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Rekha did not leave Utsav sets despite massive income tax raid at her house, recalls Shekhar Suman: ‘I’ll forever be indebted…’
Shekhar Suman in a recent interview opened up about working with Rekha in Utsav. He spoke about the experience and the actress's nature on the film's set.
The 1984 film Utsav starring Rekha and Shekhar Suman in pivotal roles was an erotic drama. The film had many intimate scenes between the two. Apart from them, it also starred, Shashi Kapoor, Amjad Khan, Anupam Kher, Neena Gupta, and others.
Now, as the veteran actor is gearing up for Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s web show Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar, he opened up about his co-star Rekha in an interview with Siddharth Kannan. Suman lauded Rekha's professionalism and revealed an incident from the movie sets.
Shekhar Suman lauds Rekha for her professionalism
Recalling the filming days of Utsav with Rekha, Shekhar Suman revealed that she did not complain about the many intimate scenes that they shared, even once. The Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar star added that he had never met a more professional actor than her. Divulging further about an incident, Suman said that there was a massive income Tax raid at Rekha's house on the first day of the shoot.
The actor shared, “Any other actor would have packed their bags and gone away. She said, ‘Let them do their job, I’ll stay back and do mine’. I was afraid that my world had come crashing down, that she would leave and the film would get cancelled, my dreams would be shattered.”
Shekhar Suman also revealed that the actress threw no tantrums on set and never forbade him from touching her in certain places in those scenes, unlike other actresses. “She was an absolute professional. I’ll forever be indebted to her,” he said.
About Heeramandi
Shekhar Suman will next be seen in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s upcoming web show Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar. It is an upcoming historical drama series and through this project, the makers have tried to highlight the lives of courtesans in the red-light district of Heeramandi in Lahore during the Indian independence movement against the British Raj back in the 1940s.
The series boasts an ensemble cast consisting of Manisha Koirala, Richa Chadha, Aditi Rao Hydari, Sonakshi Sinha, Sanjeeda Shaikh, Sharmin Segal, Fardeen Khan, Adhyayan Suman, Shekhar Suman, Taha Shah.
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