Hrithik Roshan’s Koi Mil Gaya marked one of the biggest projects in Rajat Bedi’s career. However, his sleek antagonist act couldn’t translate to bigger and better offers for him. Eventually, he moved to Canada
and began dabbling in real estate. Earlier, he had expressed his disappointment at being completely left out of the promotions of Koi Mil Gaya and feeling sidelined during its publicity campaigns. However, he later junked reports of a fallout with Rakesh Roshan.
Now, speaking exclusively to News18 Showsha, Rajat spills the beans on an episode during the shoot of the film that left him deeply ‘hurt’. “I wasn’t a mature actor earlier, even when I was doing Koi Mil Gaya. There was a scene in the film that Rakesh ji wanted me to do. It was my scene. And when I say that, I mean that it was a scene between me and Duggu where my lines could eat him up,” says the actor, who made a smashing comeback with The Ba***ds Of Bollywood.
Rajat further adds, “I did a few takes during which Rakesh ji told me about the changes I should incorporate so that I could try new ways of delivering my lines. Eventually, he okayed the shot. But that episode hits me badly even today. It hurt me a lot. Later, he sat me down and told me, ‘Rajat, tujhe pata hai woh scene tera tha? You had to eat Duggu up in that scene! But you didn’t do that.’ I was heartbroken that day. I didn’t have the maturity to understand those things.”
But a lot has changed today. Lack of work offers, a low time in his life and some difficult ‘dilemmas’ have matured him. “My journey has helped me a lot. When you see me doing an emotional or painful scene, my dilemmas and everything that I’ve been through is reflected in it. That’s also the reason why I can emote much better today. I’m more mature as an actor now,” states the Jaani Dushman and Partner actor.
In fact, filming Aryan Khan’s The Ba***ds Of Bollywood proved to be a learning ground for him and he attributes the same to Raghav Juyal. In the series, Rajat was seen playing a forgotten actor who’s out of work for 15 years. Heaping praises on the dancer-turned-actor, Rajat remarks, “I learnt a lot from Raghav. Today, when I get a scene, I know that I’ve to give it my best shot. I know that I’ll have to steal the show.”
Comparing Raghav to Govinda, he tells us, “When I worked with him, he reminded me of Govinda. I’ve worked with Chichi. He could eat any actor up. An actor may have ten lines and he only two but the way in which he delivers them will make him steal the entire show. Raghav is the same. He’s a hara*mi actor! I told him that he’s too good. He does his job with a lot of passion and mazza.”
