‘If People Want To Scare Me, What Should I Do?’


‘Not
all
of
are
like
Saif
Ali
Khan
who
fought
back
when
his
family
was
threatened.’

Rajpal Yadav

IMAGE:
Rajpal
Yadav.

All
photographs:
Kind
courtesy
Rajpal
Naurang
Yadav/Instagram

“We
are
all
living
under
a
threat
these
days,”

Rajpal
Yadav

tells

Subhash
K
Jha
.


Rajpalji,
is
it
true
you
have
received
death
threats?

Sir,
this
has
come.
I
had
informed
both
the
Amboli
police
station
(in
Andheri,
north
west
Mumbai
)
and
cyber
crime.
After
that
I
did
not
discuss
this
with
anyone
as
it
is
not
my
place
to
say
anything
about
it.
I
do
not
know
anything
about
it.


Does
it
scare
you?

Sir,
who
won’t
get
scared
when
one’s
life
and
family’s
safety
is
threatened?
Not
all
of
are
like
Saif
Ali
Khan
who
fought
back
when
his
family
was
threatened.

I
am
an
artist
and
I
will
keep
trying
in
my
art
that
every
child,
young
or
old
in
the
whole
world
should
be
happy
with
our
entertainment,
I
do
not
want
to
say
anything
more
than
this.
Only
those
agencies
are
capable
of
shedding
light
on
this.

Whatever
information
I
got,
I
have
told
you.
And
Sir,
I
have
not
discussed
this
anywhere
else.

Rajpal Yadav

IMAGE:
Rajpal
Yadav
with
his
father.


I
appreciate
it,
Rajpalji.

I
wish
I
had
more
to
tell.
But
beyond
that
one
email
I
do
not
have
any
information.

Who
sent
it,
what
they
want,
why
they
chose
me,
I
don’t
know.

We
are
all
living
under
a
threat
these
days.
Whatever
information
I
had,
I
have
shared
with
you
with
great
honesty.
Sir,
please
take
care
and
I
am
always
accessible
to
you.


Your
closing
thoughts?

Sir,
until
the
day
I’m
alive,
I
want
to
entertain
people.
You
had
once
told
me
that
the
minute
I
come
on
screen
the
audience
laughs.

Sir,

iss
se
bada
vardaan
kya
ho
sakta
hai?
Bakhi,
log
agar
mujhe
darana
chahte
hain
toh
main
kya
karun?
Logon
ko
jis
mein
khushi
ho

(What
can
be
a
bigger
boon
than
this?
If
people
want
to
scare
me,
then
what
should
I
do?
Whatever
makes
people
happy).


You
also
lost
your
father?

Sir,

jab
aafat
aati
hai
toh
kai
baar
ek
saath
aati
hai

(When
trouble
strikes,
it
often
comes
together).


Feature
Presentation:
Rajesh
Alva/Rediff.com