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This day last year, while the world was still coping with the loss of talented actor Irrfan, the country received yet another bad news about the death of legendary actor Rishi Kapoor. It has been a year since Rishi passed away at HN Reliance Hospital in Mumbai after his two-year-long battle with leukaemia. Rishi left the world of living on April 30, 2020 and Bollywood has not been the same ever since.
On the actor's first death anniversary, his brother and Bollywood actor Randhir Kapoor got emotional. Talking about losing Rishi and then brother Rajiv Kapoor in just 10 months, Randhir said, "The last year has been a very sad time in my life. 'Sad' is really a modest word here; 'worst' would be apt. In a matter of 10 months, I lost both my darling brothers- Chintu (Rishi Kapoor) and Chimpoo (Rajiv Kapoor). Also, I lost my mother (Krishna Kapoor) and sister (Ritu Nanda) in the last two-and-a-half years. We--my three brothers and two sisters--were extremely close to each other. Chintu, Chimpoo, and I interacted with each other every day. Chimpoo lived with me and Chintu either came to the office on the days that he wasn't shooting or spoke to me on the phone. We didn't need anybody when we three were together. We were a very happy circus by ourselves. We were a robust crowd! All that is over. There's not a single day that I don't think about them. One year may have passed but there's not a single day that I don't think about them. Life will never be the same again."
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When asked if he visits Neetu, Ranbir and Riddhima, Radhir said, "Yes, I do. They are family to me. I feel sorry for them. Neetu lost a loving husband, and Ranbir and Riddhima, a loving father. It is good that Neetu went on to do a film ('Jug Jugg Jeeyo'); she kept herself busy."
Rishi was diagnosed with leukaemia in 2018. He spent around a year in New York for his treatment. In September 2019, the actor returned home in Mumbai with his wife.
(Source: TOI)
