Badhaai Ho: Character actors turn leading lights of Hindi cinema

Gajraj Rao is in disbelief. The 50-something actor of Badhaai Ho (2018) fame is finally getting to play leading roles of his liking in films and web series after spending three decades in the industry. What’s more, he’s able to charge a fee on his own terms, with negligible resistance from producers of the Hindi film industry, the largest in the country by audience size – over 520 million.