Shekhar Suman is getting a lot of love for his role in ‘Heeramandi‘. The actor has come a long way and made a mark for himself in his career spanning across almost four decades. As Suman is overwhelmed with love for ‘Heeramandi’, he’s also known for his honesty and sharing fun anecdotes from his long body of work. He started off his career with Rekha in ‘Utsav‘ which released in 1985.Incidentally, life came a full circle for him, when Rekha was present at the screening of ‘Heeramandi’ and he instantly felt nostalgic.
In a recent interview, Suman has revealed how it was meeting the diva after so long. He shared that Rekha has even held his elder son Aayush in her arms, but met Adhyayan for the first time. Shekhar shared in a chat with News18, “The first conversation with her was when she looked at me and Adhyayan and very sweetly she said, ‘When you came to work with me, you were a small baby.’ I was much younger than her. Now your baby has grown up to perform with you. So, it’s so beautiful to see both of you. She was showering love on Adhyayan. She had met my elder son Aayush and held him in her arms, unfortunately we lost him. This was the first time she was meeting Adhyayan and it was a beautiful moment for us. For me, all the memories came rushing by..”
He further praised her by saying, “It’s been years but she’s right there. Still as a primadonna. Nobody to beat her. She’s still so ethereal, so beautiful.”
The actor recalled memories on the sets of ‘Utsav’ and how nerve-wrecking it was for him because he was a newcomer and also had some intimate scenes with Rekha in the film. He said, “The first day of shoot, everyone thought I would be nervous because I was this young guy pitted opposite the most beautiful actress, the biggest actress and set-up. The nerves were going haywire. But my theatre training helped me I guess and I held by. I had intimate scenes with her. But, Shashi ji (Shashi Kapoor) who produced the film and Rekha they were so encouraging as I was nervous about putting my hand around her or hugging her. But she’s a professional and what a professional she is. She just helped me go ahead and find my own path. She was so immensely helpful. The grand premiere of the film we had in five cities and all the memories came by.”
Shekhar said that such a debut set him up for his entire career and it’s inspiring for many newcomers that this city can throw surprises at people like this.
In a recent interview, Suman has revealed how it was meeting the diva after so long. He shared that Rekha has even held his elder son Aayush in her arms, but met Adhyayan for the first time. Shekhar shared in a chat with News18, “The first conversation with her was when she looked at me and Adhyayan and very sweetly she said, ‘When you came to work with me, you were a small baby.’ I was much younger than her. Now your baby has grown up to perform with you. So, it’s so beautiful to see both of you. She was showering love on Adhyayan. She had met my elder son Aayush and held him in her arms, unfortunately we lost him. This was the first time she was meeting Adhyayan and it was a beautiful moment for us. For me, all the memories came rushing by..”
He further praised her by saying, “It’s been years but she’s right there. Still as a primadonna. Nobody to beat her. She’s still so ethereal, so beautiful.”
The actor recalled memories on the sets of ‘Utsav’ and how nerve-wrecking it was for him because he was a newcomer and also had some intimate scenes with Rekha in the film. He said, “The first day of shoot, everyone thought I would be nervous because I was this young guy pitted opposite the most beautiful actress, the biggest actress and set-up. The nerves were going haywire. But my theatre training helped me I guess and I held by. I had intimate scenes with her. But, Shashi ji (Shashi Kapoor) who produced the film and Rekha they were so encouraging as I was nervous about putting my hand around her or hugging her. But she’s a professional and what a professional she is. She just helped me go ahead and find my own path. She was so immensely helpful. The grand premiere of the film we had in five cities and all the memories came by.”
Shekhar said that such a debut set him up for his entire career and it’s inspiring for many newcomers that this city can throw surprises at people like this.
