Fifteen Days In Bombay And He Was Already Opposite Rekha
Shekhar Suman’s entry into the film industry reads almost like fiction. He had barely settled into Bombay when, within just 15 days of arriving, he was cast as the lead opposite Rekha in Girish Karnad’s arthouse film Utsav, alongside Shashi Kapoor, Amjad Khan, Anupam Kher and Neena Gupta. He has since credited the moment entirely to destiny, saying he believes an actor simply has to be in the right place at the right time. Films like Nache Mayuri, Sansar and Tridev followed, before the 90s brought a shift in tide.