Rajeev Khandelwal is a famous television and film actor in showbiz. After his big break in the TV show, Kahiin To Hoga, he acted in several other daily soaps before making it big in Bollywood. Rajeev has earned a lot of fame and appreciation over the years for his work. However, he saw a series of challenges at different stages of his acting journey in the entertainment industry. In a recent interview, Rajeev revealed about one such incident.
Recently, Rajeev Khandelwal sat down for an interview with Siddharth Kannan, where he shared an incident involving Sanjay Leela Bhansali. Rajeev revealed that he signed a film titled, Chenab Gandhi with him. The film was scheduled to be directed by Vibhu Puri and was supposed to star Amitabh Bachchan and Vidya Balan. However, the film was cancelled and Rajeev got no proper reason. He was quoted as saying:
"He signed me for a film, called Chenab Gandhi, and kept me around for nine months, almost a year. But the film never took off."
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Rajeev further revealed that due to the contract he signed with Sanjay Leela Bhansali he was bound not to work with anyone else. Hence, he couldn't work on other projects for a year. As a result, his time was wasted due to the incident. In his words:
"Because I was bound by contract, I couldn't do anything else either. As soon as this chapter ended, I did Sach Ka Saamna."
In the same interview, Rajeev said he doesn't know why the film was cancelled. Vibhu Puri, who was supposed to direct the film, shared the news with him and asked him to move on with other work. The Salaam Venky actor shared that he reached out to Sanjay Leela Bhansali for more details but didn't get any response. However, he believes that Bhansali had some reason for scrapping the film and didn't do it intentionally. Rajeev said:
"It's not like he said that he will keep me around for a year and ruin my career. I'm sure he didn't have a vested interest, it wasn't deliberate. It could've been funding, or any other reason, but he didn't have an answer."
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It's difficult when a year from an actor's career is wasted in this way. However, Rajeev revealed that he was unaffected. He said that he intended to do meaningful projects after his debut film, Aamir. If things didn't work out, he was ready to move on. However, there was only one issue, and that was how he was kept in the dark about that situation. Despite this, the actor has no complaints and was unaffected by it.
What do you think about Rajeev's revelations?
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