Rishi Kapoor, Evergreen Heartthrob, Dies At 67, OM Shanti !
30 Apr 2020 12:11 PM
After a two-year-long battle with cancer, Kapoor breathed his last at the Sir HN Reliance Foundation Hospital in Mumbai. His wife and actor Neetu Kapoor was by his side.
Many celebrities from Bollywood took to Twitter and other social
media forums to express their shock and condolences on the third generaction
star from the legendary Kapoor family.In 2018, Rishi Kapoor was diagnosed with
cancer, following which the actor was in New York for more than a year to
receive treatment. While he returned to India this year, he had again been
hospitalised in New Delhi in early February, while on a visit to New Delhi.
He started his career early, as a child actor in his father’s film Mera Naam Joker (1970), for which he also won a Filmfare Award. His first role as an adult came in the iconic Bobby (1973) opposite Dimple Kapadia. He also received the Filmfare Best Actor Award in 1974 for the film. He went on to play the romantic lead in 92 films between 1973 and 2000, and was awarded the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award in 2008. He appeared opposite his future wife Neetu Singh in 12 films. He was part of hit films such as Amar Akbar Anthony, Laila Majnu, Rafoo Chakkar , Sargam, Karz, Bol Radha Bol and others. In the later stage of his career, he was seen in films such as Kapoor and Sons, D-Day, Mulk and 102 Not Out.
The actor was last seen in Emraan Hashmi’s The Body and had
recently announced his next project, a remake of Hollywood film The Intern,
also featuring Deepika Padukone.
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