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Rajeev Khandelwal became one of India’s most popular television actors, credits to Ekta Kapoor’s show Kahiin To Hoga. But, after few years, the actor decided to move on. His decision met with a lot of opposition back then and even made Ekta Kapoor angry, who was considered the ‘queen of fictional television shows’ in those days. He was even warned by Ekta’s father, veteran actor Jeetendra that he is ‘committing a mistake’ but the actor didn’t change his mind and continued with his decision.

Earlier, in an interview, Rajeev revealed the actual reason behind his exit from the show. The actor shared that he couldn’t handle the fandom, and hence decided to call it quits. While speaking to Bollywood Bubble, the Left Right Left actor shared, “Yes, when I started, my first character became very popular with the people. I played a character called Sujal in the series Kahin Toh Hoga. It became so overwhelming that I had to leave the series. I left the series because whenever I would go out, sit in the car, or come back home, I would find people waiting for me everywhere. If the car stopped at a signal and I accidentally looked out the window, people, especially girls, would get excited. It started happening too much. It affected me so much, and I’ve been saying this since then, but people thought that ‘Rajeev now considers himself very important, and that’s why he left the series.”

He revealed that nobody knew the real reason behind his decision to leave the show midway. “But no one knows, I think only Ekta, Jeetu ji, and Shobha ji know, with whom I had discussions that I wanted to leave. They know the real reason why I left. The real reason was that I couldn’t handle so much love. I couldn’t handle so much affection. I felt that if I was receiving so much love, I needed to give it back in terms of my performance. If I was doing a scene that I felt was not up to the mark, I felt it was wrong.”

“When you’re receiving so much love, you have to give it back. When I felt that I wasn’t able to give back through my work, I decided to leave. I left it. I was getting double the money and many other things, but I left it only because I couldn’t handle it. Then I thought if I went far from this and created something else, it would feel like the love I received was deserving, otherwise, it was just for the character. It became very overwhelming for me.” Rajeev concluded

Apart from Kahiin To Hoga, Rajeev Khandelwal starred in various television shows like Time Bomb 9/11, C.I.D, Left Right Left and more. But, then quit the telly world and ventured into films. He made his Bollywood debut with Ronnie Screwvala’s action thriller Aamir. Though he received critical acclaim for his performance, but the film tanked at the box office. Similarly, his other few releases like Shaitan, Soundtrack, Will You Marry Me?, Table No. 21, and Ishk struggled to impress commercially as well as critically.

The actor was last seen in Disney + Hotstar series Showtime, opposite Mouni Roy, Emraan Hashmi, and Naseeruddin Shah.

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