Rishi Kapoor expresses gratitude to Oscars 2018 for remembering Shashi Kapoor and Sridevi

Bollywood veteran Rishi Kapoor on Monday thanked the Academy of Motion Picture and Science for paying tributes to Indian stars, Shashi Kapoor and Sridevi in the In Memoriam segment at the Oscars 2018 ceremony. The 65-year-old actor expressed his gratitude to the Academy on Twitter.

"Oscars. Thank you for remembering Shashi Kapoor and Sridevi," the actor wrote. He is the nephew of the legendary actor, who passed away last year in December after a prolonged illness.

Rishi was a close associate of Sridevi, having acted opposite her in films such as Chandni, Nagina and Gurudev among others. The 54-year-old actress passed away on February 24 due to accidental drowning in a Dubai hotel.

Rishi also said that Indians are taking the centre stage in International cinema and posted a video clip of the ceremony's closing credits which showed his father actor-filmmaker Raj Kapoor's namesake as a co-producer.

"Thrilled to see the name Raj Kapoor as the executive producer of the show. We are on the threshold of world cinema!" he wrote. 

 Check out his tweet here:

Oscars. Thank you for remembering Shashi Kapoor and Sridevi. Thrilled to see the name Raj Kapoor as the executive producer of the show. We are on the threshold of world cinema! pic.twitter.com/YMkqntZ4Xz

— Rishi Kapoor (@chintskap) March 5, 2018