Rakesh Bedi An Actor With Par Excellence

Interview of a versatile entertainer.

- Santosh Mehta

Popular Bollywood film & television actor Rakesh Bedi was born on December 1, 1954 and brought up in Delhi, and did a diploma from the top-most film institute that's the Film & Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune. However, Rakesh does not have any godfather in the film industry and his father Madan Gopal Bedi used to work in the Indian airlines therefore as a Delhite, he studied in Kendriya Vidyalaya Andrews Ganj.

Noted actor, Rakesh Bedi is known by his nickname Rakesh. He got married to Aaradhna Bedi and has two lovely daughters: Ridhima and Ritika. Ridhima is married and also an actress whereas Ritika is a Manager.

Rakesh started working in Bollywood films in 1979, now, it's almost 43 years in the Bollywood film industry. Initially, he used to work with Pier Rot's theatre group in Delhi. Because there were no other platforms or options available at that time and he had to work for a living.

Rakesh has worked on approximately 208 Bollywood hit films till now. However, he got his first break in Bollywood with 'Hamarey Tumharey' (1979) and it is the debut film of his professional career.

Besides acting in films, he has acted in television series such as Ye Jo Hai Zindagi while I am writing, I can still imagine the interesting tune of Ye Hai Zindagi which got popular among his audience and they appreciated his comedy role which is enjoyed by all. Some of his popular television shows are: Shrimaan Shrimati, Yes Boss and the latest is Wrong number which got light comedy along with an interesting story therefore, Wrong Number got appreciated due to his acting skills and enjoyed by all.

Rakesh Bedi has been entertaining his audience for a very long time and performed a variety of roles.

Some of his popular films are Chashme Buddoor by Sai Paranjpye who's known for her noteworthy cinematic direction.