Nostalgia with Rajit Kapur, “I only had some pocket money, no bank balance”

The actor talks about being insecure and vulnerable, landing his first big TV series and working as a stage manager at 22

Describe yourself as a 22-year-old.

Rajit Kapur at 25 (left) and at 59 (right)

With KK Raina in the 1990s Doordarshan show, Byomkesh Bakshi

A non-smoker, he tried a cigarette while playing Byomkesh Bakshi

During a shoot for Elbee Services in 1989

Rajit in Buddhadev Dasgupta’s 1994 film, Charachar

Rajit when he was 18 years old

Sporting a moustache for the series Kshitij Ye Nahi

Playing Puck in Shakespeare’s play, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, when he was 16