🙏 Om Shanti Om.. Shanti Shanti Om..🙏

From the adolescent of Mera Naam Joker, to the Romantic Hero of Bobby (the name trendy enough to prompt someone very dear to refer me with that endearment) and other early RK films, to the youthful hero of the mid-late 70s, to Manmohan Desai's multi starers like Naseeb, Amar Akbar Anthony & Coolie,

…To the solo hero of Karz & for being the life of beloved Mohammed Rafi's comeback to Stardom Qawwalis of AAA & Hum Kissi se Kam Nahi, 

To being the middle-aged leadman of Yash Chopra movies, to playing the second fiddle in the launch film of the new Badshah of Bollywood in Dewanaa to the Twilight classics of Hum Tum, Kapoor & Sons and Agneepath rehash. The Journey of beloved Rishi Kapoor has been legendary, yet understated and underutilized..

Thanks for being such an integral part of our lives..

🙏 Om Shanti Om Rishi Kapoor..

Your offspring, the finest actor of the current generation, will ensure your dad's dream of the Kapoor show to go on...

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