Raj Kiran with Shabana Azmi and Rekha.
Many stars in Bollywood become hits at the beginning of career, while many get flops tag. Many climb the stairs of fame and many fail in the beginning. There are also many stars that taste both success and failure. By the way, after the failure, people like success, but after success it becomes very difficult to face failure. Many stars are falter in these circumstances. It has often been seen that in such a situation they get away from the limelight, someone is a victim of depression and someone leaves the industry. There are very few stars who are able to handle it. Today we will talk about one such actor who was successful but could not handle the failure, leaving the world of glamor suddenly disappeared. Till date people are looking for them.
Print left in many films
Born in 1949, Raj Kiran Mahtani was a popular Bollywood actor in the 1980s. He worked in many hit films like ‘Basera’, ‘Earth’, ‘Teri Mehbaniyaan’, ‘Mazdoor’ and ‘Ghar Ek Mandir’ with many stars like Rishi Kapoor, Govinda, Anil Kapoor, Rekha, Sridevi, Deepti Naval and Hema Malini. His most popular role is that of Ravi Verma in Subhash Ghai’s film ‘Karj’. After giving several hit films, when his career started coming to the slope, Raj Kiran went into depression and is said to be admitted to a mental asylum in the early 2000s. After this, he suddenly disappeared from there and has been missing for more than 20 years.
There are many claims about the actor
Both Raj Kiran’s professional and personal life derailed. He spent many years in Bikhula Mental Asylam, but then several claims were made after he disappeared from there. Several reports claimed that he was seen running a cab in New York. At the same time, some people say that he was later admitted to a mental asylum in America. Raj’s co-actress Deepti Naval and Rishi Kapoor also tried to find him, but their efforts failed. Both of them said in several interviews that they tried to contact their family as well but could not get accurate information. Since 1999, no one has accurate information about the actor. Co-actor Rishi Kapoor had told that he is in the insane asylum of America, while Deepti Naval told that he was seen running taxi in America.
Raj Kiran with daughter.
Somi Ali came in support
Pakistani-American actress Somi Ali is still looking for the missing actor, with whom she worked in a film. She has often been writing on her Instagram about her struggles to find her friend. In January this year, Somi Ali criticized Bollywood and said that he had forgotten Bollywood. He wrote, ‘Classic films like Karj and Earth, who won the heart in classic films, worked with me in my last Bollywood film Agnichkra. He was a great actor, despite this, his disappearance remains a unresolved story. A mystery that highlights a restless indifference in the industry who ever respected him. ‘
Questions raised on Bollywood
In January this year, Somi Ali criticized Bollywood for leaving Raj. He wrote, ‘Raja Kiran, who won hearts in classic films like Karj and Earth, shared the screen with Somi Ali in my last Bollywood film Agnichkra. Despite his talent, Raj’s disappearance remains an unresolved tragedy – a mystery that exposes a restless indifference in the industry that once respected him. Why didn’t anyone come forward? Why did an influential person like Mahesh Bhatt often discover human weaknesses or Shabana Azmi, who is a staunch supporter of justice, did not ask for answers about Raj? Where are their co-stars, directors and producers? His silence raises questions on Bollywood.
Somi looking for actor
Somi Ali further said, ‘Decades after his disappearance, I started filing official missing reports in Atlanta, New York, New Jersey and Mumbai. Raj’s stories of running a taxi, recruiting in madhouse or even facing a tragic end at the hands of the family are still there, but there is a lack of clarity. Even the late Rishi Kapoor, who suspected the wrong game, encouraged me to never give up. Nevertheless, there is a collective apathy about Raj’s case. If Bollywood gets away from a person like Raj Kiran with its powerful voices and platform, what does it say about their values? Raj deserves more than rumors – he deserves truth, respect and justice. Let’s start asking why.
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