Ranjeet on Rekha’s Tantrums: Money Matters Amidst Her Rift with Amitabh Bachchan

Veteran Actor Ranjeet, Who shares a friendly bond with the actress Rekha recalls asking her to return his signing amount after he couldn’t put up with her tantrums.

Rekha is known for her versatility and is among the most acclaimed actresses of Indian cinema. Rekha is considered as the among the highest paid actress of her time, and was on demand after delivering several hits. Bollywood actor, Ranjeet who once signed her for one of his films, recalled how after a point he had to ask her to return his signing amount as he couldn’t put up with her tantrums.

Ranjeet shared how he reached a point where he found it difficult to work with Rekha. At that time, he was frustrated with the roles being offered to him and decided to venture unto filmmaking himself. he explained, “I didn’t sign films for almost a decade. I used to get frustrated. When I started to make films, irrespective of the bond I shared with the actors, I would pay them for their work. Although they used to hesitate to take money from me, I would insist.”

Ranjeet maintained this approach even with Rekha and paid her a fee for signing his film. However, he later discovered that another producer had signed her for a project at a rate Rs 5 lakh lower than what she had quoted to him. He recalled, “Similarly, I told her too, that you are my friend and everything but if I am signing you for a film, I want you to quote me an amount and I will pay you, and she did. Later, I realised that someone else who also signed her for one of their films was paying her Rs 5 lakh less than what she had quoted to me.” “I knew she would make producers line up outside her house and wouldn’t meet them. When I was narrating the story to her, I had my whole team waiting outside, she didn’t let them in. I talked to her about it, but she said, ‘Let them all wait outside.’ Only Farzana would go take messages from them and convey it to her, she wouldn’t meet anybody.”