Rishi Kapoor, who was diagnosed with leukaemia in 2018, passed away in a Mumbai hospital on Thursday. It was Amitabh Bachchan who confirmed the news. Bachchan, who has worked with Rishi Kapoor in many films, wrote, “He”s Gone.. ! Rishi Kapoor .. gone … just passed away .. I am destroyed.”
Today Amitabh Bachchan shared his daily blog and wrote a memoir for his friend and co-star Rishi Kapoor. He shared a graphic art of the actor”s iconic song, Dafli Wale Dafli Baja from Sargam on his social handle. He opened up on his first meeting with his beloved actor. “(I) had seen him at his home Deonar Cottage, Chembur, a young energetic, bubbly, mischief in his eyes Chintu, on those rare moments when I was privileged to have been invited to an evening at Raj ji’s house .. I would see him more often after, at RK Studios, when he trained as an actor for his film to be made, BOBBY .. a diligent enthusiastic youngster, ready to pounce onto every learning that came his way, in that famous large and legendary makeup room, of Raj ji at the end of the first-floor corridor of makeup rooms ..”
Amitabh compared his friend Rishi with Prithvi Raj Kapoor. “He had a walk that was confident and determined .. a stride and style that was similar to that of his grandfather, the legendary Prithvi Raj ji .. a walk I had noticed in one of his earlier films .. that walk .. I never found it in any other ..”
Big B opened up about the conversation between them about his health. “During his time of diagnosis and his treatment he never ever lamented his condition .. it was always .. “see you soon, just a routine visit to the Hospital .. I’ll be back shortly “. Joie de vivre .. the exuberant enjoyment of life , was a gene he inherited from his father .. the Legend, the Ultimate Showman the Iconic Raj Kapoor .. I never visited him in Hospital .. I never wanted to see distress on his smiling cherubic face .. But I am certain .. when he went , he must have gone with a gentle smile …”
The duo was last seen together in Umesh Shukla’s 102 Not Out . The two friends collaborated on a project after decades.