Rishi Kapoor Birth Anniversary: Rishi Kapoor, who was once a superstar of Bollywood, died in 2020 due to cancer at the age of just 67. Rishi Kapoor, who ruled millions of hearts, followed the footsteps of his father Raj Kapoor and made a career in Bollywood.
Rishi Kapoor’s 72nd birth anniversary is on 4 September. Rishi was born on 4 September 1952 in Mumbai. Rishi has worked with many actresses on the big screen. His pairing was also seen with Neetu Kapoor and Rishi later married Neetu Kapoor. Let us tell you the love story of Rishi and Neetu on the occasion of Rishi’s birth anniversary.
Neetu used to help Rishi in writing telegrams to his girlfriend
Rishi Kapoor met Neetu Kapoor when he started his career as a lead. However, before falling in love with Neetu, Rishi Kapoor was in love with someone else. Neetu also knew this. Let us tell you that Neetu Kapoor also helped Rishi in writing telegrams to his girlfriend.
Rishi Kapoor had revealed on a TV reality show that, ‘I met Neetu in 1974 during the shooting of the film Zehreela Insaan and I fell in love with her at first sight. During that time, I had an argument with my girlfriend over something and I was very sad. After this, I tried my best to convince her, then Neetu helped me in writing a telegram to her.’
This is how Neetu and Rishi came close to each other
Rishi further told how he and Neetu realized their love for each other. The late actor had said, ‘With time, I started forgetting my girlfriend and I realized that Neetu is perfect for me. After completing the shooting of Zehreela Insaan together, I went to Europe for my other projects, but I was missing Neetu there. I sent telegrams to Neetu several times while staying in Europe and wrote in it that I am not able to live without you.’
got married in 1980
After returning to India, Rishi expressed his love for Neetu. Neetu too could not refuse Rishi’s proposal. After dating for a few years, both of them got married with much fanfare in the year 1980. After marriage, both of them became parents of a daughter Riddhima Kapoor Sahni and a son Ranbir Kapoor.