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Rajiv Rai, director of Bobby Deol and Kajol’s film ‘Gupta’, revealed in his interview that he was receiving threats from the underworld due to which he had to leave the country. CID for their safety …Read more
Highlights
- Rajiv Rai received threats from the underworld.
- CID had to take training from CID for safety.
- Rajiv Rai left the country due to fear.
Now you must be thinking that neither the actors of these two films are there, neither the story is similar, so what is the similarity between these two. Actually, the similarity between these two films is that both of them had grossed tremendous at the box-office and both of them were made by the same director. These films proved to be a time for this director. Director Rajiv Rai’s difficulties increased as soon as they hit the box-office.
Britain shifted to Britain and ‘secret’ director Rajiv Rai
Rajiv Rai was threatened by the underworld. He started getting threats from the underworld and the matter increased so much that his office was also attacked. After this attack, director Rajiv Rai left India and shifted to Britain, but now he has returned. He shared his tragedy in an interview given to Siddharth Kanan.
Rajiv Rai
Threats were being received from the underworld
The director told that their problems started after Bobby Deol and Kajol’s film ‘Gupta’. After this, he made 2 films which could not earn anything special, which was very disturbing for him. He says, ‘The next day I got a call on my landline and someone asked for money from me. I said nothing. We never talked and I immediately called the police and they asked me not to talk ‘.
Director Rajiv Rai further says that he had a recorder in his office and he recorded everything and sent it to the police. He said that he had talked on the phone for four-five seconds and he understood that he did not talk wrong. Explaining his distress further, Rajiv Rai says that the police had asked him to take training from the CID for his safety. However, after all these incidents, the director left the country overnight. Now he has returned to the country after many years.