Sanjeev Kumar was not allowed to eat non-vegetarian food at home, so he/she rented a flat

Late actor Sanjeev Kumar was known for his/her strong acting. Apart from the screen, he/she was very fond of eating. Actor Sachin Pilgaonkar recently revealed that Sanjeev Kumar loved to eat non-vegetarian food. Since non-vegetarian food was not allowed at his/her house, Sanjeev Kumar rented a separate flat so that he/she could eat meat and fish comfortably there and his/her house also remained pure. Sachin Pilgaonkar spoke openly about this hobby of Sanjeev Kumar on Kunal Vijaykar’s YouTube channel. he/she told, ‘he/she had taken another house for eating.’ The actor recalled, ‘he/she had rented a house in Pali Hill, which was a 1-BHK flat. he/she took this house only to eat non-vegetarian food, because non-vegetarian food was not allowed at his/her house.’

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The famous stars used to drink together

Sachin also recalled the memories of the days when the legendary stars used to gather together for food and drinks in the morning. he/she said, ‘So they used to order Paya, Nihari. Sanjeev Kumar, Shammi Kapoor, Shatrughan Sinha, Randhir Kapoor and I, we all used to eat there together. Paya had to be heated 4-5 times because we used to keep drinking till 5 in the morning and then we used to eat Paya. We used to eat it with bakery naan and enjoy it.’

Sanjeev Kumar could not eat non-veg at anyone else’s house

Before Sachin, veteran actress Anju Mahendru had talked about Sanjeev Kumar in an interview with Filmfare. She had said, ‘Hari (Sanjeev Kumar) was fond of food. Everything was related to food for him/her. Despite being a Gujarati Brahmin, he/she loved non-vegetarian food. If he/she was at someone else’s house, he/she could not eat non-veg properly. So he/she would come home and we would get dishes prepared for him/her.’

Sanjeev used to reach Mousami Chatterjee’s house to eat non-veg

Actress Mousami Chatterjee too had mentioned Sanjeev’s love for food in a chat at FTII in 2019, “Haribhai loved non-vegetarian food, but he/she couldn’t eat it at home. he/she would come over to my house anytime and even if my husband and I were going for a party, he/she would come over and say, ‘I have brought movies, if you don’t mind, is there any non-veg in the fridge?’

died at the age of 47

Sanjeev Kumar is known for his/her best films like ‘Sholay’, ‘Aandhi’, ‘Khilona’, ‘Angoor’. he/she died of a heart attack in 1985 at the age of just 47.