'Sarabhai vs Sarabhai' fame Rajesh Kumar reveals how he reduced Rs 2 crore debt to just 10 percent, opens up about his sisters' role when he faced huge losses

Actor Rajesh Kumar, popular for playing the role of Roshesh on the iconic TV show 'Sarabhai vs Sarabhai' has opened up about how his two sisters settled abroad for more than 25 years quit their high-paying jobs to support him in his organic farming venture. Rajesh Kumar, who previously shared that he had a debt of Rs 2 crore, has now just 10-15% of debt left. "As for the debt, it is almost cleared now. Only a small portion is left—around 10–15% of the total amount I had taken, " he told Bollywood Bubble.

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Rajesh stepped away from acting to pursue organic farming. He returned to his hometown in Bihar, experimented with organic farming, launched an app and also tried to sell organic produce by setting up a vegetable cart outside his son's school.


Now, he has revealed a surprising development: his two sisters who have been settled in the US and Finland for over 25 years, have quit their high-paying jobs to join him in farming.

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'Focus on acting, I will handle farming'

In an interview with Bollywood Bubble, Rajesh shared, “I’ll tell you a very funny incident. After I became obsessed with agriculture, my sisters—who have been citizens of the US and Finland for the past 25 years—decided to join me. Around my 50th birthday in January this year, my elder sister, who is four years older than me, resigned from her job in America and flew down to India. That was her birthday gift to me. She came to Bihar and told me, ‘You take a backseat and focus on acting, I’ll handle farming here.’ Because of her, my younger sister also resigned and said she would join us in March. So ab hum teeno bhai Behan milke kheti karenge.”

A comparison to SRK's Swades

But his journey from acting to farming has not been easy. Rajesh also shared another incident about his sister facing internet connectivity issues in Bihar and compared her situation with Shah Rukh Khan's movie Swades.

“The funniest part is that she called me to complain about the internet. Our village still doesn’t have proper connectivity, and whatever is available is limited to about 2GB. She told me it was the first time she felt so helpless. She has always lived with easy internet access, so suddenly having none was difficult for her. When she spoke to people there, she realised that proper connection hasn’t reached the village yet. She is four years older than me and is facing problems because she can’t access the information she needs without the internet."

Earlier, in an interview with Dainik Bhaskar, Rajesh had revealed that he had rented 20 acres of land in Palghar in 2019. His initial efforts suffered a major setback when over 15,000 saplings were destroyed in an unexpected flood. “That area had never seen flooding before, but that year, heavy rains wiped out everything. It was a very rough start,” he recalled, adding that three of his attempts at farming failed. “Eventually, I set up a small table outside my son’s school and started selling vegetables. That was also when my EMIs began bouncing. Credit card agents started coming home. I had accumulated a lot of debt. We had to leave the farm and walk away,” he said.

Reflecting on that difficult phase, he added, “At one point, I had just Rs 2,500 in my bank account while I was in the UK for a shoot. I travelled back and forth twice during those 24 days, but I couldn’t even bring back chocolates for my kids.”

(With TOI inputs)