{"id":333034,"date":"2026-03-11T06:53:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T06:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/333034\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T06:53:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T06:53:09","slug":"exclusive-priyadarshan-on-his-poor-education-remark-i-didnt-mean-to-insult-rajpal-yadav","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/333034\/","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive | Priyadarshan on his \u2018poor education\u2019 remark: I didn’t mean to insult Rajpal Yadav"},"content":{"rendered":"

Filmmaker Priyadarshan has clarified that his recent remarks about actor Rajpal Yadav<\/a>\u2019s \u201cpoor education\u201d were never intended as an insult, explaining that he meant it in a broader sense of awareness rather than formal schooling.<\/p>\n

\"RajpalRajpal Yadav, Priyadarshan<\/p>\n

The director tells HT City exclusively that his comment was about innocence and the challenges of navigating the industry rather than Rajpal\u2019s academic background. \u201cActually, I didn\u2019t mean that. See, education is something we learn from the street and something we learn from the books too. Now I just meant that (street smartness), maybe because education is also awareness. This is what I meant,\u201d he said. Rajpal has had a tough time in the recent weeks, as he was asked to surrender in connection to a cheque bouncing case, and later released. And when asked about Priyadarshan\u2019s comment, Rajpal had clarified, \u201cThis is completely wrong. Priyanji doesn\u2019t know me. I am well educated guy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Also read: ‘I\u2019m getting tired’: Priyadarshan says he hopes to retire after completing Hera Pheri 3 and Haiwaan<\/a><\/p>\n

Priyadarshan adds that his observation came from the actor\u2019s simplicity and trusting nature. \u201cMaybe he comes from a village and the people in the village are so innocent, they don\u2019t understand\u2026 you should be able to discriminate between right people and wrong people. That is education in a very broad way,\u201d he explains.<\/p>\n

He asserts that the remark was never meant to demean the actor. \u201cI didn\u2019t mean that. I didn\u2019t mean to insult him or anything. So I said that because I\u2019ve never seen such an innocent person in my life like Rajpal\u2026 innocence comes out of lack of education in the broader sense.\u201d<\/p>\n

Priyadarshan goes on to praise Rajpal, with whom he has collaborated on iconic hits such as Bhagam Bhaag, Bhool Bhulaiyaa and Malamaal Weekly<\/a>, which in fact completed 20 years of its release on Tuesday, March 10. He believes Rajpal will bounce back strongly. \u201cAfter Bhooth Bangla releases, I believe Rajpal will spring back as one of the biggest stars of comedy\u2026 because he\u2019s done a fantastic job for me in this film.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Filmmaker Priyadarshan has clarified that his recent remarks about actor Rajpal Yadav\u2019s \u201cpoor education\u201d were never intended as…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":333035,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[59425,146,163913,85,36164,46,397,163914,144287,163915],"class_list":{"0":"post-333034","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-bhool-bhulaiyaa","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-filmmaker-priyadarshan","11":"tag-il","12":"tag-innocence","13":"tag-israel","14":"tag-movies","15":"tag-poor-education","16":"tag-rajpal-yadav","17":"tag-street-smartness"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=333034"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333034\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/333035"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=333034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=333034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=333034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}