Veteran actor Rakesh Bedicurrently basking in the success of the ‘Dhurandhar’ franchise, he has recently turned filmmaker-choreographer Farah Khan at his Mumbai home for an episode on his YouTube channel.During the candid interview, Farah reminisced about her early days in the industry, recalling the time when actors worked without pay. He said, “Rakesh, are you getting paid now? I guess. When everyone started their career, nobody was paying them.” To this, Bedi replied, “Times were different.”The discussion turned to the 1982 film Saath Saath, in which he starred Deepti Naval and Farooq Shaikh. When asked whether he was paid for the project, Bedi stated, “He didn’t even charge me for transporting me. In fact, many times, we used to take food from our house”, adding that it was the only film that did not receive any payment.
the director Raman Kumar and produced by Dilip Dhawan, ‘Saath Saath’ follows the journey of Avinash Verma, an idealistic youth, and his wife Geetanjali Gupta, the daughter of a textile factory owner, as they navigate the realities of married life.Farah also said that although she has known Bedi for years, they have not met each other for a long time. Recalling his teenage years, Bedi revealed that he was only 15 years old when he was studying at the Film and Television Institute of India. He remembered the meetings fondly Javed Akhtar‘s home, where industrial aspirations often met. “FTII se yeh log roz aate the Javed uncle aur Honey aunty ke ghar free ka khaana aur free ki daaru peene, aate the vahan par toh we used to meet all of them.
