Rishi Kapoor waves the world off at 67 fighting prolonged disease

Mumbai, April 30: The veteran Bollywood actor Rishi Kapoor breathed his last today at the age of 67. The ailing actor was hospitalized on Wednesday morning after he complained that he was not feeling well. According to reports, he was admitted to Sir HN Reliance Foundation Hospital in Mumbai.

 

The news was broke by legendary actor Amitabh Bachchan on Twitter. He wrote, "Rishi Kapoor... gone... passed away. I am destroyed !"

 

 

Rishi’s hospitalization was confirmed by his elder brother, actor Randhir Kapoor. “It’s true that he has been admitted to the hospital. He is in Sir HN Reliance Foundation Hospital. He was not keeping well and had some problem, so we admitted him early this morning,” Randhir had said on Wednesday evening. Asked if it was an emergency, Randhir said: “That’s why he has gone to the hospital. But I know that he will be alright. Neetu (Kapoor) is by his side.”

 

In 2018, Rishi Kapoor was diagnosed with cancer for the first time, following which the actor was in New York for nearly a year to undergo treatment. He returned to India in September 2019 after recovering. He was previously taken to the hospital in February earlier this year after being diagnosed with an infection.

 

Rishi was the second son of late actor Raj Kapoor and the sibling of Randhir, Ritu Nanda, Rima Jain, and Rajeev Kapoor. He made his film debut with Bobby opposite Dimple Kapadia in 1973 and was also seen as a child actor in films such as Shree 420 and Mera Naam Joker.

 

He was part of hit films such as Amar Akbar Anthony, Laila Majnu, Rafoo Chakkar, Sargam, Karz, Bol Radha Bol, and others. In the later stage of his career, he was seen in films such as Kapoor and Sons, D-Day, Mulk, and 102 Not Out. The actor was last seen in Emraan Hashmi’s The Body.