Veteran actor Rajeev Verma, remembered by generations of moviegoers as Salman Khan’s on-screen father in Maine Pyar Kiya , has revealed why he chose to walk away from Mumbai and the mainstream entertainment industry despite being part of several iconic films and television shows. In a conversation on the DearGeneration podcast, Verma spoke about working alongside actors who would later become some of Bollywood’s biggest stars, the monotony that eventually crept into his career, and why he returned to his hometown of Bhopal to focus on family and a slower pace of life. Verma, who now spends most of his time doing theatre, said he never chased stardom. ‘When we made Maine Pyar Kiya, nobody knew Salman Khan’ Looking back at his breakthrough film, Verma pointed out that many people now identify him as Salman Khan’s father from Maine Pyar Kiya , but the film’s cast was largely made up of newcomers at the time. “Maine Pyar Kiya was my first film.…