Laapataa Ladies star Ravi Kishan opens up about his troubled relationship with father: ‘He wanted to kill me, mother said run away’

Talented and versatile actor Ravi Kishan, who was recently seen in Laapataa Ladies and Netlix’s _Maamla Legal Ha_i, opened up about his troubled relationship with his father. The Bhojpuri star said that his father was shocked to see him perform in Ramleela and later used to punish him for that. However, in the end, he was proud of him and his success.

“My father was beating me very badly and he was hammering me. He wanted to kill me and my mother was aware that her husband is capable of killing me and he will not hesitate because priests have less emotions. So she said ‘bhaag jao.’,” the actor told Brut while revealing that he had Rs 500 in his pocket and left home and took the train to Mumbai.

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Justifying his father’s behaviour, he added, “He was a priest and being a Brahmin, he always wanted me to do farming or become a priest or do some government job. He never thought an artist can be born in his family. So dancing or playing the role of Sita in Ramleela was a bit shocking for him. Woh maarte the aur maine zindagi ko seekha. So every beating from him was a lesson for me and he made Ravi Kishan.”

Ravi Kishan revealed that his father had were tears in his eyes before his death and said ‘tum humare gaurav ho (you are our pride). “I was very clear from my childhood that I didn’t want an unknown death. Everyone is born with a reason and my reason made me ‘Ravi Kishan,” he said.

Talking about _Laapataa Ladies_ , the film was directed by Kiran Rao and produced by megastar Aamir Khan under his production house Aamir Khan Productions.