Rati Agnihotri is one of the most popular and beautiful actresses in the film industry. There was a time when her fans used to call Rati an ‘apsara’ descended from heaven. Rati Agnihotri started her career in modelling at the age of ten. Her first film roles were in the Tamil-language films Puthiya Vaarpugal and Niram Maaratha Pookkal (1979). She came into the limelight after appearing in the romantic tragedy film Ek Duuje Ke Liye. She was paired with Kamal Haasan in the film, which went on to become a huge success. Since then, she has not looked back. Do you know that in this film, Rati Agnihotri did an emotional scene that proved to be injurious to her health? Yes, you heard it right.
Ek Duuje Ke Liye, directed by K Balachander, is a remake of Balachander’s Telugu film Maro Charitra. The movie was released on June 5, 1981, and grossed over Rs 10 crore at the box office, making it one of the highest-grossing Indian films of its year. Ek Duuje Ke Liye is regarded as a classic film in Hindi cinema and is considered one of the best Hindi-language films of all time.
In this film, Rati’s character was named Sapna, and Kamal Haasan played the role of Vasudevan ‘Vasu’. Rati shot an emotional scene brilliantly without caring about her life. There is a scene when Rati has to put the remains of a burned photo in tea and drink it.
Rati did this scene in a very perfect manner. She did exactly how the director wanted the shot. She won everyone’s heart in her very first attempt at doing this scene. She mixed the remains of the burnt photo with tea in reality and swallowed it. Everyone was surprised to see the expression she gave after this. She drank the entire tea without saying cut.
Rati was completely unaware that by doing this, she had put her life at risk because in those days, poisonous chemicals like silver were used to make photographs. She was unaware of these things. The good thing was that nothing happened to her later.
Rati Agnihotri bagged the Filmfare Award for Best Actress for her outstanding performance in the film.
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