Actor Rishi Kapoor is no more with us. On 31st April, Chintu ji has said goodbye to the world forever. There are many such interesting tales of his life, which can be heard a lot in the corridors of Bollywood. He mentioned some of these in his autobiography ‘Khullam Khulla: Rishi Kapoor Uncensored’, written by Meena Iyer and published by HarperCollins. Rishi Kapoor made his Bollywood debut in 1970 with his father’s film Mera Naam Joker. In this film, Rishi played the character of his father’s childhood. He became popular with the 1973 film Bobby.
His opposite was Dimple Kapadia in the film. He also received the Filmfare Award for ‘Best Actor’ for this film. In the 90s, the image of Rishi Kapoor was that of a romantic hero. Girls used to love him because of his chocolatey look. He acted in about 51 films as a solo lead. But do you know for what reasons Rishi Kapoor was offered the film Bobby.
Even though the film flopped, Rishi Kapoor’s performance was well-liked. His scenes with Simi Grewal in this film became very popular. Rishi Kapoor’s discussion started after acting in this film. It is said that Raj Kapoor made ‘Bobby’ to launch son Rishi Kapoor, but Rishi Kapoor once said that ‘Mera Naam Joker’ After ‘ flopped, Raj Kapoor’s financial condition was not good and he could have signed a big star for the film. Rajesh Khanna was to be cast in this film before the first Rishi Kapoor was cast in Bobby. Eventually, he cast me and Dimple Kapadia and the film became a hit. And all the losses of the Kapoor family were compensated. It is said that the scene of ‘Bobby’ where Rishi Kapoor and Dimple Kapadia meet for the first time was based on Nargis and Raj Kapoor’s first meeting.
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