Happy Birthday Neetu Kapoor: The career of actresses in the film industry is considered to be very short. This is because very few actresses pursue their acting career after marriage. There are some who take a break from their career at the time of marriage but return later. One of those actresses is Neetu Kapoor who was known as Neetu Singh before marriage.
Neetu Kapoor made her acting debut in her childhood and has returned to the industry after a break of a few years. Neetu Kapoor fell in love with Rishi Kapoor, the second son of famous filmmaker and actor Raj Kapoor. Despite being at the peak of her career, she took a long break from films after marriage. Neetu Kapoor is celebrating her 66th birthday this year and on this occasion, let us tell you some special things related to her.
Neetu Kapoor’s family background
Harneet Kaur was born on 8 July 1958 in a Punjabi Sikh family in Delhi. She is commonly known as Neetu Singh. Her father was Darshan Singh and mother was Raji Kaur Singh. Her father died when Neetu Singh was very young and started working as a child artist. Neetu Singh started her acting career as a child artist in the 1966 film Suraj.
Neetu Kapoor’s film career
Neetu Singh worked as a child artist in films like ‘Das Lakh’, ‘Do Kaliyan’, ‘Waaris’ and ‘Ghar Ghar Ki Kahani’. In the film Do Kaliyan (1968), 10-year-old Neetu Singh played a double role. After this, at the age of 15, her first film as a lead actress was Rickshawala (1973), in which she was opposite Randhir Kapoor, who later became her brother-in-law. In the same year, the film Yaadon Ki Baaraat (1973) was released which proved to be a blockbuster.
In the year 1975, Neetu Singh had two back to back films with Rishi Kapoor named ‘Rafoo Chakkar’ and ‘Khel Khel Mein’. After this, their affair had started and they did ‘Kabhi Kabhi’ and ‘Amar Akbar Anthony’ together which were superhits. Neetu Kapoor gave many superhit films like ‘Chorni’, ‘Dharam Veer’, ‘The Burning Train’, ‘Teesri Aankh’, ‘Kaala Patthar’, ‘Parvarish’, ‘Yaarana’ in the 80’s.
neetu kapoor and rishi kapoor marriage
Neetu Singh married Rishi Kapoor on 22 January 1980. In the year 1980, Neetu and Rishi Kapoor had their first child, a daughter named Riddhima Kapoor, and she married businessman Bharat Sahni. At the same time, Ranbir Kapoor was born in the year 1982, who married actress Alia Bhatt in the year 2022. Ranbir Kapoor has also become a popular Bollywood actor. Rishi Kapoor passed away on 30 April 2020, but Neetu Kapoor still remembers Rishi Kapoor on the occasion.
Return to films after marriage
After marriage, Neetu Kapoor’s last film Ganga Meri Maa (1983) was released. After this, Neetu got away from films due to the responsibility of raising children and family. However, years later, her first film Love Aaj Kal came in her comeback in 2009. After this, Neetu Singh did films like ‘Do Dooni Chaar’, ‘Jab Tak Hai Jaan’, ‘Besharam’ with Rishi Kapoor. In the year 2013, after almost 9 years of doing the film Besharam, Neetu Kapoor worked in the film Jug-Jug Jio (2022) without Rishi Kapoor and this film was a superhit.
