Rishi Kapoor, the prince of romance
He was born in 1952 to the first family of Hindi cinema, the Kapoor clan. But if there is one actor who has truly vindicated his claim to fame, it is Rishi Kapoor.
Rishi won a National Award when he was barely 18 for his sensitive portrayal of a teenager's first crush in father Raj Kapoor's semi-autobiographical opus, Mera Naam Joker.
The young actor became catnip to college girls at 21, when his dad next helmed him in that perennially popular l'amour tale, Bobby.
Rishi then provided a launch pad to a legion of fledgling heroines: Dimple (Bobby), Kajal Kiron (Hum Kisise Kum Nahin), Shoma Anand (Barood), Bhavna (Naya Daur), Jaya Prada (Sargam), Naseem (Kabhi Kabhie), Sonam (Vijay) and Divya Bharti (Deewana).
He has a huge cache of hit songs to his credit and thrived as a top star for 25 years. But Rishi's biggest claim to fame is that unmistakable, inherent talent: his ability to fuse seamlessly with his character.
Even if he unapologetically worked in commercial films, believability was his calling card and he worked hard to achieve it. In Amar Akbar Anthony, Rishi wore a double-knit fabric trouser, a netted see-through shirt and chewed paan to get a feel of his character. To lend throb to the dafliwala in Sargam, Rishi shrugged his shoulders before playing the dafli, a trait he picked up from a father-son duo of dafli players. It led to an impressed Amitabh Bachchan complimenting Rishi on his ability to dance, sing and play the dafli simultaneously.
Chintu, as Rishi is fondly addressed, was always passionate about acting. His bedroom mirror was his earliest confidante and he would try out various expressions in front of it.
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Edited By arsh on 1048092689
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