{"id":596688,"date":"2026-07-21T11:38:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T11:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/596688\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T11:38:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T11:38:09","slug":"shekhar-suman-rekha-never-said-dont-touch-me-here-wont-give-another-retake-shekhar-suman-recalls-working-with-her-in-utsav-when-theres-an-actor-who-walks-around-with-a-paraphernalia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/596688\/","title":{"rendered":"Shekhar Suman: ‘Rekha never said don’t touch me here, won’t give another retake,’ Shekhar Suman recalls working with her in Utsav: ‘When there\u2019s an actor who walks around with a paraphernalia, it’s a problem’ | Hindi Movie News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"'Rekha Shekhar Suman<\/a> fondly looked back on his Bollywood debut in Girish Karnad<\/a>\u2019s 1984 romantic drama Utsav, where he starred opposite Rekha<\/a>. Produced by Shashi Kapoor, the film featured Rekha as the courtesan Vasantasena and Shekhar as Charudatta, a poor man she falls in love with in Ujjain. Being a newcomer, it was quite a task for Shekhar to have intimate scenes with Rekha in his first film and she was an established star. But Shekhar reveals how she made him feel so comfortable. Recalling his experience, Shekhar said Rekha never carried the air of a superstar despite already being one of the industry’s biggest names. \u201cShe did it, right from the start. When there\u2019s an actor who walks around with a paraphernalia and acts like, \u2018Look at me, I\u2019m a big star,\u2019 that becomes a problem. They have so many people looking after them and expect you to just sit in the corner and watch all the stardom. But she was away from all that. She\u2019d sit next to me and make me comfortable. So, even before I gave my shot, I was very, very comfortable,\u201d recalled Shekhar in an interview with Screen. He also credited filmmaker Girish Karnad for helping him overcome the pressure of sharing screen space with Rekha. \u201cHe told me, \u2018Look, you\u2019re just playing a character. Don\u2019t treat her as Rekha, but just as Vasantasena, another character,’\u201d said Shekhar. Speaking about filming intimate scenes, he praised Rekha\u2019s professionalism, adding, \u201cBeing a big star, she never said, \u2018Don\u2019t touch me here\u2019 or \u2018I don\u2019t want to give another retake\u2019. She was very, very normal.\u201dShekhar also reminisced about working with Madhuri Dixit in Manav Hatya (1986), directed by Sudarshan Rattan. At the time, Madhuri had debuted with Abodh but was yet to achieve nationwide fame, which came later with Tezaab and its iconic song \u201cEk Do Teen.\u201dRemembering how he came on board the project, Shekhar said, \u201cI remember working with Madhuri in my second film. The director called me and asked, \u2018Would you work with a new girl?\u2019 I said, \u2018If Rekha could work with me, why would I not work with a new girl?\u2019\u201dHe also recalled meeting Madhuri before filming began. \u201cShe stayed close by to me in Andheri. I wanted to meet her, so we both went to her place on a motorcycle. When I saw her, I thought, \u2018Oh my god! Such a pretty looking girl!\u2019 She was a huge discovery,\u201d he added.Looking back at his early career, Shekhar said he never consciously avoided films where the female lead had a more prominent role. Whether it was Utsav, Manav Hatya, or Jyoti Sarup\u2019s Rehguzar alongside Simple Kapadia, he was happy to accept strong supporting parts. \u201cI just picked everything that came my way. Utsav was such a delight. To be chosen as the hero opposite Rekha! She was the bigger star and had a bigger role, but I was equally important and noticed,\u201d said Shekhar.He also spoke about Naache Mayuri (1986), inspired by Sudha Chandran\u2019s real-life story, where he portrayed a flawed character. \u201cIt revolved around the protagonist losing her leg, but she still comes out as a winner. I played the hero, but he was negative. When she loses her leg, he leaves her in the lurch, but comes back once she becomes famous,\u201d recalled the actor.Sharing another memorable incident, Shekhar reflected on his role in Pati Parmeshwar opposite Dimple Kapadia, where his character eventually seeks forgiveness. He revealed that audiences strongly disliked his on-screen persona, something he viewed as a compliment to his performance. \u201cEven Pati Parmeshwar, the film I did with Dimple Kapadia, I came back and asked for forgiveness. I remember my father watching it in a theatre in Jaipur, where the audience said, \u2018Maaro saale ko!\u2019 He was very upset! He asked me, \u2018Why would you do a role like that?\u2019 I said, \u2018But that\u2019s the victory of the character. I wanted people to hate me,’\u201d said Shekhar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Shekhar Suman fondly looked back on his Bollywood debut in Girish Karnad\u2019s 1984 romantic drama Utsav, where he…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":596689,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[263],"tags":[14093,18,117,252603,19,102435,17,252602,32473,327,252604,49985,111243,207276],"class_list":["post-596688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-dimple-kapadia","tag-eire","tag-entertainment","tag-girish-karnad","tag-ie","tag-intimate-scenes","tag-ireland","tag-jyoti-sarup","tag-madhuri-dixit","tag-movies","tag-pati-parmeshwar","tag-rekha","tag-shashi-kapoor","tag-shekhar-suman"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116957774963671483","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/596688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=596688"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/596688\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/596689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=596688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=596688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=596688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}