‘I feel lucky to have worked with Kakaji’

‘I feel lucky to have worked with Kakaji’

    TV actor Vishwajeet Pradhan considers himself to be a lucky man — he got an opportunity to work with Rajesh Khanna in the late actor’s last film. The film, which will be released soon, is produced by Vijay Sirohi and directed by Ashok Tyagi. Khanna plays a business magnet while Pradhan is in the role of his
solicitor, Sandeep
Marwah. On working with Kakaji, he says, “It was an overwhelming experience. Rajeshji was precise in movement and minimalistic in expression. But the impact is to be seen to be believed. Whenever he liked my acting, he appreciated it — not so much through words, but with a hint of a smile or a wink of an eye.” Apart from learning the nuances of acting, Pradhan also devoured Kakaji’s favourite sweets. Says he, “He told me about a sweet shop he would frequent during his trips to Hyderabad. He said, ‘Wahan jao aur bolo, humein Kakaji wali mithai chahiye and you will get some of the best sweets in the world’. I have done 170 films till now. I am thankful that I got an opportunity to work with a legend like Kakaji.”

Vishwajeet Pradhan and (top) with Rajesh Khanna