35 years of Khoon Bhari Maang: Kabir Bedi says, ‘Young girls were scared of me after watching the film’

It was a telephone name from director Rakesh Roshan that propelled actor Kabir Bedi to take a break from his profession in Hollywood, and are available to India to be part of Khoon Bhari Maang. Now, 35 years later, the actor is glad about his choice, as he confesses that folks nonetheless come as much as him to debate the enduring venture.

“I was in Hawaii shooting for Magnum, P.I. with Tom Selleck when I got a call from Rakesh Roshan in my, asking me to feature in his film as a hero. I was happy, but asked him ‘Are the actors in Bollywood on strike that you are calling me from America’. That’s because I was not working in Bollywood at that time,” Bedi tells us.

That was when Roshan instructed him that “no hero was ready to play the character” because it turns villain. The 77-year-old continues, “He explained to me that if he takes a villain there will be no surprise, and asked me to do it. I just asked who was the leading lady, and agreed when I got to know it was Rekha because she was at the height of her fame at that moment. She was reigning queen. I came back and shot the film and it went on to become one of my biggest hits”.

Also starring Rekha, the movie narrated a narrative of how a lady who comes again to take revenge from her husband who tried to kill her by throwing her in entrance of a crocodile in a lake.

For Bedi, Khoon Bhari Maang is a narrative of girl empowerment, with the nice profitable over the evil. And he doesn’t take a second earlier than crediting Roshan for bringing out the very best in him and Rekha. In truth, the actor feels his character had a deep influence, particularly the scene the place he throws Rekha within the water.

“I have fans come up to me to talk about the film. Nobody can forget the scene where I threw Rekha to crocodiles. It made a lot of young girls scared of me. After some time, and watching my other projects, they realised I was acting. But at that time, they thought I was the most dangerous man on the planet,” he quips, including that he had no qualms about it. “Actors like and want to have a scene for which we are remembered forever”.

.Recently, Bedi met Rekha at an awards present, which made followers nostalgic, and a few even questioned if the movie must be remade. But the actor is solely towards the concept.

“I don’t think it is a film which needs to be remade because it was so well made to start with. What will they add to it? Good films stay forever, and are often watched again and again on TV or streaming services. Also, there will be no thrill in the remake because you know what the story is, and it has been done well by actors. What new things can you bring? So, I don’t think anyone should make a remake of the film,” he ends.