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An Actor Par Excellence – Rishi Kapoor, unplugged!
Chintu Kapoor and his khullam khulla baatein It’s the iconic Rishi Kapoor’s birth month and we take this opportunity to raise a toast to this charismatic actor. An actor par excellence, he was a natural performer who acted with great ease so much so that it looked as if he wasn’t acting. Extremely articulate with razor sharp wit, his ‘no-holds bar’ interviews were a delight, his tweets were much sought after and Rishiji was a frequent guest at audience debates on prominent TV channels. His khulam khulla statements had no filter and minced no words – they were as it was – honest and hard-hitting. We take a stroll down memory lane, remembering some of his most khlullam khulla statements from his biography Khullam Khulla: Rishi Kapoor Unplugged available on Audible.in and also look at what wife Neetu Kapoor and superstar son Ranbir Kapoor had to say about him too. Be it the charismatic young man holding a violin in ‘Karz’ or the quick-witted old man romancing a cut-out of Mandakini in ‘Kapoor and Sons’, Rishi Kapoor never failed to enthrall audiences. Unfortunately, last year, the world lost this lovable actor. But his legacy – be it in films as an actor, director, producer or as a man – will forever remain. We take excerpts from some of his most candid statements. Read on…
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