Mayur Raj Verma is away from acting.
‘Mahabharata’ is mentioned that the characters of BR Chopra’s ‘Mahabharata’ start moving in front of the eyes of the audience. This mythological serial by BR Chopra is one of the most popular serials of TV and its popularity has not diminished even today. In this serial, artists like Rupa Ganguly to Nitish Bhardwaj, Mukesh Khanna, Pankaj Dhir, Gajendra Verma and Puneet Issar got a lot of accolades from their acting. The actor who played ‘Abhimanyu’ in this serial was also highly praised. In the Mahabharata of BR Chopra, Master Mayur alias Mayur Raj Verma played Abhimanyu, also known as Junior Amitabh Bachchan in the 70-80s.
The most expensive child actor of the 70s
In fact, Master Mayur played Amitabh Bachchan’s childhood in films like ‘Mukaddar Ka Sikander’ and ‘Lavaris’ in the 70s and became so popular through these characters that he came to be known as Junior Amitabh Bachchan. At that time, Master Mayur used to be the highest paid child actor of Hindi cinema. However, even after achieving so much fame, Mayur quit acting. Now let’s know where Mayur Raj Verma is and what they are doing.
Work with Bollywood superstars
Mayur, who was known as Junior Amitabh, played the childhood character of Amitabh Bachchan in films like unclaim and Mukaddar Ka Sikandar, started working with artists like Rajesh Khanna, Dharmendra, Jeetendra, Anil Kapoor and Sanjeev Kumar in his career. In an interview with Rediff, he told that during 1977 he was very famous and was charging up to 1 lakh fees for every film. He had said – ‘In 1973, I used to get 10,000 rupees per film. When I became very popular in 1977, I started getting more than 1 lakh rupees.
Mayur Raj Verma
Mayur Raj Verma is the owner of Arabs
Mayur Raj Verma may be away from the film world today, but is not less than anyone in terms of earnings. Mayur may not have been seen in any film for a long time, but he is earning tremendous from his business. After being a hit in acting, Mayur shifted to England and decided to try his hand in business and runs a restaurant with his wife, his wife Noori Chef. Along with his restaurant business, Mayur does acting class and many workshops.