The great actor Rishi Kapoor has passed away

With the death of Bollywood's greatest hero Irrfan Khan yesterday, the whole world was mourning.That's where another bad news came out today.Bollywood legend Rishi Kapoor has died at the age of 67. After his health deteriorated, he was admitted to a Mumbai hospital.Rishi Kapoor's death has shaken the film world.Actor Raza Murad lamented Rishi Kapoor's passing away saying that Rishi Kapoor was not just my partner.The whole of Bollywood has expressed its grief by tweeting.Amitabh Bachchan also tweeted, "He is gone. Rishi Kapoor is gone. He has just passed away. I am broken." Rishi Kapoor was very close to Amitabh Bachchan. The friendship between the two was exemplary. Both have acted in dozens of films.The two had worked together in films like Kabhi Kabhi, Ajooba, Coolie and Amar, Akbar, Anthony in the 70s and 80s.The two veteran actors last appeared on screen together after 27 years. In 2018, his film '102-Not Out' came out, in which Rishi Kapoor became Amitabh's son.One of the most popular songs of this movie star was "Tingu ji tingu ji lambu ji lambu ji".

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Rishi Kapoor was born 4th spetember 1952 in Bombay,India and his family belongs to the Hindu punjabi community.Being part of the Kapoor Bollywood dynamic, he was the second son of legendary actor-director Raj Kapoor and Krishna Raj Kapoor (nee Malhotra). Likewise, his family encompasses a successful line of actors, including brothers, Randhir and Rajiv Kapoor; grandfather Prithvi raj Kapoor; maternal uncles Prem, Rajindra , and Narendra Nath, as well as Prem Chopra and paternal uncles Shashi and Shammi Kapoor Rishi Kapoor's two sisters, on the other hand, include late ritu nanda, who was an insurance agent, and Rima Jain. The Kapoor family also had an ancestral house by the name, 'Kapoor Haveli' located in peshawar, Pakistan. Kapoor attended Champion school mumbai and Mayo coehe ajmerRishi Kapoor made his film debut in the movie Bobby. Earlier, he also appeared in Shri 420 and Mera Naam Joker as a child actor. After that, Rishi Kapoor made many hits at the box office. With Nitu Singh Every Rishi Kapoor movie that came out was a hit. Nitu Singh and Rishi Kapoor also fell in love and this was the reason why they both thought of getting married.The couple had two children— son, actor Ranbir Kapoor and daughter, Riddhima Kapoor Sahani.Rishi Kapoor was very active on social media.Rishi Kapoor's controversial statements continued on Twitter. This was sometimes opposed. But Rishi Kapoor kept sharing his heart.Kapoor's autobiography Khullam Khulla: Rishi Kapoor Uncensored, was released on 15 January 2017. Kapoor wrote the book along with Meena Iyer, and the title was published under Harper Collins. Kapoor's comments on being a "beef-eating Hindu" became controversial.
Kapoor was known to make controversial socio-political comments. In March 2016, he criticized the Nehru Gandhi Family over naming of roads, buildings and national assets in the name of Gandhi and Nehru.In September 2017, he again took on the Gandhi family by slamming Rahul Gandhi over dynastic politics. In March 2020, he expressed anger and criticized the Indian Judiciary with the "Tareekh Pe Tareekh" dialogue of his film Damni over the delay in execution of the four perpetrators who were convicted in the Nirbhaya case due to loopholes in the laws. The convicts were finally executed on 20th March at 5:30 am in Tihar Jail after it was deferred thrice.Due to carona viris, Rishi Kapoor had appealed to the people not to resort to any kind of violence. "Doctors, nurses and police are risking their lives to save your life," However, he did not post anything from his Twitter account after April 2.In one of his tweets, he mentioned an upcoming film with Deepika Padukone. People were praying for his recovery after the news of his recruitment. Rishi Kapoor last worked with Imran Hashmi in 'The Body'. Rishi Kapoor had recently announced his next film with Deepika Padukone. The film was to be a Hindi  remake of 'The Intern'.

one of his last films Jhootha Kahin Ka, he had expressed his desire of working in a Punjabi film to its director Smeep Kang.
Pali Bhupinder Singh shared on his social handles that Smeep had asked him to write a Punjabi film script that could be suitable for Rishi Kapoor. He had even narrated a few subjects to Smeep who had further discussed it with Rishi Kapoor. But due to Rishi Kapoor’s hospitalisation in the US, things could not materialise.Actor-Producer Daljeet Kalsi says, "For Sardaar Saab I had only three actors in mind. At first we had approached Vinod Khanna Saab whom Mika bhaji had introduced to me. He politely turned down the offer on health grounds. I met Rishi Sir twice in Mumbai and once in Malaysia at the IIFA Awards. Post-award function, like any other Punjabi, he was all set for his evening drinks and soon started talking in Punjabi with me, that too loud enough! Haha how full of life he was."Rishi Kapoor was extremely busy with back to back Hindi films so the project ended up in Jackie Shroff's kitty and we all saw him as Sardar Saab.Savita Bhatti recalls the time when Rishi Kapoor gave a big Bollywood break to her husband late Jaspal Bhatti. He would ask the couple to bring him sarson da saag during his visits to Chandigarh. He had also invited them to his daughter Ridhima’s Wedding. His grandfather Prithviraj Kapoor had done Punjabi films while his father Raj Kapoor had also appeared in a very brief cameo in a Punjabi film. It is also believed that Raj Kapoor always wanted to make a Punjabi film with Rishi Kapoor but it seems like Rishi's appearance in Punjabi films was just not destined.

Rishi Kapoor was diagnosed with cancer in 2018, after which he was treated in New York for about 8 months. Earlier, neither Rishi Kapoor nor his family had disclosed the disease, but later Rishi Kapoor himself told people that he had cancer. Rishi Kapoor returned to India from the US in September last year. Here he was treated for cancer for about a year.On social media, Randhir Kapoor broke the news of Rishi Kapoor's death. Rishi Kapoor was admitted to HN Reliance Hospital by his family on Wednesday. His brother Randhir had said that he was having difficulty in breathing.
The late actor's daughter, Riddhima Kapoor Sahni, who reached Mumbai from Delhi on Saturday evening, couldn't attend the prayer meet. Riddhima was in Delhi when her father died in Mumbai's HN Reliance Hospital on April 30. She couldn't get the permission to fly down to Mumbai to attend her father's last rites due to the ongoing lockdown. However, she sought permission from Delhi Police to travel by road and left for Mumbai on Friday. She reached Mumbai with her daughter Samara on Saturday.After a two-year long battle with leukemia, Rishi Kapoor breathed his last on April 30. He was 67. The mortal remains of the late actor were directly taken to Chandanwadi Crematorium from the hospital for his cremation. Only a few people were allowed to attend the funeral. Kareena Kapoor Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Abhishek Bachchan, Alia Bhatt, Armaan Jain, Aadar Jain, Rima Jain, Manoj Jain, Randhir Kapoor, Rajeev Kapoor and Kunal Kapoor, were among the family members who attended the funeral.May God grant peace to the soul of Rishi Kapoor and give strength to the Kapoor family to fight this calamity.waheguru


Husanpreet Singh

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