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Basu Chatterji's first foray in Television - within a month this one was a mega hit with 'Rajni' becoming a household name across the country. Priya Tendulkar, better known as the firebrand crusader 'Rajni' hit the national limelight for her role as a crusader fighting for the rights of the common man in the TV serial 'Rajni'.
The serial, first telecast in the mid-1980s on the then government-monopoly broadcaster Doordarshan, instantly turned her into a cult idol. Ordinary people would approach Chatterji and Tendulkar for help. Even government officials from different parts of India asked Tendulkar, who was known to the masses as Rajni, help to instil confidence in the people's minds.
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When I planned 'Rajni', I never had Priya in mind. I shot with Padmini Kolhapure but she could not devote time. Then I met Priya, I knew her father well. I asked her whether she had time to shoot thrice a week. When I saw her on screen I realised that only she could have done 'Rajni', there was no one else who fitted the role. She was superb as 'Rajni' on and off-screen. Till the end she was 'Rajni'- the crusader.
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