<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;One of India&amp;rsquo;s most loved actors, theatre legends and sitcom icons &amp;mdash; Rakesh Bedi &amp;mdash; joins Cyrus for a deeply funny, nostalgic and insightful conversation.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;From&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;to&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;FTII days with Satish Shah, Om Puri &amp;amp; Naseeruddin Shah&lt;/strong&gt;, to his mind-blowing 24-character solo play&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;Massage&lt;/strong&gt;, to his new film&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;Dhurandhar&lt;/strong&gt;, this is a masterclass in comedy, performance and storytelling.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;⭐&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;What Rakesh Bedi Reveals&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;How&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;IPTA&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;shaped his life &amp;amp; why his 8:20 Club has met for 35+ years&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;The overnight stardom of&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;amp; TV changing his life&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;FTII stories: Satish Shah, Kundan Shah, Om Puri, Naseeruddin Shah&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Why subtle comedy survives generations&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;How he created&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;24 characters&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;for&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;Massage&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;and performs 2 hours nonstop&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Why failures make better stories than success&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;The difference between film acting, TV acting &amp;amp; stage endurance&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;His insane engineering exam story &amp;amp; why he chose theatre&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Playing a Pakistani politician in&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;Dhurandhar&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;The craft of creating humour from pauses, looks &amp;amp; timing&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;🎭&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;Why This Episode Matters&lt;/strong&gt;This is a rare, intimate conversation with a performer who shaped Indian comedy for 40+ years &amp;mdash; film, theatre, television and now OTT.Actors, directors, theatre students and comedy fans will absolutely love this.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener"&gt;omnystudio.com/listener&lt;/a&gt; for privacy information.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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“Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi Changed My Life Overnight” — Rakesh Bedi Unfiltered

DEC 11, 202552 MIN
Cyrus Says

“Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi Changed My Life Overnight” — Rakesh Bedi Unfiltered

DEC 11, 202552 MIN

Description

One of India’s most loved actors, theatre legends and sitcom icons — Rakesh Bedi — joins Cyrus for a deeply funny, nostalgic and insightful conversation.
From Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi to FTII days with Satish Shah, Om Puri & Naseeruddin Shah, to his mind-blowing 24-character solo play Massage, to his new film Dhurandhar, this is a masterclass in comedy, performance and storytelling.

⭐ What Rakesh Bedi Reveals

  • How IPTA shaped his life & why his 8:20 Club has met for 35+ years
  • The overnight stardom of Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi & TV changing his life
  • FTII stories: Satish Shah, Kundan Shah, Om Puri, Naseeruddin Shah
  • Why subtle comedy survives generations
  • How he created 24 characters for Massage and performs 2 hours nonstop
  • Why failures make better stories than success
  • The difference between film acting, TV acting & stage endurance
  • His insane engineering exam story & why he chose theatre
  • Playing a Pakistani politician in Dhurandhar
  • The craft of creating humour from pauses, looks & timing

🎭 Why This Episode MattersThis is a rare, intimate conversation with a performer who shaped Indian comedy for 40+ years — film, theatre, television and now OTT.Actors, directors, theatre students and comedy fans will absolutely love this.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.