Rajesh Shringarpure swamped by fan calls

Rajesh Shringarpure, who was famous as Krishna in Saarthi, has acquired a large fan following after playing Somji in RGV's Sarkar Raj. Here's what the actor has to say about his experience shooting for the movie...


Rajesh Shringarpure is having a tough time managing fan calls these days. Ever since of Saarthi became Somji of Sarkar Raj, the handsome actor is finding it difficult to get any personal time. Add to that the additional controversy over the fact that his character is based on the life of Raj Thackeray, and you will understand why he is happy and worried at the same time.
Rajesh had to change his looks completely for the film. "Ramu ji (Ramgopal Verma) insisted that I get out of my old look and have a new hairstyle. In fact, we had a dedicated hairstylist to take care of my look throughout the shooting. It was a great experience working with him. I even modulated my voice for this film. In fact, the entire crew of Sarkar Raj was so professional...,” remembers a happy Rajesh.

Didn't he have butterflies in his stomach while sharing screen space with the Bachchan family? "To be honest, yes. However, Mr. Bachchan (Amitabh) made the ambience so comfortable that I never had any issues. In addition, whenever we had a shot together, I just stopped thinking that I was sharing screen space with a living legend. And acted normally," says Rajesh. "Recently there has been this controversy on my character resembling Raj Thackeray. Let me tell you that throughout the shooting there was no such discussion and during the briefing Ramu ji never told me that my character was based on anyone."

How did he get the role of Somji? "After Saarthi, I was feeling a bit monotonous and had gone to meet Ramu ji. To my surprise, he knew about me and after an initial discussion, he offered me this role. I was overjoyed and didn't know how to react. I consider myself lucky to have got an opportunity to work with such a talented director," says Rajesh who has also been offered a role in Ramgopal Verma's next film.

Reporter and Author: Srabanti Chakrabarti

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Comments (8)

Congratulations to farah and family .

16 years ago

congratulations to her & her family...[:)]

16 years ago

Awwwwwwwwwwwwww.... triplets! OMG... Im glad she's ok!

Well I congratulate her and her whole family, and also to SRK as he is now a Godfather!

16 years ago

Hey,
Congratulations to the family.

lollllll SRK godfather! looool

16 years ago

aw thats awesome :)
hes a gr8 actor.
looking forword to watching him

15 years ago

he is also in the marathi soap char divas sasuche :D:D

15 years ago

Me and my husband both loved his roll in Sarthi. We were mostly watching that series just for him. We useto fast forward alomost all other part but his part. even we watched him most we still could not make out that Raj Tahakray was played by him. I have to tell this to my husband. Look forward seeing him again. You rock!!!!!

15 years ago

Love his voice and acting! nice actor wish you all the best for your future endevours :)

15 years ago

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