. Mayur Raj Verma then appeared in ‘Laawaris’ which made him more famous. He then appeared in several films including ‘Love in Goa’, ‘Sharabi’, and ‘Kanoon Apna Apna’.
Mayur Raj Verma’s acting even impressed BR Chopra so much that he cast him for the role of Abhimanyu in his TV show ‘Mahabharata’. He was touted to be the next superstar but Mayur Raj Verma disappeared from the silver screen suddenly.
Mayur Raj Verma was at the peak of his career when he decided to get into business. He married famous chef Noori, with whom he has two children. He left India and settled in Wales, where he expanded his business. Mayur Raj Verma now runs a restaurant named ‘Indiana’ which is worth billions. Apart from this, he also has some other businesses.
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