After untimely demise of acting maestro Irrfan Khan, now
another versatile star Rishi Kapoor passed away at 67 at a hospital in Mumbai
on Thursday, dated 30 April 2020.
The timeless star Rishi Kapoor was admitted to the hospital
a day back after his elder brother Randhir Kapoor confirmed to a media daily
that he was having breathing issue. He was admitted to Sir H N Reliance
Foundation Hospital in Girgaon Mumbai. Randhir Kapoor also had disclosed that
Rishi Kapoor was unable to talk.
On the ill-fated demise of the Bobby star, megastar Amitabh
took to his twitter handle and expressed immense grief and sense of loss over
the untimely demise of his dear friend. Recently, superstar Amitabh Bachchan
tweeted to confirm, “T 3517 - He's GONE .. ! Rishi Kapoor .. gone .. just
passed away .. I am destroyed !”
As per media reports, earlier in September 2018, Rishi
Kapoor and Neetu Singh took off to New York and the veteran actor underwent
treatment for cancer close to a year. For a long time, the evergreen star had kept
his cancer battle a top-secret. Ranbir and Riddhima made regular trips to the
USA to meet the ailing father.
After he recuperated, he came back to India in 2019. Rishi
Kapoor’s health worsened a while ago when he was also admitted to the hospital
back in New Delhi. Back then, Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt also travelled to
meet him in New Delhi. As per media updates, Veteran Rishi Kapoor had been
shooting for ‘Sharmaji Namkeen’ in the capital when he fell ill earlier this
year and was later shifted to a hospital in Mumbai. Reports suggest that the
actor was battling cancer relapse.
Bollywood evergreen heartthrob Rishi Kapoor, is the second
son of legend Raj Kapoor and Krishna Raj Kapoor, He was Raj Kapoor's third
born, after Randhir and later Ritu Nanda, he was older to Reema Jain and Rajeev
Kapoor.
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| Rishi Kapoor with father Raj Kapoor, Krishna Raj, brothers Randhir and Rajiv Kapoor |
Bollywood’s “Chintu” was last seen in film ‘The Body’ with
Emraan Hashmi, Shobhita Dhulipala, and Vedhika. Rishi Kapoor was all set to
star in Deepika Padukone co-starrer the remake of Hollywood movie, The Intern.
It was an official adaptation of a Hollywood movie.
About his career in film industry, Bollywood veteran Rishi
Kapoor had his first lead role as an adult in 1973 with ‘Bobby’ opposite Dimple
Kapadia. He also received the Filmfare Best Actor Award in 1974 for the same.
Rishi Kapoor, who married actress Neetu Singh, has two
children - actor Ranbir Kapoor and designer Riddhima Kapoor Sahani.
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| Rishi Kapoor with wife Neetu Singh, son Ranbir Kapoor, daughter Riddhima Sahni and niece Samara Sahni |
Rishi Kapoor is famous for his onscreen act in movies like
‘Amar Akbar Anthony’, ‘Bobby’ and ‘Chandni’. He also played a lovely role in
his father’s iconic movie ‘Mera Naam Joker’.
As soon as the news about Rishi Kapoor’s untimely death hit
social media, fans began pouring in tribute to the senior actor and condolences
for his family. Numerous celebs like Amitabh Bachchan, Kajal Aggarwal, Akshay
Kumar and more also expressed grief and shock over the news of Rishi Kapoor’s
demise.
We offer our condolences to the veteran Rishi Kapoor’s
family.
RIP Rishi Kapoor!
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