{"id":357902,"date":"2025-12-19T08:22:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T08:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/357902\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T08:22:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T08:22:13","slug":"dhurandhar-actor-rakesh-bedi-reacts-to-criticism-about-him-kissing-20-year-old-sara-arjun-at-event-no-ill-intent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/357902\/","title":{"rendered":"Dhurandhar actor Rakesh Bedi reacts to criticism about him \u2018kissing\u2019 20 year old Sara Arjun at event: \u2018No ill intent\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Published on: Dec 19, 2025 06:09 am IST <\/p>\n

In an interview with Hindustan Times, Rakesh Bedi discusses the moment between him and on-screen daughter Sara Arjun that went viral for the wrong reasons. <\/p>\n

In Aditya Dhar\u2019s recent hit Dhurandhar, 71-year-old Rakesh Bedi<\/a> played the cunning politician Jameel Jamali. 20-year-old Sara Arjun played his spirited daughter Yalina Jamali. A moment between them at the film’s trailer launch in November continues to receive criticism more than a month later. When Rakesh leaned in to greet Sara on stage, the internet claims that it looks like he\u2019s kissing her shoulder. In an interview with Hindustan Times, Rakesh addresses it and says, \u201cIt\u2019s so stupid.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Rakesh Rakesh Bedi played Jameel Jamali, while Sara Arjun played his daughter Jameel Jamali in Dhurandhar. A moment between them at the teaser launch is being questioned online. <\/p>\n

\u2018Sara plays my daughter, is less than half my age\u2019<\/p>\n

When the incident is brought up, Rakesh does not hesitate to point out that he shares a fatherly rapport with Sara that people seem to have taken out of context. \u201cSara <\/a>is less than half my age and plays my daughter. Whenever we met during the shoot, she would greet me with a hug, just as a daughter would with her father. We share a nice rapport and camaraderie, which is also reflected on screen,\u201d says an incensed Rakesh.<\/p>\n

The actor says that even on the day of the event, he met her with the same affection, only for it to be twisted into something else entirely. \u201cIt was no different that day, but people are not seeing the affection there. The affection of an elderly man towards a young girl. Dekhne wale ki aankh mein gadbad hai to kya kar sakte ho (What can you do when people perceive it wrongly)?\u201d he reasons.<\/p>\n

\u2018Sara\u2019s parents were there, why would I do that?\u2019<\/p>\n

Rakesh also points out that Sara\u2019s parents, actor Raj Arjun and Sanya, were present at the Dhurandhar teaser launch. \u201cWhy would I kiss her with ill intent publicly on a stage? I mean, her parents were there. People are just crazy when they claim these things. They just need to create an issue out of nothing on social media,\u201d says the actor.<\/p>\n

As much as Rakesh was criticised for it online, there were also people who watched him growing up in Shrimaan Shrimati or Bhabi Ji Ghar Par Hai<\/a>! who defended him fiercely. \u201cI tell you, I am not safeguarding myself. My voluminous body of work, which has touched people, is doing it for me. I recently went to a dinner with friends, and a lady approached me. Her son is physically and mentally challenged, but he loves my work and can comprehend it. That speaks more for me than anything will,\u201d he rounds off.<\/p>\n

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