Mumbai 24 Aug : Even with a short time in his life, actor Sanjeev Kumar was notable for the variety and variety of his screen roles.In real life also, he left an indelible impression on the many people he met.Swaroop Sampat Rawal who’s remembered for her role in the sitcom “Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi” is one of the people.
“My father Bachu Sampat was a theatre veteran and Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru had given him with the creation of INT (Indian National Theatre).
Those days, Sanjeev Kumar had just started out in Gujarati cinema and he used to call my father ‘boss’,” the actress-turned-educator, who was most recently seen in “Uri: The Surgical Strike”, recalled.
Swaroop Sampat spoke at the book-reading session of Reeta Ramamurthy Gupta as well as Uday Jariwala’s “Sanjeev Kumar The actor we all loved” at the University of Mumbai’s Department of Communications and Journalism on Tuesday.
The author Gupta stated: “Students of cinema, journalism, or indeed any other form of art will find Sanjeev Kumar to be special as he was an iconoclast a brave risk-taker, and a superb performer.It was a feat of courage for him to go from stunt movies to low-budget films to the top of the line in cinema as he progressed.Along the way, he battled depression and heart disease that was a common occurrence in his familyand but about which little is known.”
Sanjeev Kumar’s cinematic journey and personal struggles are a part of this biographical tale which was officially published by Harper Collins on July 9 that coincided with the actor’s birthday anniversary.
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