Veteran Bollywood actor Rishi Kapoor breathed his last 30th April, at the age of 67. The popular actor had been unwell for a while and was admitted to a hospital in Mumbai. Day before yesterday, Irrfan Khan, one of Bollywood’s most beloved stars who had achieved considerable success in the west, has died aged 53. He had been admitted to the intensive care unit of Mumbai’s Kokilaben hospital on Tuesday with a colon infection and on Wednesday morning a statement was released confirming his death. In last past 2 days we lost our two precious actors. The news of Irfan and Rishi’s tragic demise has shocked and saddened the nation. Both were very talented and versatile actors.

Many actors and their fans are disturbed after hearing this news. They all are posting messages on social networking site. 

Rishi Kapoor had been shooting for ‘Sharmaji Namkeen’ in the capital when he fell ill earlier this year and was later shifted to a hospital in Mumbai. Reports suggest that the actor was battling cancer relapse. He was Raj Kapoor's third born, after Randhir and later Ritu Nanda, he was older to Reema Jain and Rajeev Kapoor.

In September 2018, Rishi Kapoor and Neetu Singh took off to New York and the veteran actor underwent treatment for cancer close to a year. For a long time, the 'Chandni' actor had kept his cancer battle a secret. Speaking about his battle with the Big C in an interview with Mumbai Mirror in July 2019, Rishi Kapoor had stated, "I can now reassure everyone that the cancer is in remission, I just need a few more weeks before I return home. Once in a year or a year and -a-half I have to come back for check-ups." Ranbir and Riddhima made frequent trips to the USA to meet the ailing actor. Bollywood celebrities like Deepika Padukone, Alia Bhatt and even Shah Rukh Khan had made it a point to visit the veteran actor when he was admitted to a medical facility in New York.

Rishi Kapoor is best known for his onscreen performance in films like ‘Amar Akbar Anthony’, ‘Bobby’ and ‘Chandni’. The actor also essayed an adorable role in his father’s iconic film ‘Mera Naam Joker’.

Irrfan was a strong soul, someone who fought till the very end and always inspired everyone who came close to him. In March 2018, Khan revealed he had been diagnosed with a neuroendocrine tumour, but after extensive treatment he recovered well enough to shoot Angrezi Medium, the film that would turn out to be his last, and whose release this March was cut short because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Best known to English-speaking audiences as the police inspector in Slumdog Millionaire and for his roles in Jurassic World and Life of Pi, Khan was a Bollywood mainstay, acting in hits such as Haider, Piku and Hindi Medium.

 

Dr. Anshul Mahajan