Meet actor who became star with one show, quit midway, made Ekta Kapoor angry, Jeetendra warned him to…, his name is…, Not Ram Kapoor, Karan Patel
GH News May 05, 2025 02:06 PM

Rajeev Khandelwal became one of Indias most popular television actors credits to Ekta Kapoors 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 Ektas father veteran actor Jeetendra that he is committing a mistake but the actor didnt 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 couldnt 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 Screwvalas 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.