Sadly, Veteran actor Rishi Kapoor died in a Mumbai hospital
this morning. He was admitted in Shri HN Reliance Foundation hospital on
Wednesday and was earlier diagnosed with cancer.
Belonging to the legendary
Kapoor family of Indian Bollywood, Rishi Kapoor may have had an easy entry to
the film career, but the actor worked hard to create his future. Here are some
little-known things to know about life and work.
Rishi Kapoor and Neetu Singh became good friends after they
worked together in the film Zahreela Insaan 1974. But Kapoor Family realized
that their relationship was beyond that when during an outstation shoot he
started missing her. According to some news reports, he sent her a telegram
saying “yeh sikhni badi yaad aati hai”.
The couple married in 1980 and had two children actor “Ranbir
Kapoor” and designer “Ridhima Kapoor”. Kapoor had a fraught relationship with
his son in the early days. Ranbir Kapoor confessed that once his father had
slapped him for wearing shoes in the Pooja area at home. Rishi Kapoor debuted
as the romantic hero in the 1973 film Bobby. The super hit movie brought many
changes in pop culture and filmmaking. Not only did Kapoor's and Kapadia's
fashion replicated by people, it also introduced new techniques in cinema.
According to some reports the movie changed the way
lip-syncing was done for songs. Director “Raj Kapoor” had instructed Rishi
Kapoor to sing all the songs loudly instead of just enacting them. This created
a sense of realism in song sequences with the visible popping of veins and made
it seem as if Kapoor was really singing it.
Rishi Kapoor was diagnosed with cancer in 2018 and returned
to India last September after a year-long treatment in New York.
While visiting New York for his treatment Rishi Kapoor met a
Russian fan at a salon who recognized him and played he actor's popular song
"Main shayar toh nahin" from the 1973 film Bobby. The actor tweeted
about the incident My song played in a salon while getting a hair cut. Russian
recognized me and played it from his notebook. Thank you Sergie.
Just two days before Kapoor's death, Director Karan Johar
paid a tribute to the veteran actor on social media by sharing a video in which
he made an edited version of the song Main Shayar To Nahin using face mapping.
The clip shows Karan's face mapped on to Rishi's, while the filmmaker happily
lip-syncs to the track.
A huge loss to the Indian - Bollywood industry as one of the
versatile actor of the era, A legend who never failed to thrill the world with
his great work and talent. My deepest condolences to the family. May God give
them strength to bear the loss. RIP LEGEND - You will always be remembered.
sad news indeed
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