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When Amitabh Bachchan, Rishi Kapoor cancel the shooting as a mark of respect to Late Sridevi

Feb 262018

amitabh-bachchan-sridevi-rishi-kapoor Bollywood actress Sridevi’s sudden death came as a rude shock to her millions of fans. The Hindi film industry marked it as a ‘black day’ and her co-stars Amitabh Bachchan and Rishi Kapoor did a heart-touching thing to pay their respect to the late actress.

Big B and Rishi were supposed to shoot their upcoming movie, 102 Not Out, on Sunday. But as a mark of respect, they canceled the shooting.

Confirming the news, director Umesh Shukla told IANS, “Yes as a mark of respect to the sudden and untimely demise of our legendary actress Sridevi, we have decided to cancel our today’s song shoot of 102 Not Out. May God give peace to her soul and strength to her family.”

Amitabh and Rishi had done quite a number of movies with Sridevi. Big B’s Khuda Gawah, while Rishi Kapoor’s Chandni were the popular films with the actress.

In fact, before the news of her demise, Amitabh’s tweet reportedly hinted at the Sridevi’s death. He tweeted at 1:15 am and according to Sanjay Kapoor, the actress took her last breath at around 11.00-11.30 pm.

Just before the news of her death broke, Amitabh tweeted in Hindi saying he is feeling uneasy and he didn’t know the reason behind it. Twitter users were quick to notice that Big B had a premonition about her untimely demise.

On the other hand, Rishi took to social media to express his emotion to this news. He wrote: “Woken up to this tragic news. Absolute shock. Sad. Heartfelt condolences to Boney and their two daughters!”

Sridevi’s brother-in-law Sanjay Kapoor confirmed the news on February 25 and said she died in Dubai, where she didn’t have husband Boney Kapoor and daughters – Janhvi and Khushi – by her side at the time of her death.

“Yes, it is true that Sridevi passed away. I just landed here, I was in Dubai and now I am flying back to Dubai. It happened roughly around 11.00-11.30. I don’t know more details yet,” Sanjay had confirmed the news to indianexpress.com.

The last rituals will be held at Pawas Hans crematorium in Vile Parle of Mumbai at noon. Celebs have started coming to Anil Kapoor’s residence to pay their last respect. South superstar Rajinikanth has arrived in Mumbai.

Last night, step-son Arjun Kapoor, Rani Mukerji, Shilpa Shetty Kundra and Rekha were among the Bollywood actors who arrived at Anil Kapoor’s residence, where Janhvi and Khushi were present.

Rishi Kapoor predicts 'huge stardom' for Priya Prakash Varrier

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Feb 172018

Veteran actor Rishi Kapoor is impressed by the “expressive” and “innocent” Priya Prakash Varrier. He has predicted a bright future for the 18-year-old, who became an internet sensation with a wink and a shy but mischievous smile in a music video

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“I predict huge Stardom for this girl. Priya Varrier. So expressive, coy, coquettish, yet innocent. My dear Priya, you (are) going to give all others in your age group a run for their money. God bless and the best to you! Mere time mein naheen ayeen aap! Kyon? (You didn’t come in my time! Why) Lol,” Rishi, 65, tweeted.

Thrissur-based Priya, who learns music and dance, is making her acting debut with the Malayalam film “Oru Adaar Love”. She got noticed when via a short clip from the film’s song “Manikya malaraya”, and it went viral.

In the clip, Priya is seen giving a wink and smiling while flirting with a boy. It is the mischief, innocence and simplicity in the shots that have touched the right chords with viewers. In another teaser for the film, which is releasing next month, she is seen giving a naughty flying kiss.

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Bollywood Nostalgia! Rishi Kapoor shares a picture with Bollywood stalwarts

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Jan 222018

Buddies Danny Denzongpa, Rishi Kapoor, Prem Chopra, Jeetendra, Paintal and Ranjeet got together over the weekend

Danny Denzongpa, Rishi Kapoor, Prem Chopra, Jeetendra, Paintal and Ranjeet

Buddies Danny Denzongpa, Rishi Kapoor, Prem Chopra, Jeetendra, Paintal and Ranjeet got together over the weekend. Kapoor shared a picture on Twitter and wrote, “What an evening of reminiscing. Thank you all (sic).” The stars of the 1970s were meeting after ages and had lots to catch up on.

Reunion of old friends. Danny Denzongpa, Prem Chopra,Jeetendra,Paintal, Rishi,Ranjeet. What an evening of reminiscing. Thank you all. pic.twitter.com/nkljKRNQgM

— Rishi Kapoor (@chintskap)
January 21, 2018

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Prem Chopra: I worked hard, steered clear of controversies

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Dec 142017

One of Bollywood’s most iconic villains, Prem Chopra talks about his success mantra as he completes 60 years in the movies today

One of Bollywood’s most iconic villains, Prem Chopra completes 60 years in the industry, today. The veteran will mark the milestone with a celebration at ISKCON auditorium in Juhu this evening, which will see Amitabh Bachchan, Jeetendra, Dharmendra and several other actors, including son-in-law Sharman Joshi, in attendance. At 82, Chopra says he still gets offers – his next, Udanchhoo, is slated to release next month. The senior actor describes his journey as “full of twists and turns laced with failures, setbacks and rewards.”

Prem Chopra

What kept him going, he reflects, was his determination. “I always wanted to be an actor even though my family had no connection with the film industry. My father was an IAS officer. When I decided to leave Shimla [his hometown] and move to Bombay in the late ’50s, my father warned me that I was opting for the most insecure profession.”

It wasn’t a red carpet welcome into the world of movies. Chopra began by balancing his Punjabi film assignments with a day job in the circulation department of a leading newspaper in Bombay. “I must have juggled at least 10-12 films with the job till it became impossible.”

Prem Chopra and Rishi Kapoor in Bobby

After the initial struggle, it was the National Award-winning Punjabi film Chaudhary Karnail Singh (1960) that trained the spotlight on him. This was followed by the Hindi film, Hum Hindustani the same year, which had Sunil Dutt and Joy Mukherjee as co-actors. Initially eyeing positive roles, including that in Manoj Kumar’s award-winning Shaheed (1965), he later switched to negative roles when he realised that playing the baddie could keep him going for long. Chopra broke into the big league of baddies after the wild success of Teesri Manzil (1966).

Prem Chopra

When Raj Kapoor approached Chopra for Bobby (1971), he was already an established actor. Kapoor’s wife Krishna and Chopra’s wife Uma are sisters. “Initially, I had reservations about doing the film as it was not a big role, but Rajji insisted I do it. I later relented. This was the film that gave me my most iconic dialogue, ‘Prem naam hai mera, Prem Chopra.’ I would have regretted had I not done the film,” says Chopra of the role.

What set the veteran actor apart from his contemporaries was that he didn’t resort to theatrics to drive home the evil. “It was always pure acting,” he says. Chopra has seen several of his peers quit years ago. “But then, it was my goal to keep going. I worked hard, avoided politics and steered clear of controversies. This has been my success mantra.”

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Neetu Kapoor shares childhood picture of Shashi Kapoor with his father

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Dec 052017

Veteran actor Shashi Kapoor, who was suffering from a prolonged illness, breathed his last on Monday at 5:20 pm at Mumbai’s Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital

The demise of Bollywood’s first international and charismatic star, Shashi Kapoor, on Monday has left his family, fans and the Prithvi theatre whining behind. Born as Balbir PrithviRaj Kapoor, he left a mark of his own in the film industry and his love for theatre is unexplainable. He always rooted for real cinema. Battling a prolonged illness and due to a complaint of kidney issue, the actor was admitted to a suburban hospital on Sunday afternoon and breathed his last on Monday evening at 5.20 pm. With the scion’s demise, an era of the Kapoor generation has vanished leaving behind their great work.

Late actor Shashi Kapoor’s childhood picture with his father Prithviraj Kapoor shared by Neetu Kapoor on Instagram

The condolences have been coming in from various quarters and along with the family members, the industry insiders, too, are sharing their cherishable memories with the ‘Aa Gale Lag Jaa’ actor. Nephew-actorRishi Kapoor‘s actress-wife-Neetu Kapoor shared a black-and-white childhood image of uncle Shashi Kapoor with his father Prithviraj Kapoor. In the picture, the father-son duo is seen glued to each other’s eyes. Probably the picture is from a mythological play, as Shashi ji is seen in the traditional attire of Lord Rama. Neetu Kapoor posted the image on Instagram and wrote, “Shashi uncle with his father. RIP (sic).”

Karisma Kapoor, the actress daughter of Shashi Kapoor’s second nephew-Randhir Kapoor, also posted a beautiful image of hers with the late actor and said that the image is one of the fondest memories of hers with ‘Shashi Uncle’.

While you read this, the last rites of the actor are taking place at Santacruz Crematorium, where many people from the film industry like Amitabh Bachchan, who has done close to 11 films with the star, came in with his son- Abhishek Bachchan to offer his condolences to the departed soul. Well, Bachchan had signed a unique clause with his producers that he would do a two-hero film only with Shashi Kapoor, such was their bonding. Apart from family members, Shah Rukh Khan, Jackie Shroff, Sanjay Dutt, Anil Kapoor, and many others paid their respect to the late Shashi Kapoor.

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Films in democracy shouldn't be curbed: Rishi Kapoor

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Nov 302017

The release and screening of films should not be curbed in a democratic country, says veteran actor Rishi Kapoor

The release and screening of films should not be curbed in a democratic country, says veteran actor Rishi Kapoor. An actor who minces no words when it comes to expressing himself on socio-political issues on social media or otherwise, Rishi spoke to IANS on it when asked about the silence of some sections of the film fraternity on the political intervention in cinema. He said: “I don’t want to comment on this, it’s sad whatever has happened.”

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Rishi didn’t take any names, but amid the ongoing uproar over the release of Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s “Padmavati”, it was clear what he was pointing towards.

“I feel that (the release of) films in this democracy should not be curbed. My only relevant point which I totally agree with the filmmakers is that, please see his film and then pass a comment. Without seeing the film, how can you agitate,” he said.

Rishi said that it’s “absolutely wrong” to protest against a film without watching it.

“First watch the film. If you find something wrong in it, then you protest against it or do whatever you want to. Without watching the film you started disrupting, agitating and started violence. That’s absolutely wrong,” Rishi said.

But doesn’t he think industry people refrain from commenting on others’ issues as their own film is not facing the music?

“I have no answer to that. Each one to its own,” said the actor, who is shooting for his new film “Rajma Chawal” in old Delhi.

“Padmavati” was scheduled for release on December 1, but it has been deferred since it has not got clearance from the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) and has been banned for release in various Indian states like Madya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Bihar and Punjab.

Meanwhile, “S Durga”, a Malayalam movie, was initially dropped from a jury-suggested shortlist of the Indian Panorama section of the 48th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) along with another film “Nude”.

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Rishi Kapoor cancels annual holiday for his film 'Mulk'

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Oct 152017

Rishi Kapoor is cancelling his annual overseas vacation next month for the shoot of Anubhav Sinha’s Mulk.

The veteran actor will shoot at a stretch, instead of in two instalments as planned earlier. Kapoor was initially supposed to shoot in October and later in January. Sinha plans to release Mulk in February 2018 and the actor is happy to oblige.

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Shutterbugs upset with veteran actor Rishi Kapoor

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Oct 052017

Rishi Like all other usual events, this event too had an interaction set for the media and Photographers with the actor. But, due to unknown reasons the actor was said to have behaved rude with the media even before the interaction started off.

According to a source, “The photographers were only clicking the pictures of the actor but, he suddenly lashed out on them saying, “Peeche Jao light bohot strong hai (Go back Lights are too strong), Back Please!” adds the source.

Seeing his blunt replies the Shutter bugs are said to have upset with the actor as they were only doing their job. Apparently, the actor even asked the reporters to only ask questions that is connected to the event and he won’t be entertaining any questions on his son Ranbir Kapoor.

Talking further about the situation one of the photographers also shared that, “It’s likely, known to everyone now that he (Rishi Kapoor) is tough with his words and most of the times he speaks straight on our face. That’s fine! He is a veteran actor and we respect him. But, it wasn’t even like the reporters had asked him any questions about Ranbir and Mahira or about anyone and he suddenly started bashing us. We do respect him a lot and as per our job we do our work of clicking pictures of them. Just a request to him to turn right or left a bit makes him angry. Everybody needs and wants atleast one nice picture of the stars to publish in their respective news portals. We do get they are big stars and have a busy schedule but, all we want is some respect from the stars towards our work as we too struggle a lot.”

On the work front, Rishi Kapoor will next be seen in 102 Not Out which also stars Amitabh Bachchan along-with him. Directed by Umesh Shukla and produced by Bhushan Kumar and Krishan Kumar the film is set to release on December 1, 2017 with a clash of Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s much awaited film Pamavati.

Rishi Kapoor, wife Neetu have the sweetest birthday wish for Ranbir

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Sep 282017

Ranbir Kapoor, who is celebrating his 35th birthday today, has received the most adorable wish from his mom Neetu Kapoor. She shared a beautiful throwback picture of the whole family including Rishi Kapoor, Ranbir, Riddhima Kapoor Sahni and her and gave it a touching caption.

In her post, Neetu also mentioned that the ‘Tamasha’ star has seen all the posts and edits made by his fan clubs.

Her caption reads, “Happy birthday Rana you are that dream child any parent wld wish for !! Loving caring intellectual love and blessings . This year all the fan clubs have outdone themselves he thanxxx all of you today !! . He has seen all your posts n edits”

Dad Rishi also wished him on Twitter along with other celebs who are celebrating their birthday today.

He wrote, “28th September Birthdays. Bhagat Singh ji Lata Mangeshkar ji: Rima Jain: Ranbir Kapoor. Second life of mine, 44 years back, “Bobby”released!”

28th September Birthdays. Bhagat Singh ji Lata Mangeshkar ji: Rima Jain: Ranbir Kapoor. Second life of mine, 44 years back, “Bobby”released!

— Rishi Kapoor (@chintskap) September 27, 2017

The ‘Ae Dil Hai Mushkil’ star hosted a grand party at his residence in Mumbai last night to usher in his special day.

View Photos: SRK, Wife Gauri, Aamir Khan At Ranbir Kapoor’s Birthday Bash

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Deepika Padukone’s Padmavati to clash Amitabh Bachchan’s 102 Not Out at the box-office

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Sep 222017

amitabh_deepika The first look of Deepika Padukone essaying the role of Rani Padmavati in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s ‘Padmavati’ was released on Thursday. The two character posters that saw the actress in a royal avatar became an instant rage on the internet. Attached to the poster was an announcement of a new release which.

‘Padmavati’, which was scheduled to release on 17 November, is now scheduled to release on 1 December 2017. This will result in a clash at the box-office with the film ‘102 Not Out’, starring Amitabh Bachchan and Rishi Kapoor.

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