Rajat Bedi’s journey in Bollywood is a story of talent, struggle, and perseverance. Despite being born into a film family, his path to recognition was anything but easy. The son of director-producer Narendra Bedi and grandson of legendary writer-director Rajinder Singh Bedi, Rajat had the pedigree, but fame didn’t come naturally. He appeared in several films in like ‘2001: Do Hazaar Ek’, ‘International Khiladi, Indian’, ‘Koi… Mil Gaya’, ‘Rakht’, ‘Khamoshh… Khauff Ki Raat’, and ‘Rocky – The Rebel’, yet he never managed to land the breakthrough roles that could cement his place in the industry. Eventually, work became scarce, and he stepped away from cinema, moving to Canada in search of a new livelihood.
Rajat Bedi shares how Prakash Mehra stood by him and his family
Rajat’s early life shaped his resilience. He lost his father at the age of nine, leaving his mother to raise three children alone. During an interview with Siddharth Kannan, he said, “I was nine years old when I lost my father. He was 45. I remember vividly that no one from the industry looked back at us, except for director Prakash Mehra and his family. For about six months to a year after Papa’s death, Prakash-ji sent money to our house, telling my mother, ‘Bhabhi, don’t worry.’ My mother has been a housewife her entire life. She hasn’t done anything besides bringing three children up on her own. Besides Prakash-ji, no one else looked back. It’s a very unforgiving industry."Two years later, his grandfather also passed away, leaving the family out of the industry until Rajat was ready to step in.