Veteran actor Rajeev Verma, remembered by generations of moviegoers as Salman Khan’s on-screen father in Maine Pyar Kiya, revealed he walked away from Mumbai and mainstream Bollywood because repetitive casting made the work unfulfilling. He grew bored of the monotony and now lives a quieter life in Bhopal running a hotel and doing theatre
Looking back at his breakthrough film, Verma pointed out that many people now identify him as Salman Khan’s father from Maine Pyar Kiya, but the film’s cast was largely made up of newcomers at the time.
“Maine Pyar Kiya was his first film. By then, he was already a known face on television because of popular serials like Chunauti and Mujrim Haazir.
Rajiv went on to add that today, people mostly recognise him as Salman Khan’s father from Maine Pyar Kiya. They often say, ‘Oh, he was in that Salman Khan film.’ But when the film was made nobody knew Salman Khan. It was his first film as a leading man.
The veteran has since relocated ti his native Bhopal leading a quiet life running a restaurant and doing theatre.
News Edit KV Raman
