Akshaye Khanna is a ‘lovable villain like Shatrughan Sinha, says Rakesh Bedi: ‘More loved than the hero’ | Bollywood News
Rakesh Bedi, who plays the role of a sly Pakistani politician Jameel Jamali in Aditya Dhar’s Dhurandhar, recently spoke about his experience of shooting the film with Akshaye Khanna, who has received a lot of appreciation for his role as Rehman Dakait. The veteran actor also shared details about the upcoming Dhurandhar sequel and revealed how his character will be even more evil than what audiences saw in the first part. Speaking about Akshaye, Rakesh told Faridoon Shahryar, “I am of the nature that I speak to everyone on set and crack jokes with everyone. Akshaye, however, is different. He would sit in the corner quietly and read his books or would be looking into his phone. But whenever we sat together before the shot, we had very intellectual conversations. He asked me a lot about my theatre. I also asked him questions. So we had some good conversations, but when it comes to the scene, we rehearsed a lot.” Sharing the reason behind Akshaye’s character going viral, he said, “His character has a flamboyance, …
