My name was played by Rishi Kapoor in Joker, his father’s childhood character, got the National Award for Best Child Artist

Rishi Kapoor, who enchanted the audience with his evergreen acting in Bollywood, received the National Award for Best Child Artist for his first film ‘Mera Naam Joker’. Born on 4 September 1952 in Mumbai, Rishi Kapoor inherited the art of acting. His father Raj Kapoor was a well-known actor and producer-director of the film industry.

Due to the film atmosphere in the house, Rishi Kapoor’s trend turned towards films and he too started dreaming of becoming an actor. Rishi Kapoor started her cine career with her father’s produced film ‘Mera Naam Joker’. In this film, released in the year 1970, Rishi Kapoor played the role of a 14 -year -old boy who falls in love with his teacher. Rishi Kapoor played his role in such a way that the audience became emotional.

Rishi received the National Award for Best Child Artist for the film ‘Mera Naam Joker’. An anecdote associated with this, he told in his autobiography ‘Khullam Khulla’ and said, ‘When I returned to Mumbai, my father sent me to his grandfather Prithviraj Kapoor with that award. My grandfather took that medal in his hand and his eyes were filled. He kissed my forehead and said, ‘Raj took off my debt.’

There is an interesting anecdote associated with the film ‘Mera Naam Joker’. When Raj Kapoor gave Rishi Kapoor the role of his childhood in the film ‘Mera Naam Joker’, he used to study in school. Rishi could not go to school while working in the film and his teachers did not like this at all. Finally, one day came when the schoolmen expelled Rishi Kapoor from the school. When Raj Kapoor came to know about this, he got Rishi Kapoor admission again in school after much effort.

The film Mera Naam is considered to be a milestone in Indian cinema history, but in those days the film was rejected at the box office. It took a long time to complete this film. It is said that Raj Kapoor also had to sell his wife’s jewelry. Raj Kapoor had a lot of debt. Raj Kapoor decided to make a low -budget film Bobby to get out of debt.

Raj Kapoor selected his son Rishi Kapoor and 16 -year -old Dimple Kapadia for the film ‘Bobby’ released on Teenage Prem Katha in 1973. This was also the first film of Dimple Kapadia as an actress. Adorned with excellent song-music and acting, the tremendous success of this film not only brought Dimple Kapadia but also Rishi Kapoor to fame. The debt on Raj Kapoor also got down.

Rishi Kapoor received the Filmfare Best Actor Award for the film Bobby, but the truth behind it, Rishi Kapoor himself told the autobiography openly openly, saying that he had bought this award by paying money. He was rubbing this. After the success of the film Bobby, films like Rishi Kapoor’s poisonous human, Jindadil and Raja were released but due to weak screenplay and direction, these films proved to be unsuccessful at the ticket window.

Rishi Kapoor as an actor managed to make his lost identity after the success of 1975 in the 1975 film Khel Khel. In this film made on college life, actress Neetu Singh played Rishi Kapoor’s heroine. After the success of the film Khel Khel, the pair of Rishi Kapoor and Neetu Singh became very famous among the audience. Later, the pair introduced the feelings of youth love in a unique manner in films of Rafuchakkar, poisonous human, life, sometimes, sometimes Amar Akbar Anthony, unknown, world my pocket, liar, Dhan Daulat, and Dhan Daulat, Second Aad etc.

The film Amar Akbar Anthony, released in 1977, is one of the important films of Rishi Kapoor’s cine career. Rishi Kapoor also made the audience crazy with his strong acting in the presence of well -known artists like Amitabh Bachchan, Vinod Khanna. Directed by Manmohan Desai, Rishi Kapoor appeared in the role of Akbar Allahabadi. In this film, this song ‘Kard Hai Kad’, filmed on him, is still included as the best qawwali.

In the year 1977, another superhit film of Rishi Kapoor’s cine career was no less than anyone. Directed by Nasir Hussain, Rishi Kapoor appeared in the role of dancer singer in the film. In this film, the song ‘Bachna e Haseenin Lo Main Aa Gaya’, which is filmed on him, still forces the audience to swing. In the year 1979, K.K. Vishwanath’s remake film Sargam Rishi Kapoor’s cine career proved to be another important film in Sri Sri Muwa’s Hindi. He was nominated for the first time in his career for his strong performance in the film with the Filmfare Award for Best Actor.

The film, released in the year 1980, is included in Rishi Kapoor’s superhit film. In this film based on rebirth under the direction of Subhash Ghai, the song ‘Om Shanti Om’ was very popular among the audience. The interesting fact associated with this song is that it was filmed at Netaji Subhash Chandra Stadium in Kolkata and during the song Rishi Kapoor dances on a disc.

Rishi Kapoor’s acting was seen in the film Prem Rog, released in 1982. In spite of this, this film was Nari Pradhan, despite this, she won the heart of the audience with her soulful acting and made the film a superhit. He was also nominated for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor for his strong performance in the film. The film Tawaif is one of the important films of Rishi Kapoor’s career released in 1985. Rishi Kapoor was nominated for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor for tremendous performance in the film.

The film Chandni Rishi Kapoor, released in 1989, is included in important films starring Rishi Kapoor. Directed by Yash Chopra, in the film, Rishi Kapoor acted at the beginning of the film, while in the intermittent of the film, he mesmerized the audience with a serious acting in the role of a disabled. He was also nominated with the Filmfare Award for the best actor for his strong performance in the film.

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In the year 1996, Rishi Kapoor also made a love book by stepping into the field of film production. Although the film proved to be unsuccessful at the ticket window, Rishi Kapoor’s performance in it was tremendous. In 1999, Rishi Kapoor produced and directed the film A Ab Laut Chale. Unfortunately, the film also proved to be unsuccessful at the ticket window.

Rishi Kapoor introduced himself in various roles after the failure of the film business displayed in the year 2000 and to avoid uniformity in acting and also to establish himself as a character actor. Rishi Kapoor was also awarded the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor for his strong performance in the film Love Aaj Kal, released in 2009.

Rishi Kapoor acted in about 150 films in his four -decade long cine career. He had cancer in the year 2018. Rishi underwent treatment in America for 11 months after which he returned to India and he breathed his last on 30 April 2020. He was so obsessed with his work that even during treatment in America, he used to ask and read scripts from filmmakers.

Rishi Kapoor’s last film ‘Sharmaji Namkeen’ was released on the OTT platform in the year 2022. Rishi fell ill during the shooting of this film. Then the era of Kovid had arrived. He had passed away before the sage completed the film. Rishi Kapoor shot Sharmaji’s character up to 65 percent. The remaining character was shot by Paresh Rawal.