Shekhar Suman takes trip down memory lane, thanks Rekha for working with him in 'Utsav'

Bollywood actor Shekhar Suman today took to his social media account in sharing a nice anecdote over his movie 'Utsav' that released back in the 80s.

The post read, "Thank you Shash ji for the most stupendous break of my life as the lead actor in your magnum-opus UTSAV,my debut film opp the prima donna Rekha.Thank you Girish Karnad ,The Rhodes Scholar,creator of Tughlaq,for presenting me so well. Thank you Rekha for agreeing to work opposite a rank newcomer.i wouldn't be wat im without anyone of you.Thank you universe for accepting me ."



In an interview last year, Shekhar had shed some light on how he bagged this movie just within 15 days of his arrival in Mumbai. While crediting actress Shammi for the opportunity in 'Utsav', Suman revealed that revealed that the actress had convinced Shashi Kapoor and Girish Karnad to cast him, then aged just 21.

The two stalwarts then decided to meet him and within 15 minutes into the meeting, Shekhar Suman was cast for the role, opposite superstar Rekha. Shekhar Suman had to perform several intimate scenes with Rekha in his debut itself and that instantly garnered him recognition within no time.

The movie is considered to be one of the most controversial films of Rekha's career as she potrayed the role of a bold and sensous courtesan. She also did many erotic scenes in the film.

Talking about 'Utsav', The movie was directed by Girish Karnad and produced by Shashi Kapoor and starred Rekha along with Shekhar Suman in lead. Shekhar Suman was also an important part of movies like 'Manav Hatya', 'Naache Mayuri', 'Sansar', 'Anubhav', 'Tridev', 'Pati Parmeshwar', 'Chor Machaye Shor' and 'Ranbhoomi'.

Shekhar Suman was last seen in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's OTT series 'Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar', that won his great reviews.

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