New Delhi. There are many Bollywood actors who created fear in people by becoming villains on screen. He played such characters that people’s souls would tremble after seeing them. This is from the 1970s and 80s. Who was shown drinking alcohol and making cigarette rings on screen, but in real life has always stayed away from drugs. This is experienced actor Ranjeet. Recently, he mentioned the parties of Bollywood stars in olden times and told how all parties used to happen.
Veteran actor Ranjeet recently revealed that he never touched alcohol in real life, yet he used to host parties for his friends in Bollywood. He told why and how parties were organized at his house and stars used to come to his house happily. Ranjeet, who has turned 82, is one of the most famous villains of Hindi cinema. He has done around 200 films like Prem Pratigya, Dharmatma, Namak Halal, Sharabi, Rocky, Dharam-Veer, Qaidi, Suhaag, Laila-Majnu.
Famous stars were part of the gathering
Veteran actor Ranjeet told that my parents lived in Delhi and I lived in Juhu. There was no one in my house, so everyone from the industry used to gather there in the evening. There were no restrictions or formalities like that. While talking to ANI, he further shared that not only the male actors were part of the evening gathering, but his female co-stars were also there.
Ranjit became famous as a villain in the 70s.
Food used to come from the heroines’ houses.
He further said in this conversation, ‘Reena Roy used to make parathas, Parveen Babi used to make drinks, Moushumi Chatterjee used to make fish, Neetu Kapoor used to make bhindi, such was the atmosphere.’ Ranjit further said, ‘Sunil Dutt, Raj Kumar, Sanjay Khan, Firoz Khan, Dharmendra, Shatrughan Sinha all were part of these parties.
Uncle used to drink one or two bottles of liquor in a night.
Ranjit said, ‘People like Rajesh Khanna used to drink one or two bottles of liquor a night.’ He said that when he returned home after working several shifts in a day, he saw a party going on in the house. He said that I feel that the house where guests come is blessed by God.
Didn’t drink, then why did you entertain?
There was a lot of space in my house, so I used to entertain people. The actor told that due to parties all the actors used to get late for the next day’s shooting. They used to reach after 2 o’clock for the 10 o’clock shift.
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Tags: Dharmendra, Neetu Kapoor, Parveen babi, Rajesh khanna, Reena Roy, Shatrughan Sinha, Sunil Dutt
FIRST PUBLISHED: April 9, 2024, 12:28 IST