I need money - Satyadev Dubey's anguished cry during his last days

I need money -  Satyadev Dubey's anguished cry during his last days
Tuesday, December 27, 2011 12:14 IST
By Subhash K Jha, Santa Banta News Network
/> True artistes are not treated too kindly in this country. Theatre doyen Satyadev Dubey faced indescribably hard times in his later days.

Actor Rajit Kapoor reveals, "I was his greatest admirer. And to see him this way was unbearable for me. Satyadevji had no money in his last days. When I met him recently he told me. He said, ‘Why doesn't anyone give me work to do? ' The anguished question left me feeling helpless. "

Rajit reveals that the blunt and honest quality in Dubey's character often put his friends off (Dubey fell out professionally with Shyam Benegal).

Says Rajit, "Satyadev was so candid he left you feeling naked under his scrutiny. That's because he was himself a completely naked man. Hence anyone and everyone hurled stones at him. He took the brickbats on his chin, never flinched from being true to his art. "

All of Rajit's interactions with the Doyen Of All Things Staged took place at the Prithvi Theatre's cafe. "That's where our bonding began and cemented. I was barely out of my teens when Aakash Khurana took me to meet him at Prithvi Theatres.

He surveyed me so closely I felt naked. He told me to join his group from the next day if I could afford the bus fare to the theatre. I never went back. I was totally intimidated.

Though I remained bonded with him over the years I didn't have the courage to work with him. He was harsh and diffident. But he was also vulnerable and emotional in his unguarded moments. In his later years his sharp tongue and no-nonsense attitude to life and art isolated him from his colleagues.

I will never forget Satyadevji recommended me for my role in Vikram Bhatt's Ghulam. Because of him I got the important role of Aamir Khan's brother. It was my first foray into commercial Hindi cinema.

I wouldn't have known whom to approach and how to start in mainstream cinema. He was a true inspiration and my hero in theatre. "
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