Born into the prestigious Kapoor Family of the Indian Film Industry, Rishi Kapoor was a child of cinema. He was often called so as he was always a child when it came to facing the camera whether it was the age of 3 for the first time in 'Shree 420' or at the age of 67 for his last film 'The Body'. He is not with us today, but artists never die, they live on forever, in their art and so will Rishi Kapoor. From an acting career spanning over more than 50 years, presenting today, the best works of Rishi Kapoor Ji.
Rishi Kapoor made his debut as romantic hero in the movie and won his Filmfare Award for Best Actor. His jodi with Dimple Kapadia got very popular as the film became a trend-setter. It was wildly popular and widely imitated. It introduced to Bollywood the genre of teenage romance with a rich-versus-poor clash as a backdrop.
The story of Karz was about reincarnation and revenge. It became the ninth highest grosser of the year. Karz got popular for his songs like Dard- E- Dil, Om Shanti Om , Ek Hasina Thi. Movie was recreated again by Himesh Reshammiya.
Here Rishi Kapoor played the role of Akbar Ilhabadi that became a cult.The film released on 27 May 1977 and earned ₹ 155 million in India becoming the highest-grossing Indian film of that year.
Rishi Kapoor played the role of Dev opposite Padmini Kolhapure. The film tells the story of a man's love towards a woman who is a widow and of a higher status. Prem Rog was listed by Cosmopolitan magazine as one of its top ten 'Most Romantic Films Ever'. The film is considered a classic work by the director Raj Kapoor.
Chandni was a 1989 was romantic musical drama and one of best films of Yash Chopra and Rishi Kapoor. Chandni released to widespread success, grossing ₹27.02 crores, becoming the third highest-grossing Indian film of 1989.
Laila Majnu is a 1976 movie based on the legendary story of lovers Laila and Majnun. Directed by Harnam Singh Rawail, Rishi Kapoor here played the iconic role of Majnu opposite Ranjeeta Kaur.
A reboot of the 1990 film of the same name, it directed by Karan Malhotra and Rishi Kapoor played negative character of Rauf Lala and he was so good that he won an IIFA award in best negative role.
The film marked the return of Rishi Kapoor and Neetu Kapoor as a lead couple. The film is about a middle-class school teacher who tries to keep his wife and children happy in inflationary times and dreams of buying a car. It won 58th National Award for Best Hindi Feature film and Rishi Kapoor won the Filmfare Award for Best Actor Critics.
The film marked the return of the iconic duo of Amitabh Bachchan and Rishi Kapoor on the screen after many decades. Amitabh Bachchan portrayed the role of Rishi Kapoor's father here and we all fell in love with the duo all over again. One of best critically acclaimed movies of 2018.
In this Shakun Batra directorial, Rishi Kapoor the role of a 90 year grandfather Amarjit Kapoor. His portrayal of the cutest and most charming grandfather made him the most loved grandad we have ever seen in a Bollywood film. This one is a truly special film for Rishi Kapoor ji's fans. Watch it if you haven't already.
The movie was iconic because Irrfan Khan and Rishi Kapoor shared the screen space together in this. With a plot that is inspired by Zero Dark Thirty, or the true story of how the US decided to take Osama Bin Laden from foreign soil, D-Day is about bringing back a Dawood-like don (Rishi Kapoor's Iqbal Seth a.k.a Goldman who was solely responsible for all serial blasts in India) and Rishi Kapoor and Irrfan's presence in it made this one truly special.