India, April 10 -- LUCKNOW Veteran actor Rakesh Bedi underscored his unwavering commitment to live theatre, saying that there has hardly been a single month where he has not stepped onto a theatre stage. The artiste was in town to stage a play, 'Massage', as part of the golden jubilee celebrations of Bhartendu Natya Academy.

"I passed out from the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) in 1976. Since then, there has hardly been any month when I have not stepped onto a theatre stage. When people say they don't get time for theatre, it is just a fallacy; when you want to pursue theatre, you definitely get time. Even when I was signing up for 'Dhurandhar', I told the director that I will need time for rehearsals and staging theatre p...