Rajesh Kumar is known for his brilliant performance in the TV serial Sarabhai vs Sarabhai. Rajesh Kumar left acting and started farming in his village. Recently, Rajesh Kumar told about the problems faced after entering farming. Although, now apart from being an actor, Rajesh Kumar is also a successful farmer, but his initial days in farming were not so easy.
Rajesh Kumar recently shared in an interview that his decision was very challenging for him because he had to suffer a lot in this journey. His crops were damaged twice due to floods. The actor told that he was so helpless that he had to sell vegetables outside his children's school and only Rs 2500 was left in his bank account.
Talking to Dainik Bhaskar, Rajesh told that he started farming in 2019 by taking 20 acres of land on rent in Palghar. Unfortunately, 15,000 saplings planted in the field were destroyed due to the flood. He said, “There had never been a flood in that area before, but that year there was heavy rain, due to which all the plants in the field got damaged.”
The actor further said, “I got a shock again when the Covid-19 lockdown was imposed, due to which I was not able to take care of the farm for three months. At that time 75% of my crop was ruined. After this, when the situation started getting better, a fire broke out in my field, due to which half the crop was destroyed. I was broken at that time. I felt that I would no longer be able to move forward.”
Without giving up, Rajesh started growing vegetables here too. He said, finally I set up a table in front of my son's school and started selling vegetables. EMI people started coming to my house because I had accumulated a lot of debt. After this I left farming and started a new innings in acting.
After this, Rajesh returned to acting and played a role in 'Binny and Family', which was shot in the UK. Even during this time, his financial condition was so bad that he could not even buy chocolates for his children. He became emotional and said, “When I was in the UK, I had only Rs 2,500 in my bank account. During that 24-day shoot, I came and went home twice, but I could not even take two chocolates for my children.”
