Rishi Kapoor hit the ground running with his debut as a leading man in 1973 with Bobby.
Bollywood legend Rishi Kapoor died on Wednesday after a two-year battle with cancer. He was 67. He was admitted to HN Reliance Hospital in Mumbai after having breathing difficulties, his brother Randhir Kapoor had said.
Reports state that his wife, Neetu Kapoor, was by his side when it happened. Rishi was the second son of the late actor Raj Kapoor and left a mark on Bollywood as a lead actor in 1973 hit film Bobby, opposite Dimple Kapadia. He had also won Filmfare Award for Best Actor for the same.
Bobby is a story of star-crossed lovers in which Rishi played the role of Raj Nath, who falls in love with the Goan Catholic Bobby Braganza (Dimple Kapadia in her screen debut). Since his father is dubbed as the "Greatest Showman Of Hindi Cinema", Rishi had been acting since he was a child including in his father's films, Shree 420 and Mera Naam Joker.
For the uninformed, Mera Naam Joker was Rishi's first film for which he received National Award for Child Artist. "Acting was in my blood and there was simply no escaping it. My childhood was a dream, like an unending mela. People from the film fraternity constantly streamed in and out of our home… The Kapoors have always been proud of our profession; nobody has ever been apologetic about belonging to the entertainment industry," Rishi wrote in his autobiography Khullam Khulla.
His other siblings are Randhir, Ritu Nanda, Rima Jain, and Rajeev Kapoor while Rishi's children are actor Ranbir Kapoor, and designer Riddhima Kapoor Sahani. He's also the paternal uncle of actresses Karisma Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor. After his sad demise, his family said in a statement, "Our dear Rishi Kapoor passed away peacefully at 8:45 am IST in hospital today after a two-year battle with leukemia. The doctors and medical staff at the hospital said he kept them entertained to the last. He remained jovial and determined to live to the fullest right through two years of treatment across two continents. Family, friends, food, and films remained his focus and everyone who met him during this time was amazed at how he did not let his illness get the better of him."
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 "'Mera Naam Joker', 'Bobby' - Rishi Kapoor's films which gave us Bollywood's original chocolate boy")
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